Patent ID: 7404180

Claim:
A computer program product for generating an integrated trace output file on a system having a first computing device and a second computing device, the computer program product stored in a memory and being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to: identify a first severity level for event detection at the first computing device; detect a first event having the first severity level; generate a first trace output at the first computing device, wherein the first trace output documents the first event and the first severity level, and wherein the first severity level indicates whether the first trace output comprises a first error message, a first warning message, a first information message, or a first debug message; identify a second severity level for event detection at the second computing device; detect a second event having the second severity level; generate a second trace output at the second computing device, wherein the second trace output documents the second event and the second severity level, and wherein the second severity level indicates whether the second trace output comprises a second error message, a second warning message, a second information message, or a second debug message; transmit the first trace output to the second computing device; and integrate the second trace output with the first trace output to generate the integrated trace output file having the first trace output appended to the second trace output.