Taking an action in response to detecting an unsupported language in a log

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10489267-B2
Application number	US-201615357149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2016
Priority date	Nov 21, 2016
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure is related to devices, systems, and methods for taking an action in response to detection of an unsupported language in a log. An example system can include instructions to analyze a log of a log source, detect an unsupported language in the log, and take an action in response to detecting the unsupported language in the log.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to cause a log management server to:
analyze a log of a log source, wherein the log includes an activity that occurs on the log source;
detect an unsupported language in the log; and
take an action in response to detecting the unsupported language in the log, wherein taking the action comprises:
retrieve a language pack corresponding to the unsupported language;
process the log using a set of rules in the language pack, while maintaining the unsupported language in the log, to identify a pattern in the log; and
govern the log management server based on the identified pattern.

2. The medium of claim 1 , further including instructions to automatically determine what language comprises the unsupported language.

3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to take the action include instructions to alert an administrator of the log source that the log contained the unsupported language when there is no language pack available.

4. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to cause a log management server to:
analyze a log of a log source, wherein the log includes an activity that occurs on the log source;
detect an unsupported language in the log; and
take an action in response to detecting the unsupported language in the log, wherein the instructions to take the action include instructions to deny receipt of future logs, from the log source, containing the unsupported language.

5. A system, comprising a log management server coupled to a log source and configured to:
receive a log from the log source, wherein the log includes an activity that occurs on the log source;
analyze the log according to a first language pack to detect that text of the log corresponds to a second language pack different than the first pack; and
take an action in response to text of the log corresponding to the second language pack different than the first language pack, wherein taking the action comprises:
retrieve the second language pack corresponding to an unsupported language in the log;
process the log using a set of rules in the second language pack, while maintaining the unsupported language in the log, to identify a pattern in the log; and
govern the log management server based on the identified pattern.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the log management server being further configured to recognize a trigger of the log that facilitates identification of the second language pack associated with the unsupported language.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the log management server is further configured to automatically download the second language pack in response to identification of the second language pack being different than the first language pack.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the log management server is further configured to automatically process the log with the second language pack after downloading the second language pack.

9. The system of claim 5 , wherein the log management server being configured to analyze the log according to the first language pack comprises being configured to analyze the log in an original language of the log.

10. A system, comprising a log management server coupled to a log source and configured to:
receive a log from the log source, wherein the log includes an activity that occurs on the log source;
analyze the log according to a first language pack; and
take an action in response to text of the log corresponding to a second language pack different than the first language pack, wherein taking the action comprises denying receipt of future logs, from the log source, containing an unsupported language in the log and to provide an alert to an administrator device.

11. A method, comprising:
analyzing, via a log management server, a log of a log source, wherein the log includes an activity that occurs on the log source;
detecting an unsupported language in the log via the log management server, wherein the unsupported language corresponds to a language that is different than a supported language of the log management server;
maintaining the unsupported language such that an integrity of the log is uncompromised; and
taking an action in response to detecting the unsupported language via the log management server, wherein taking the action comprises:
retrieving a language pack corresponding to the unsupported language;
processing the log using a set of rules in the language pack, while maintaining the unsupported language in the log, to identify a pattern in the log; and
governing the log management server based on the identified pattern.

12. A method, comprising:
analyzing, via a log management server, a log of a log source, wherein the log includes an activity that occurs on the log source;
detecting an unsupported language in the log via the log management server, wherein the unsupported language corresponds to a language that is different than a supported language of the log management server;
maintaining the unsupported language such that an integrity of the log is uncompromised; and
taking an action in response to detecting the unsupported language via the log management server, wherein taking the action comprises:
denying receipt of future logs in the unsupported language from the log source; and
providing an alert of the unsupported language to an administrator device.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein taking the action comprises:
determining an availability of the language pack, wherein the language pack corresponds to the unsupported language; and
downloading the language pack in response to determining that the language pack is available.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein taking the action comprises:
determining an availability of the language pack, wherein the language pack corresponds to the unsupported language; and
providing an alert of the unsupported language in the log to an administrator device in response to determining that the language pack is not available.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving the log from the log source.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving the log from a log aggregator.

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Movsisyan Vardan

Classifications

• G06F15/16

  Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs {(coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B)} · CPC title

• G06F17/40

  Data acquisition and logging (for input to computer G06F3/00) · CPC title

• G06F11/3075

  the data filtering being achieved in order to maintain consistency among the monitored data, e.g. ensuring that the monitored data belong to the same timeframe, to the same system or component · CPC title

• G06F9/44

  Arrangements for executing specific programs · CPC title

• G06F11/3476 Primary

  Data logging (G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence) · CPC title