Event management in a distributed processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9344381-B2
Application number	US-201213688940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2012
Priority date	May 27, 2011
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for event management in a distributed processing system are provided. Embodiments include receiving, by the incident analyzer, one or more events from one or more resources, each event identifying a location of the resource producing the event; identifying, by the incident analyzer, an action in dependence upon the one or more events and the location of the one or more resources producing the one or more events; identifying, by the incident analyzer, a location scope for the action in dependence upon the one or more events; and executing, by the incident analyzer, the identified action.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of event management in a distributed processing system, the method comprising:
receiving, by an incident analyzer, one or more events from one or more resources, each resource comprising an aggregation of computer hardware and software, each event identifying a location of the resource producing the event and comprising a status report describing an incident occurring at the resource;
identifying, by the incident analyzer, an action in dependence upon the one or more events and the location of the one or more resources producing the one or more events;
identifying, by the incident analyzer, a location scope for the action in dependence upon the one or more events; and
executing, by the incident analyzer, the identified action.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the location is indicated by a logical location.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the location is indicated by a physical location.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising assigning, by the incident analyzer, a location identification to each resource of a plurality of resources in the distributed processing system.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising assigning, by the incident analyzer, a location identification to each resource of a plurality of resources in the distributed processing system wherein assigning a location identification to each resource of a plurality of resources in the distributed processing system further comprises assigning, by the incident analyzer, the plurality of resources to a location hierarchy having a plurality of tiers, each type of resource assigned to a tier; and
wherein identifying a location scope for the action further comprises identifying, by the incident analyzer, a tier in the location hierarchy corresponding to the action.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprises assigning, by the incident analyzer, a location identification to each resource of a plurality of resources in the distributed processing system wherein assigning a location identification to each resource of a plurality of resources in the distributed processing system further comprises:
identifying, by the incident analyzer, a name and a unique identifier for each resource; and
including, by the incident analyzer, the name and the unique identifier for each resource in the location identification corresponding to the resource.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a location scope for the action in dependence upon the event includes checking, by the incident analyzer, the validity of the location scope.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Atkins Mark G
• Carey James E
• Sanders Philip J

Classifications

• H04L9/40

  Network security protocols · CPC title

• G06F11/3006 Primary

  where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems (multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50) · CPC title

• H04L47/82 Primary

  Miscellaneous aspects · CPC title

• G06F11/0709

  in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems · CPC title

• G06F11/0781

  Error filtering or prioritizing based on a policy defined by the user or on a policy defined by a hardware/software module, e.g. according to a severity level · CPC title