IP Library Granted Patent US 7,389,340
Granted Patent B2
US 7,389,340 · App. 09/832,373 · Granted Jun 17, 2008

Execution sets for generated logs

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,389,340
App. No.
09/832,373
Filed
Apr 11, 2001
Granted
Jun 17, 2008
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2154
USPC
709/224
Abstract

A network administration system for triggering commands in response to receipt of error logs, comprising a user interface for programming execution sets of commands in association with predetermined error logs, and means for receiving error logs and for each of the predetermined ones of the error logs triggering execution of the commands in the execution sets.

Claims (20)

1. A network administration system for triggering commands in response to receipt of status logs generated by network devices and applications, comprising:

means for receiving said status logs and generating higher level logs in response to receipt of at least two different status logs which satisfy predetermined rule sets, wherein said higher level log provides a network level brief explanation of status indicated by said at least two different status logs satisfying said predetermined rule sets;

a user interface for programming execution sets of commands in association with predetermined ones of said higher level logs; and

program means for receiving said higher logs, parsing each of said predetermined ones of said higher level logs to determine their respective sources, and trigging execution of said commands in said execution sets in respect of each of said respective sources;

wherein said user interface and program means are implemented within one of said network devices.

2. The network administration system of claim 1 , wherein said user interface provides ordered execution of multiple commands associated with said higher level logs in accordance with user preference.

3. The network administration system of claim 1 , wherein said means for receiving said status logs and generating higher level logs includes means for generating further higher level logs in response to receipt of at least one of:

a) at least two different higher level logs; and

b) at least one higher level log and at least one status log.

4. A method of triggering commands in response to receipt of status logs generated by network devices and applications comprising the steps of:

providing rule sets that are satisfied by receipt of particular combinations of at least two different status logs and when satisfied, result in the generation of higher level logs, wherein said higher level log provides a network level brief explanation of status indicated by said at least two different status logs satisfying said rule sets;

programming execution sets of said commands in association with predetermined ones of said higher level logs;

receiving said status logs and said higher level logs; and

parsing each of said predetermined ones of said higher level logs to determine their respective sources and triggering execution of said commands in said execution sets in respect of each of said respective sources.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said step of receiving said status logs and said higher level logs, parsing each of said predetermined ones of said higher level logs to determine their respective sources and triggering execution of said commands in said execution sets further comprise the steps of:

a) detecting an execution set associated with a received higher level log; and

b) executing each successive commands in said execution set.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein providing rule sets includes providing rule sets that are satisfied by receipt of particular combinations of at least one of:

a) at least two different higher level logs; and

b) at least one higher level log and at least one status log.