Artifact-based software failure detection
View Patent ↗A method detects soft failures as follows. A set of artifacts being generated by at least one process in a system is monitored. A number of artifacts being generated by the process is determined to be below a given threshold in response to the monitoring. The process is monitored in response to the determination. A current state of the process is determined in response to the analyzing. A notification is generated in response to the current state of the process including a set of abnormal behaviors.
1. A method for detecting soft failures, the method comprising:
monitoring a set of artifacts being generated by at least one process in a system;
determining, based on the monitoring, that a number of artifacts being generated by the process is below a given threshold, wherein the threshold is based on a predicted number of artifacts to be generated by the process;
analyzing, based on the determining, the process;
determining, based on the analyzing, a current state of the process; and
generating a notification based on the current state of the process comprising a set of abnormal behaviors.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
analyzing a set of historical data associated with artifact generation by the process; and
generating the given threshold based on analyzing the set of historical data.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of abnormal behaviors comprises:
a looping state;
a serialization deadlock state;
a lock contention state;
an event waiting state;
an input-output contention state; and
a non-dispatchable state.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of artifacts include at least one of:
messages to an operator;
accounting records;
global serialization requests;
trace records;
output to data sets; and
logs of errors detected.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring further comprises:
monitoring the set of artifacts being generated by the process for a given interval of time.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the given threshold is associated with the given interval of time.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification is displayed to a user, identifies the process, and provides a recommendation on how the user can preserve the system.
8. A method for detecting soft failures, the method comprising:
monitoring a set of artifacts being generated by at least one process in a system;
analyzing a set of historical data associated with artifact generation by the process; and
generating the given threshold based on analyzing the set of historical data;
determining, based on the monitoring, that a number of artifacts being generated by the process is below a given threshold, wherein the threshold is based on a predicted number of artifacts to be generated by the process;
analyzing, based on the determining, the process;
determining, based on the analyzing, a current state of the process; and
generating a notification based on the current state of the process comprising a set of abnormal behaviors.