Soft failure detection
View Patent ↗A method, system, and computer program product detect 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. An information processing system for detecting soft failures, the information processing system comprising:
a memory;
a processor; and
a soft failure detection system communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, the soft failure detection system for performing a 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 set of historical data associated with artifact generation 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 information processing system of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
analyzing the 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 information processing system 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 information processing system 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 information processing system 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 information processing system of claim 5 , wherein the given threshold is further associated with the given interval of time.
7. The information processing system 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 computer program product for detecting soft failures, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a 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 set of historical data associated with artifact generation 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.
9. The computer program product of claim 8 , the method further comprising: analyzing the set of historical data associated with artifact generation by the process; and generating the given threshold based on analyzing the set of historical data.
10. The computer program product of claim 8 , 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.
11. The computer program product of claim 8 , 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.
12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the monitoring further comprises:
monitoring the set of artifacts being generated by the process for a given interval of time.
13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the given threshold is further associated with the given interval of time.
14. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the notification is displayed to a user, identifies the process, and provides a recommendation on how the user can preserve the system.
15. A computer program product for detecting soft failures, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
identifying at least one process in a system to monitor based on a number of artifacts generated by the at least one process;
monitoring, based on the identifying, a set of artifacts being generated by at the least one process;
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 set of historical data associated with artifact generation by the process;
analyzing, in response to the determining, the at least one process;
determining, based on the analyzing, a current state of the at least one process; and
generating a notification based on the current state of the at least one process comprising a set of abnormal behaviors.