Methods and systems to manage alerts in a distributed computing system
US10853160B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/0793
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Computational methods and systems described herein manage alerts generated by event sources that run in a distributed computing system. Methods and system provide a graphical user interface that enables a user to define a dominant alert and select subsumed alerts generated by the event sources. Methods and systems may also compute a relative fraction that represents a number of times each alert is triggered with respect to a number of times another alert is triggered for each pair of alerts. The relative fractions may be displayed in the graphical user interface to allow a user to select dominant and subsumed alerts based on the relative fractions. Methods and systems identify log messages that correspond to user-identified subsumed alerts, suppress subsumed alerts and generate the dominant alert. Methods and systems may also execute remedial action to correct the problem represented by the dominant alert.
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