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Method to resolve ambiguities for monitoring and automating UNIX processes

US7703096B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Gabriele Frey-Ganzel · Althengstett, DE
Roland Haibl · Mindelheim, DE
Juergen Holtz · Pleidelsheim, DE
Walter Schueppen · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2009
Grant date	Apr 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/865
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method to resolve ambiguities for monitoring and automating UNIX processes by providing a multi-level filter routine and search approach that interrogates the active process table to identify the specific process by matching unique process criteria stored during configuration of the automation product. The filter and search method goes beyond process name, as process names are often not unique in UNIX environments, and includes process parameters and information by which the process was invoked.

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