Method and apparatus for graphically analzying a log-file

Details Method and apparatus for graphically analzying a log-file Method and apparatus for graphically analzying a log-file

1993-09-24

1998-12-08

Voeltz, Emanuel T.

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395140, G06K 1522

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ABSTRACT:
A technique for interactively analyzing system log-files. System log-files, which are monitored by technical personnel and systems specialists to determine system performance, status, and software faults, are often generated during various hardware and software monitoring operations. Each log-file contains time stamped reports. This technique is especially useful for analyzing large log-files. A new release of software may contain many incremental versions that must be tested. The testing of each incremental version may generate a log-file containing thousands of reports. Using this technique, reports are correlated, faults are isolated, and temporal patterns are recognized more quickly and efficiently than by using conventional, non-graphical techniques.

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