Two-phase root cause analysis

Details Two-phase root cause analysis Two-phase root cause analysis

2006-06-13

2006-06-13

Baderman, Scott (Department: 2114)

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery

Data processing system error or fault handling

Reliability and availability

C714S027000, C714S056000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07062683

ABSTRACT:
A two-phase method to perform root-cause analysis over an enterprise-specific fault model is described. In the first phase, an up-stream analysis is performed (beginning at a node generating an alarm event) to identify one or more nodes that may be in failure. In the second phase, a down-stream analysis is performed to identify those nodes in the enterprise whose operational condition are impacted by the prior determined failed nodes. Nodes identified as failed as a result of the up-stream analysis may be reported to a user as failed. Nodes identifies as impacted as a result of the down-stream analysis may be reported to a user as impacted and, beneficially, any failure alarms associated with those impacted nodes may be masked. Up-stream (phase1) analysis is driven by inference policies associated with various nodes in the enterprise's fault model. An inference policy is a rule, or set of rules, for inferring the status or condition of a fault model node based on the status or condition of the node's immediately down-stream neighboring nodes. Similarly, down-stream (phase2) analysis is driven by impact policies associated with various nodes in the enterprise's fault model. An impact policy is a rule, or set of rules, for assessing the impact on a fault model node based on the status or condition of the node's immediately up-stream neighboring nodes.

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