CA2129612A1 - Method and Apparatus for Graphically Analyzing a Log-File - Google Patents

Method and Apparatus for Graphically Analyzing a Log-File

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CA2129612A1
CA2129612A1 CA2129612A CA2129612A CA2129612A1 CA 2129612 A1 CA2129612 A1 CA 2129612A1 CA 2129612 A CA2129612 A CA 2129612A CA 2129612 A CA2129612 A CA 2129612A CA 2129612 A1 CA2129612 A1 CA 2129612A1
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Stephen Gregory Eick
Paul Jay Lucas
Jeffrey Donald Schmidt
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/36—Preventing errors by testing or debugging software
    • G06F11/362—Software debugging
    • G06F11/3636—Software debugging by tracing the execution of the program
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/30—Monitoring
    • G06F11/32—Monitoring with visual or acoustical indication of the functioning of the machine
    • G06F11/323—Visualisation of programs or trace data
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Abstract

An apparatus (101) and technique far 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 (120) 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 apparatus (101) and 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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