Annette G Irby

US Patent:

20070174732, Jul 26, 2007

Filed:

Jan 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/338510

Inventors:

Annette Irby - Clover VA, US
Richard Lacks - Raleigh NC, US
Lisa Magee - Cary NC, US
Timothy Owings - Lake Worth FL, US
Tarn Rosenbaum - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714047000

Abstract:

A monitoring system and method. The monitoring system receives specified rules related to at least one component within a computing system. The monitoring system receives first data comprising information related to at least one component within a computing system. The monitoring system comprises a repository. The first data is stored within the repository. The first data is analyzed by the monitoring system using specified rules to determine a first health status of the at least one component. The monitoring server indicates for a user the first health status.