Failure remedy in computing systems using action pattern database

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable to perform operations comprising:

• building a database comprising entries, each entry indicating a failure in one or more second computer systems and an action pattern to remedy the failure, the action pattern indicating log files to be accessed to remedy the failure;
• in response to detecting a failure in a first computer system, identifying one or more entries of the database that match the detected failure;
• using the one or more action patterns associated with the identified one or more entries for extracting debugging data representing the detected failure, wherein the action pattern further indicates a duration of access to each log file of the log files and an order of access to the log files, wherein the extracting of the debugging data comprises:
• for each identified entry:
• selecting one or more log files of the action pattern of the entry based on the duration and the order of access indicated in the action pattern;
• and
• for each log file of the selected log files collecting log data of a corresponding log file in the first computer system;
• sending at least part of the debugging data to an external system;
• and
• in response to the sending, receiving from the external system instructions to remedy the detected failure.

A system for operating a first computer system, the system comprising one or more processors in communication with one or more memories, the system configured to perform operations comprising:

• building a database comprising entries, each entry indicating a failure in one or more second computer systems and an action pattern to remedy the failure, the action pattern indicating log files to be accessed to remedy the failure;
• in response to detecting a failure in the first computer system, identifying one or more entries of the database that match the detected failure;
• using the one or more action patterns associated with the identified one or more entries for extracting debugging data representing the detected failure, wherein the action pattern further indicates a duration of access to each log file of the log files and an order of access to the log files, wherein the extracting of the debugging data comprises:
• for each identified entry:
• selecting one or more log files of the action pattern of the entry based on the duration and the order of access indicated in the action pattern;
• and
• for each log file of the selected log files collecting log data of a corresponding log file in the first computer system;
• sending at least part of the debugging data to an external system;
• and
• in response to the sending, receiving from the external system instructions to remedy the detected failure.