US 2003/0126240 A1 · Method, system and computer program product for monitoring objects in an it network

Abstract

Monitoring is performed of objects within an IT network having monitored nodes, at least one of which is a high-availability cluster having first and second cluster nodes. When a failover condition is detected for a cluster package at the first cluster node, a failover to the second cluster node is initiated. A monitoring agent system includes first and second agents associated with the first and second cluster nodes, respectively. The monitoring agent system monitors events relating to the cluster package and generates event-related messages. The agents receive information indicating whether the cluster package is currently active on the associated cluster node. Depending on the received information, the message generation relating to the cluster package is activated in the one of the agents which is associated with the cluster node on which the cluster package is currently active and is deactivated in the other one.

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Dependent claims

A method of monitoring objects within an information technological (IT) network having (a) monitored nodes, at least one of which is a high-availability cluster having a first cluster node and a second cluster node, wherein at least one cluster package is running on the high-availability cluster and, when a failover condition is detected for the cluster package at the first cluster node, a failover to the second cluster node is initiated, and (b) a monitoring agent system having a first agent and a second agent associated with the first and second cluster nodes, respectively, said method comprising:

the monitoring agent system monitors the occurrence of events relating to the cluster package and generates event-related messages for a monitoring server;
the first and second agents receive information indicating whether the cluster package is currently active on the first or second cluster node respectively;
wherein, depending on said information, (a) the message generation relating to the cluster package is activated in the one of the first and second agents associated with the cluster node on which the cluster package is currently active and (b) the message generation relating to the cluster package is de-activated in the other one of the first and second agents associated with the cluster node on which the cluster package is currently inactive.

A system for monitoring objects within an information technological (IT) network having a monitoring server and monitored nodes, comprising:

at least one monitored node is a high-availability cluster which comprises:
a first cluster node and a second cluster node;
a cluster operating system which initiates, when a failover condition is detected for a cluster package running on the first cluster node, a failover to the second cluster node;
an agent system which monitors the occurrence of events relating to the cluster package and generates event-related messages for the monitoring server, the agent system comprising a first agent and a second agent associated with the first and second cluster nodes, respectively;
the first and second agents being arranged to receive information from the cluster operating system indicating whether the cluster package is currently active on the associated cluster node;
the message generation relating to the cluster package being adapted to be, depending on said information:
(a) activated in the one of the first and second agents which is associated with the cluster node on which the cluster package is currently active and (b) de-activated in the other one.

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A computer program product including program code for execution on a network having a monitoring server and monitored nodes, at least one of which is a high-availability cluster having a first cluster node and a second cluster node, wherein a cluster operating system initiates, when a failover condition is detected for a cluster package running on the first cluster node, a failover to the second cluster node,

said program code, when executed, provides an agent system for monitoring the occurrence of events relating to the cluster package and generating event-related messages for the monitoring server, wherein the agent system includes a first agent and a second agent associated with the first and second cluster nodes, respectively;
the program code enabling the first and second agents to receive information indicating whether the cluster package is currently active on the associated cluster node;
the agents being arranged such that, depending on said information, the message generation relating to the cluster package is activated in the one of the first and second agents which is associated with the cluster node on which the cluster package is currently active, and the message generation relating to the cluster package is de-activated in the other one of the first and second agents which is associated with the cluster node on which the cluster package is currently inactive.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method, system and computer program product for monitoring objects in an it network

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Method, system and computer program product for monitoring objects in an it network

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