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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorHari Nath Ram
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Method of pausing and resuming data collection data collection and displaying the paused and resumed data collection conditions particularly suited to networked computers in a server/client configuration including collecting data item(s) for a first process by a second process on at least one computer in response to a request from the first process to collect the data, during collection of the data item communicating a pause command from the first process to the second process, pausing collection of the data by the second process in response to the pause command, storing a time reference at which the data collection was paused, communicating a pause record to the first process as an indication that data collection has been paused, and optionally displaying a pause indication on a display device. The method may also include communicating a resume command, the second process resuming collecting data in response to receipt of the resume command, resuming collection of the data by the second process, storing a resume time reference, and optionally displaying an indication of the resume time. Advantageously, the pause indication consumes a minimum space (or no space) on the display device. The graphical display element may be a thickened portion of the line graph at the time where the data collection was paused, a vertical line, or other indicator. Displays other than line graphs may alternatively be used. System, apparatus, computer program, and computer program product implementing the inventive method are also provided by the invention.
In a computing system, a method of pausing and resuming data collection and displaying said pause and resume data collection conditions, said method comprising steps of:
In a computing system, a method of representing a pause in performance data monitoring on a two-dimensional display device showing values of performance data plotted against time, said method comprising steps of:
A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism, comprising:
A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism, comprising:
A computing system comprising:
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