System, method and article of manufacture for observing and evaluating current and past computer platform performance information

A method for observing and evaluating a monitored system's current and past system hardware screens, operating system screens, and application screens destined for a human operator comprising:

• receiving a monitored host system's system hardware screens pertaining to control and configuration of hardware, operating system screens, and application screens and updates to such screens transmitted from said monitored system to a master monitoring system central processing unit;
• initially compressing said monitored system screens and storing said screens in a computer readable memory accessible to said master monitoring system central processing unit;
• storing a plurality of screen updates in said memory;
• repeating in sequence the steps above of receiving monitored system screens, initially compressing said screens, and storing said screens and updates to said screens in said memory;
• and
• displaying said screens and updates to said screens in reverse chronological order from most recent to earliest.

A method for reviewing, observing and evaluating a monitored host system's system and console messages comprising:

• receiving a plurality of system hardware screens, operating screens, and application screens transmitted from a monitored host system's central processing unit at a master monitoring system central processing unit in communication with said monitored system central processing unit host;
• storing said received screens within a computer readable memory accessible to said master monitoring system central processing unit;
• receiving a plurality of updates to said system screens;
• and
• browsing and searching said screens and said updates remotely via connection of a remote user master monitoring subsystem, wherein said screens and updates are accessed in reverse order from transmitted order.