Intelligent system health indicator
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAnh Tuan Dang, Binh Hua, Hong Lam Hua, Elizabeth Silvia
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for handling updates. A database is queried to determine an effect of the update on the data processing system in response to detecting an update for the data processing system. A configuration of the data processing system is used in querying the database. A health status of the data processing system is selectively modified using the response to form a modified health status in response to receiving a response from the database.
Claims11
A method for handling updates by an administrative system, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of:
- responsive to detecting an update for a data processing system, querying a database to determine an effect of the update on the data processing system, wherein a configuration that identifies both hardware and software of the data processing system is used in querying the database, and wherein the effect of the update obtained by the querying of the database includes a risk of not applying the update;
- responsive to receiving a response from the database that includes the effect, selectively modifying a health status of the data processing system using the response to form a modified health status, wherein the health status and the configuration are maintained in another database;
- and
- visually presenting the effect of the update to a user of the administrative system.
An administrative data processing system comprising:
- a bus;
- a communications unit connected to the bus;
- a memory connected to the bus, wherein the memory includes a set of instructions;
- and
- a processor unit connected to the bus, wherein the processor unit executes the set of instructions to perform a method to handle updates;
- the method comprising
- querying a database to determine an effect of an update on a data processing system in response to detecting the update for the data processing system, wherein a configuration that identifies both hardware and software of the data processing system is used in querying the database, and wherein the effect of the update obtained by the querying of the database includes a risk of not applying the update;
- selectively modifying a health status of the data processing system using a response to the querying to form a modified health status in response to receiving the response from the database that includes the effect, wherein the health status and the configuration are maintained in another database;
- and
- visually presenting the effect of the update to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.