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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Austin, TX (US);
Chet Mehta, Austin, TX (US);
John Daniel Upton, Georgetown, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method 201 and implementing system 101 are provided in which information processing system resources are monitored for variant conditions which may exceed acceptable tolerances. A continued count of failed readings is maintained 207 and only when the number of failed condition readings exceed a predetermined failure repetition constant 209, is the operating system notified to take appropriate action. When a resource previously identified as a failing resource, subsequently yields 'good' readings 303, a resource identifier is moved from a 'failing' status to an 'intermittent failure' status 309. Thereafter, when successive 'good' readings exceed a predetermined success repetition constant 319, the resource is removed from the 'intermittent' status 321 and the monitoring process 201 is continued.