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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Mark G. Atkins, Arvada, CO (US);
James E. Carey, Rochester, MN (US);
Philip J. Sanders, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for prioritized alert delivery in a distributed processing system are provided. Embodiments include receiving a plurality of events from a plurality of tiered event producing components in a distributed computing system; identifying a plurality of potential alerts in dependence upon the events; wherein each potential alert includes a priority and one or more condition events describing the event producing component creating the event; comparing the potential alerts and their condition events and priorities; identifying the highest priority potential alert having condition events whose event producing component is in a tier that is higher than the tier of condition events of one or more lower priority potential alerts; and creating an alert in dependence upon the identified highest priority potential alert and the condition events corresponding to the identified highest priority potential alert.