METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELIMINATING DUPLICATE REPORTED ERRORS IN LOGICALLY PARTITIONED MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for eliminating reported duplication by reducing time needed to report global errors. SOLUTION: These method and system for eliminating duplicate reported errors in a logically partitioned multiprocessing system are disclosed. The method and system comprise a step for providing a single source for receiving a plurality of related globally reported errors and a step for filtering the plurality of related globally reported errors such that only one call for service is provided. Accordingly, through the use of a system and method in accordance with the present invention when a global fault is reported by several OS partitions, only one call for service is initiated from a hardware console. In doing so, a service representative will not make repeated calls for the same reported fault. Moreover, in the case that a different service representative is responsible for different partitions, only one of the representatives will respond to the fault report.