Varying Logging Depth Based On User Defined Policies

摘要

Techniques for writing logging files, where the logging files include multiple pieces of logging information. The pieces of logging information are based on operation of a computer system. The writing of the logging information includes the following steps (not necessarily in the following order): (i) choosing a set of logging rules; which logging rules determine the selection of which pieces of operational information relating to the computer system will be written to a non-volatile log file; (ii) operating the computer system; (iii) during operation of the computer system, collecting a first set of pieces of operational information; (iv) saving the first set of pieces of operational information to a volatile buffer memory; and (v) writing only a first sub-set of the first set of pieces of operational information to a first log file.

主权项

1. A method for writing a logging file, including a plurality of pieces of logging information, based on operation of a computer system, the method comprising:
choosing a set of logging rules, which logging rules determine the selection of which pieces of operational information relating to the computer system will be written to a non-volatile log file; operating the computer system; during operation of the computer system, collecting a first set of pieces of operational information; saving the first set of pieces of operational information to a volatile buffer memory; and selectively writing, to a non-volatile storage medium, only a first sub-set of the first set of pieces of operational information to a first log file; wherein: the selection of the first sub-set from the first set is based upon the chosen set of logging rules.