| CPC H04L 41/065 (2013.01) | 11 Claims |

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1. A cause identifying system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory device storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
storing data indicating a current status of a relationship between elements included in a communication system, the data including physical inventory data and logical inventory data, the physical inventory data including a server element associated with an operating container identifier that identifies an operating container executed by a server represented by the server element, the logical inventory data including an operating container element associated with a server identifier that identifies the server executing the operating container represented by the operating container element;
detecting occurrence of an event in a specific element included in the communication system;
identifying at least one other element having a relationship with the specific element based on the data; and
identifying a cause of the event based on a status of the at least one other element.
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