the present invention provides a system , method and computer - readable media for creating object messages within a compute environment such as a cluster or grid . the method comprises upon an event affecting the availability or performance of an object within a cluster environment , retrieving messages related to the event from messages logs in different layers of a cluster environment . next , the method comprises aggregating the retrieved messages into a single location , associating the aggregated messages with the object and , if a user submits a job and the performance of the job within the cluster environment is affected by the event , notifying the user of the event using the associated messages . administrators may also create messages and associate the messages with objects such as nodes or reservations .