Object-based monitoring and remediation system

• US 10,642,713 B1
• Filed: 12/28/2016
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Juniper Networks Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Juniper Networks Incorporated
• Inventors: McColgan, Edward, Ansari, Omar Shihadeh, Morishige, Kenji, Hayes, Justin D., Eshore, Prakritish Sen
• Primary Examiner(s): Schell, Joseph O
• Application Number:
  US15/392,332
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/302 where the computing system component is a software system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3051 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3055 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the status of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring if the computing system is on, off, available, not available error or fault processing without redundancy G06F11/0703; error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation G06F11/08; error detection or correction by redundancy in operation G06F11/14; error detection or correction by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3072 where the reporting involves data filtering, e.g. pattern matching, time or event triggered, adaptive or policy-based reporting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems

Abstract

A device may receive object information identifying a plurality of objects, respective entities associated with the plurality of objects, and relationships between objects of the plurality of objects. The device may receive monitor information identifying a plurality of monitors associated with the plurality of objects. Each monitor may be associated with a respective condition to monitor a corresponding one or more of the plurality of objects. The device may receive a notification regarding a particular object, of the plurality of objects, based on a condition associated with the particular object being satisfied. The device may determine whether the condition will affect one or more other objects, of the plurality of objects, associated with respective entities. The device may provide notifications to the appropriate entities.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive, and store in a table, object information identifying a plurality of objects and respective entities associated with the plurality of objects,

the object information being based on tagging that identifies relationships between objects of the plurality of objects;

receive monitor information identifying a plurality of monitors associated with the plurality of objects,

each of the plurality of monitors being associated with a respective condition based on which to monitor a corresponding one or more of the plurality of objects;

receive a notification regarding a particular object, of the plurality of objects, based on a condition associated with the particular object being satisfied,

the condition being identified by a particular monitor, of the plurality of monitors, associated with the particular object, and

the notification separately identifying both the particular monitor and the condition being satisfied;

determine, based on the particular monitor, whether the condition will affect one or more other objects of the plurality of objects,

the one or more other objects being associated with respective relationships, of the relationships, to the particular object; and

selectively provide the notification to only a particular entity, of the respective entities, associated with the particular object, or to one or more entities, of the respective entities, associated with the one or more other objects associated with relationships to the particular object, based on a criticality of the condition,

the notification being provided to only the particular entity when the particular monitor indicates that the criticality of the condition is of a first type, and

the notification being provided to the one or more entities when the particular monitor indicates that the criticality of the condition is of a second type.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

cause the plurality of monitors to be implemented with regard to the plurality of objects.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to cause the plurality of monitors to be implemented with regard to the plurality of objects, cause the one or more processors to:

cause a single monitor, of the plurality of monitors, to be implemented with regard to multiple, different objects of the plurality of objects.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, where the particular monitor is implemented on a device other than a device associated with the particular object.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

identify an action to be performed with regard to the particular object; and

cause the action to be performed with regard to the particular object.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to selectively provide the notification to only the particular entity, cause the one or more processors to:

provide the notification via a user interface,

the user interface identifying the particular object and the one or more other objects, and

the user interface providing information identifying states of the particular object and the one or more other objects.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, where the plurality of objects include at least two of:

one or more devices,

one or more applications executed on one or more devices,

one or more software elements executed on one or more devices, or

one or more hardware components implemented on one or more devices.

8. A monitoring platform, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, to;

receive, and store in a table, object information identifying a plurality of objects and respective entities associated with the plurality of objects,

the object information being based on tagging that identifies relationships between objects of the plurality of objects, and

the plurality of objects including one or more of devices, applications, software elements, or hardware components;

receive monitor information identifying a plurality of monitors to monitor operation of the plurality of objects,

each of the plurality of monitors to be associated with a respective condition based on which to generate a corresponding notification regarding one or more corresponding objects of the plurality of objects;

cause, based on the monitor information, the plurality of monitors to be implemented with regard to the plurality of objects;

receive, from a monitor, a notification regarding a particular object of the plurality of objects based on a condition, of the respective conditions, associated with the particular object being satisfied,

the condition being identified by a particular monitor, of the plurality of monitors, associated with the particular object, and

the notification separately identifying both the particular monitor and the condition being satisfied;

identify one or more entities, of the respective entities, to receive the notification based on the particular monitor that identified the condition and a corresponding criticality of the condition; and

provide the notification to the one or more entities.

9. The monitoring platform of claim 8, where the one or more processors, when identifying the one or more entities to receive the notification, are to:

identify a particular entity, of the respective entities, associated with the particular object; and

where the one or more processors, when providing the notification, are to;

provide the notification to the particular entity.

10. The monitoring platform of claim 8, where the one or more processors are further to:

identify a set of objects of the plurality of objects,

each of the set of objects being associated with a respective relationship with the particular object; and

where the one or more processors, when identifying the one or more entities to receive the notification, are to;

identify a set of entities, corresponding to the set of objects, to receive the notification,

the notification to be provided to each of the set of entities.

11. The monitoring platform of claim 8, where a relationship between the particular object and another object indicates that operation of the other object will be affected based on the condition associated with the particular object being satisfied.

12. The monitoring platform of claim 8, where the one or more processors are further to:

cause an action to be performed with regard to the particular object based on the condition associated with the particular object being satisfied.

13. The monitoring platform of claim 12, where the action is identified by the particular monitor.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a monitoring platform, and storing in a table, object information identifying a plurality of objects and respective entities associated with the plurality of objects,

the object information being based on tagging that identifies relationships between objects of the plurality of objects;

receiving, by the monitoring platform, monitor information identifying a plurality of monitors to perform monitoring of the plurality of objects,

each of the plurality of monitors being associated with a respective condition based on which to generate, by the monitoring platform, a notification regarding one or more corresponding objects of the plurality of objects;

causing, by the monitoring platform, the plurality of monitors to be implemented;

receiving, by the monitoring platform, a notification regarding a particular object, of the plurality of objects, based on a condition associated with the particular object being satisfied,

the condition being identified by a particular monitor, of the plurality of monitors, associated with the particular object, and

the notification separately identifying both the particular monitor and the condition being satisfied;

identifying, by the monitoring platform, a plurality of entities, of the respective entities, to receive the notification based on the particular object and a criticality of the condition,

the plurality of entities including at least one entity other than an entity associated with the particular object; and

providing, by the monitoring platform, the notification to the plurality of entities.

15. The method of claim 14, where the plurality of entities are associated with respective objects of the plurality of objects,

each of the respective objects being associated with a respective relationship to the particular object.

16. The method of claim 15, where a relationship between the particular object and another object indicates that operation of the other object will be affected based on the condition associated with the particular object being satisfied.

17. The method of claim 14, where the entity associated with the particular object is included in the plurality of entities.

18. The method of claim 14, where the particular monitor is implemented on a device other than a device associated with the particular object.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

performing an action with regard to the particular object,

the action being identified by the particular monitor.

20. The method of claim 14, where the notification is a first notification;

and

where the method further comprises;

receiving a second notification;

determining, based on a given monitor that generated the second notification, that the second notification is to be provided to a single entity associated with a monitored object for which the notification was generated; and

providing the second notification to the single entity associated with the monitored object.