Method, system and program product for visualization of grid computing network status

• US 20030200347A1
• Filed: 03/28/2002
• Published: 10/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Weitzman, Louis M.
• Application Number:
  US10/109,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20030200347A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/310
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

A system, method and program product for providing hierarchical aggregated visualization of a grid computing network. A predetermined representation of the grid network (including geographical, organizational or other) is displayed. At a first level, the representation is overlaid with icons representing one or more grid components. Some of the grid component icons are selectable by a mouse/cursor mechanism. When an icon is selected, a new display is presented including more details about the grid component aggregated by the icon. Thus status of a complex grid computing network is represented by a simple first level view which provides icons for selectively accessing increased detail of the status of the portion of the grid represented by individual icons. Icons represent network components or computer resources. The icons indicate status by color, texture, text, blinking or other means known in the art.

Claims

1. A method for graphically displaying status of a grid computer network including a plurality of computers interconnected by a grid network, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving at a visualization program object by way of said grid network, grid status information from a plurality of first program objects;

creating a first view representing first status from a first aggregate of said grid status information according to a predetermined plan;

creating a second view representing second status from said grid status information according to a predetermined plan wherein said first view represents a plurality of first program objects;

creating a third view representing a portion of said grid network; and

displaying simultaneously, said first view, said second view and said third view in a single display.

2. The method according to claim 1 comprising the further steps of:

sending first status information from a one of said plurality of first program objects from a first grid computer to said grid computer network; and

sending second status information from a second program object from a second grid computer to said grid computer network, said first status information and said second status information comprising said grid status information.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein said first view comprises a first selectable operation.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein said first selectable operation comprises the further step of displaying a fourth view, said fourth view created from said grid status information.

5. The method according to claim 4 wherein said fourth view comprises further details of said first aggregate of said grid status information.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said first view comprises at least one of a representation of an object, text, color, transparency, shape, line, broken line, irregular shaped line, texture, audio, video, bar graph, pie graph, symbol and transposed view.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein said third view is a geographical representation.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein said third view is an organizational representation.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein said first view represents status of at least one of a network, processor, peripheral device, memory, DASD, I/O, analog sensor, operating system program, application program, API and computer cluster.

10. A method for graphically displaying status of a grid computer network in a Model-View-Controller architecture including a programmably interconnected model object, view object and controller object, said grid computer network including a plurality of computers interconnected by a grid network, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving grid status information from said grid network at a controller object;

sending said grid status information from said controller object to a model object;

creating a first view object representing first status from said grid status information according to a predetermined plan;

creating a second view object representing second status from said grid status information according to a predetermined plan wherein said first view object represents a plurality of first program objects;

creating a third view representing a portion of said grid network; and

displaying simultaneously, said first view object, said second view object and said third view in a single display.

11. The method according to claim 10 comprising the further steps of:

sending first status information from one of said plurality of first program objects from a first grid computer to said grid computer network; and

sending second status information from a second program object from a second grid computer to said grid computer network, said first status information and said second status information comprising said grid status information.

12. The method according to claim 10 wherein said first view object comprises a first selectable operation.

13. The method according to claim 12 wherein said first selectable operation comprises the further step of displaying a fourth view object, said fourth view object created from said grid status information.

14. The method according to claim 13 wherein said fourth view object comprises further details of said first aggregate of said grid status information.

15. The method according to claim 10 wherein said first view object comprises at least one of a representation of an object, text, color, transparency, shape, line, broken line, irregular shaped line, texture, audio, video, bar graph, pie graph, symbol and transposed view.

16. The method according to claim 10 wherein said third view is a geographical representation.

17. The method according to claim 10 wherein said third view is an organizational representation.

18. The method according to claim 10 wherein said first view object represents status of at least one of a network, processor, peripheral device, memory, DASD, I/O, analog sensor, operating system program, application program, API and computer cluster.

19. The method according to claim 10 comprising the further steps of:

transforming said grid status information received from said model object in a transform object; and

sending said transformed grid status information to said first view object.

20. A computer program product for graphically displaying status of a grid computer network including a plurality of computers interconnected by a grid network, said computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program code therein comprising:

computer readable program code for receiving at a visualization program object by way of said grid network, grid status information from a plurality of first program objects;

computer readable program code for creating a first view representing first status from a first aggregate of said grid status information according to a predetermined plan;

computer readable program code for creating a second view representing second status from said grid status information according to a predetermined plan wherein said first view represents a plurality of first program objects;

computer readable program code for creating a third view representing a portion of said grid network; and

computer readable program code for displaying simultaneously, said first view, said second view and said third view in a single display.

21. The computer program product according to claim 20 wherein said computer readable program code in said computer readable medium further comprises:

computer readable program code for sending first status information from a one of said plurality of first program objects from a first grid computer to said grid computer network; and

computer readable program code for sending second status information from a second program object from a second grid computer to said grid computer network, said first status information and said second status information comprising said grid status information.

22. The computer program product according to claim 20 wherein said first view comprises a first selectable operation.

23. The computer program product according to claim 22 wherein said first selectable operation in said computer readable program code in said computer readable medium further comprises computer readable program code for displaying a fourth view, said fourth view created from said grid status information.

24. The computer program product according to claim 23 wherein said fourth view comprises further details of said first aggregate of said grid status information.

25. The computer program product according to claim 20 wherein said first view comprises at least one of a representation of an object, text, color, transparency, shape, line, broken line, irregular shaped line, texture, audio, video, bar graph, pie graph, symbol and transposed view.

26. The computer program product according to claim 20 wherein said third view is a geographical representation.

27. The computer program product according to claim 20 wherein said third view is an organizational representation.

28. The computer program product according to claim 20 wherein said first view represents status of at least one of a network, processor, peripheral device, memory, DASD, I/O, analog sensor, operating system program, application program, API and computer cluster.

34. The computer program product according to claim 28 wherein said first view object comprises at least one of a representation of an object, text, color, transparency, shape, line, broken line, irregular shaped line, texture, audio, video, bar graph, pie graph, symbol and transposed view.

29. A computer program product for graphically displaying status of a grid computer network in a Model-View-Controller architecture including a programmably interconnected model object, view object and controller object, said grid computer network including a plurality of computers interconnected by a grid network, said computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program code therein comprising:

computer readable program code for receiving grid status information from said grid network at a controller object;

computer readable program code for sending said grid status information from said controller object to a model object;

computer readable program code for creating a first view object representing first status from said grid status information according to a predetermined plan;

computer readable program code for creating a second view object representing second status from said grid status information according to a predetermined plan wherein said first view object represents a plurality of first program objects;

computer readable program code for creating a third view representing a portion of said grid network; and

computer readable program code for displaying simultaneously, said first view object, said second view object and said third view in a single display.

30. The computer program product according to claim 29 wherein said computer readable program code in said computer readable medium further comprises:

computer readable program code for sending first status information from one of said plurality of first program objects from a first grid computer to said grid computer network; and

computer readable program code for sending second status information from a second program object from a second grid computer to said grid computer network, said first status information and said second status information comprising said grid status information.

31. The computer program product according to claim 29 wherein said first view object comprises a first selectable operation.

32. The computer program product according to claim 30 wherein said first selectable operation in said computer readable program code in said computer readable medium further comprises computer readable program code for displaying a fourth view object, said fourth view object created from said grid status information.

33. The computer program product according to claim 32 wherein said fourth view object comprises further details of said first aggregate of said grid status information.

35. The computer program product according to claim 29 wherein said third view is a geographical representation.

36. The computer program product according to claim 29 wherein said third view is an organizational representation.

37. The computer program product according to claim 29 wherein said first view object represents status of at least one of a network, processor, peripheral device, memory, DASD, I/O, analog sensor, operating system program, application program, API and computer cluster.

38. The computer program product according to claim 29 wherein said computer readable program code in said computer readable medium further comprises:

computer readable program code for transforming said grid status information received from said model object in a transform object; and

computer readable program code for sending said transformed grid status information to said first view object.

39. A system for graphically displaying status of a grid computer network including a plurality of computers interconnected by a grid network, said system comprising:

a receiver for receiving at a visualization program object by way of said grid network, grid status information from a plurality of first program objects;

a first view creator for creating a first view representing first status from a first aggregate of said grid status information according to a predetermined plan;

a second view creator for creating a second view representing second status from said grid status information according to a predetermined plan wherein said first view represents a plurality of first program objects;

a third view creator for creating a third view representing a portion of said grid network; and

a display device, said first view, said second view and said third view being simultaneously displayed on said display device.

40. The system according to claim 39 further comprising:

a first sender for sending first status information from a one of said plurality of first program objects from a first grid computer to said grid computer network; and

a second sender for sending second status information from a second program object from a second grid computer to said grid computer network, said first status information and said second status information comprising said grid status information.

41. The system according to claim 39 wherein said first view comprises a first selectable operation.

42. The system according to claim 41 wherein said first selectable operation further comprises displaying a fourth view on said display device, said fourth view created from said grid status information.

43. The system according to claim 42 wherein said fourth view comprises further details of said first aggregate of said grid status information.

44. The system according to claim 39 wherein said first view comprises at least one of a representation of an object, text, color, transparency, shape, line, broken line, irregular shaped line, texture, audio, video, bar graph, pie graph, symbol and transposed view.

45. The system according to claim 39 wherein said third view is a geographical representation.

46. The system according to claim 39 wherein said third view is an organizational representation.

47. The system according to claim 39 wherein said first view represents status of at least one of a network, processor, peripheral device, memory, DASD, I/O, analog sensor, operating system program, application program, API and computer cluster.

48. A system for graphically displaying status of a grid computer network in a Model-View-Controller architecture including a programmably interconnected model object, view object and controller object, said grid computer network including a plurality of computers interconnected by a grid network, said system comprising:

a receiver for receiving grid status information from said grid network at a controller object;

a first sender for sending said grid status information from said controller object to a model object;

a first creator for creating a first view object representing first status from said grid status information according to a predetermined plan;

a second creator for creating a second view object representing second status from said grid status information according to a predetermined plan wherein said first view object represents a plurality of first program objects;

a third creator for creating a third view representing a portion of said grid network; and

a display device, said first view, said second view and said third view being simultaneously displayed on said display device.

49. The system according to claim 48 further comprising:

a second sender for sender for sending first status information from one of said plurality of first program objects from a first grid computer to said grid computer network; and

a third sender for sending second status information from a second program object from a second grid computer to said grid computer network, said first status information and said second status information comprising said grid status information.

50. The system according to claim 48 wherein said first view object comprises a first selectable operation.

51. The system according to claim 50 wherein said first selectable operation further comprises displaying a fourth view object on said display device, said fourth view object created from said grid status information.

52. The system according to claim 51 wherein said fourth view object comprises further details of said first aggregate of said grid status information.

53. The system according to claim 48 wherein said first view object comprises at least one of a representation of an object, text, color, transparency, shape, line, broken line, irregular shaped line, texture, audio, video, bar graph, pie graph, symbol or transposed view.

54. The system according to claim 48 wherein said third view is a geographical representation.

55. The system according to claim 48 wherein said third view is an organizational representation.

56. The system according to claim 48 wherein said first view object represents status of at least one of a network, processor, peripheral device, memory, DASD, I/O, analog sensor, operating system program, application program, API and computer cluster.

57. The system according to claim 48 further comprising:

a transformer for transforming said grid status information received from said model object in a transform object; and

a fourth sender for sending said transformed grid status information to said first view object.