Method and system for monitoring performance of processes across multiple environments and servers

• US 20050165755A1
• Filed: 08/16/2004
• Published: 07/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chan, Joseph Lim Cho
• Granted Patent: US 7,840,635 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A method and system in accordance with the invention provides both real time and historical information regarding requests executed on a first server and on a second server. Applications running on two or more servers are monitored. Users are provided with information concerning requests being executed on the two or more servers, which information identifies any request that includes operations performed on more than one server. Information presented to the user includes information identifying two or more servers, processes executed or recently executed on each server in connection with a single request, and methods associated with a single request. Such information may be provided on a single display for a single request, and include information relating to two or more servers. Users may be provided with the ability to drill down to obtain more detailed information.

Claims

1. A method for providing information regarding at least one request executed on a first server and a second server, comprising:

monitoring of a first application running on said first server and a second application running on said second server;

identifying at least one request executed on both said first server and said second servers; and

displaying information concerning said identified request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of displaying comprises displaying said information on a single display.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, in response to a user query, at least one process on said first server associated with said identified request and at least one process on said second server associated with said identified request.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising displaying, in response to a user query, at least one method corresponding to said identified request.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating an identifier with said request.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein, when said request is passed between said first server and said second server, said identifier is passed with said request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, when said request is passed between said first server and said second server, said identifier and associated information is furnished by a data collector to a managing server.

8. A system for providing information regarding at least one request executed on a first server and a second server, comprising:

means for monitoring of a first application running on said first server and a second application running on said second server;

means for identifying at least one request executed on both said first server and said second server; and

means for displaying information concerning said identified request.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said means for displaying comprises means for displaying said information on a single display.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for displaying, in response to a user query, at least one process on said first server associated with said identified request and at least one process on said second server associated with said identified request.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising means for displaying, in response to a user query, at least one method corresponding to said identified request.

12. The system of claim 8, comprising means for associating an identifier with said request.

13. The system of claim 12, comprising means for, when said request is passed between said first server and said second server, passing said identifier with said request.

14. The system of claim 13, comprising means for, when said request is passed between said first server and said second server, furnishing said identifier and associated information to a managing server.

15. A computer program for providing information regarding at least one request executed on a first server and a second server, said program consisting of instructions stored on a medium, said instructions, when executed on a processor causing the processor to execute the steps of:

monitoring of at least one application running on said first server and at least one application running on said second server, identifying at least one request executed on both said first server and said second servers; and

displaying information concerning said identified request.