Systems and methods for tracking processing unit usage

• US 20050235284A1
• Filed: 04/14/2004
• Published: 10/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kadashevich, A. Julie
• Application Number:
  US10/824,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20050235284A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software

Abstract

A method and system for monitoring the CPU time consumed by a software agent operating in a computer system is disclosed. A resource tracking process is executed on the system. When an operating agent is detected, an agent lifetime timer is initialized. Then, CPU resources for the agent are identified and stored. Checks are made at predetermined intervals to determine if the agent is still alive. When the agent terminates, a measurement is made of the CPU time utilized by the agent. The measurement is then stored in memory.

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