METHOD AND SYSTEM TO AUTOMATICALLY DEFINE RESOURCES FORMING AN IT SERVICE

• US 20060041668A1
• Filed: 10/15/2004
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Uthe, Robert T., Dinger, John E., Fisher, Bradford A.
• Application Number:
  US10/711,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20060041668A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level

Abstract

A method to automatically define resources forming an IT service may include tracking resources utilized in responding to a request or set of requests or performing a transaction or a set of transactions. The method may also include automatically defining resources that form an IT service by aggregating all resources utilized to respond to all requests or to perform all transactions.

Claims

1. A method to automatically define resources forming an IT service, comprising:

tracking resources utilized in responding to a request or set of requests or performing a transaction or a set of transactions; and

automatically defining resources that form an IT service by aggregating all resources utilized to respond to all requests or to perform all transactions.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding any new resources utilized to a resource list.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising removing any resource from the resource list in response to the resource not being utilized for a predetermined time duration.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a percentage of utilization of each resource across all requests or transactions.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising automatically assigning a priority to each resource according to the percentage of utilization of the resource.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising presenting a resource list and an associated priority for each resource to a user or requestor.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising adjusting a status propagation logic based on the priority assigned to each resource.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting a resource utilization diagram to a user or requestor.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising representing a percentage of utilization of each resource in the resource utilization diagram.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising representing a priority of each resource in the resource utilization diagram, wherein the priority is automatically assigned according to the percentage of utilization of the resource.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising representing a quantity of occurrences of each segment linking resources in the resource utilization diagram.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising representing a time duration since each resource was last utilized in the resource utilization diagram.

13. A method to automatically define resources forming an IT service, comprising:

examining each instance of a request or transaction; and

maintaining a record of a union of all resources utilized in responding to each instance of a request or transaction over a selected time period or on a rolling time period basis.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining a percentage of utilization of each resource across all requests or transactions.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising automatically assigning a priority to each resource according to the percentage of utilization of the resource.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising adjusting a status propagation logic based on the priority assigned to each resource.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising presenting a resource utilization diagram to a user or requestor.

18. A system that automatically defines resources forming an IT service, comprising:

a processor; and

a resource utilization program operable on the processor, wherein the resource utilization program includes computer executable instructions to maintain a record of a union of all resources utilized in responding to each instance of a request or transaction over a selected time period or on a rolling time period basis.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the resource utilization program comprises computer executable instructions to determine a percentage of utilization of each resource across all request or transactions.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the resource utilization program comprises computer executable instructions to automatically assign a priority to each resource according to the percentage of utilization of the resource.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the resource utilization program comprises computer executable instructions to adjust a status propagation logic based on the priority assigned to each resource.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the resource utilization program comprises executable instruction to present a resource utilization diagram to a user or requestor.

23. A method of making a system that automatically defines resources forming an IT service, comprising:

providing a processor; and

providing a resource utilization program operable on the processor, wherein the resource utilization program includes computer executable instructions to maintain a record of a union of all resources utilized in responding to each instance of a request or transaction over a selected time period or on a rolling time period basis.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising providing computer executable instructions to determine a percentage of utilization of each resource across all request or transactions.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising providing computer executable instructions to automatically assign a priority to each resource according to the percentage of utilization of the resource.

26. The method of claim 23, further comprising providing computer executable instructions to adjust a status propagation logic based on the priority assigned to each resource.

27. The method of claim 23, further comprising providing computer executable instructions to present a resource utilization diagram to a user or requestor.

28. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method, comprising:

tracking resources utilized in responding to a request or set of requests or performing a transaction or a set of transactions; and

automatically defining resources that form an IT service by aggregating all resources utilized to respond to all requests or to perform all transactions.

29. The computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for the method of claim 28, further comprising automatically assigning a priority to each resource according to the percentage of utilization of the resource.

30. The computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 29, further comprising presenting a resource list and an associated priority for each resource to a user or requestor.

31. The computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 29, further comprising adjusting a status propagation logic based on the priority assigned to each resource.

32. The computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 28, further comprising presenting a resource utilization diagram to a user or requestor.