System and method for monitoring a computer environment
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring a computer environment using a customized visual display, comprising the steps of:
- loading a computer environment diagram having graphic elements representing logical units of the computer environment as defined by a user of the computer environment;
supplying attributes for the graphic elements in the computer environment diagram as defined by the user;
linking the attributes for the graphic elements with monitoring processes from a management layer;
changing the attributes of the graphic elements based on input received for the graphic elements from the monitoring processes; and
modifying the computer environment diagram displayed to the user in response to data passed to the graphic elements from the monitoring processes through the graphic element attributes.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for monitoring a computer environment using a customized visual display. The method includes the operation of loading a computer environment diagram having graphic elements representing logical units of the computer environment. The graphic elements can be defined by a user of the computer environment. An additional operation is supplying attributes for the graphic elements in the computer environment diagram as defined by a user. The attributes for the graphic elements can be linked with the monitoring processes from a management layer. Another operation is changing the attributes of the graphic elements based on input received for the graphic elements from the monitoring processes. The computer environment diagram can then be modified and displayed to a user in response to data passed to the graphic elements from the monitoring processes through the graphic element attributes.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring a computer environment using a customized visual display, comprising the steps of:
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loading a computer environment diagram having graphic elements representing logical units of the computer environment as defined by a user of the computer environment;
supplying attributes for the graphic elements in the computer environment diagram as defined by the user;
linking the attributes for the graphic elements with monitoring processes from a management layer;
changing the attributes of the graphic elements based on input received for the graphic elements from the monitoring processes; and
modifying the computer environment diagram displayed to the user in response to data passed to the graphic elements from the monitoring processes through the graphic element attributes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for monitoring a computer environment, comprising:
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a computer environment diagram having graphic elements representing logical units of the computer environment, the logical units being defined by a user of the computer environment;
a plurality of attributes for each of the graphic elements in the computer environment as defined by the user;
a plurality of management application objects configured for monitoring computer network components; and
a plurality of links configured for linking the attributes of the graphic elements to the management application objects, wherein the links enable the attributes to be modified based on input received from the management application objects which in turn modifies viewable output of the computer environment diagram. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for monitoring a computer environment using a customized visual vector based display, comprising:
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a custom vector diagram means having graphic elements means for representing logical units of the computer environment, the logical units being defined by a user of the computer environment;
a plurality of attributes means for storing data related to the graphic elements in a computer environment as defined by the user;
a plurality of management application object means for monitoring computer network hardware and software; and
a plurality of links means for linking the attribute means of the graphic elements and management application object means, wherein the link means enable the attributes means to be modified based on output received from the management application object means which in turn modifies viewable output of the custom vector diagram means. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for monitoring a computer environment using a customized visual display, the computer readable program code in the article of manufacture, comprising;
computer readable program code configured to load a computer environment diagram having graphic elements representing logical units of the computer environment as defined by a user of the computer environment;
computer readable program code configured to supply attributes for the graphic elements in the computer environment diagram as defined by the user;
computer readable program code configured to link attributes for the graphic elements with monitoring processes from a management layer;
computer readable program code configured to change the attributes of the graphic elements based on input received for the graphic elements from the monitoring processes; and
computer readable program code configured to modify the computer environment diagram displayed to the user in response to data passed to the graphic elements from the monitoring processes through graphic element attributes. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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