Method, system, and program product for providing an aggregated view

• US 20070208582A1
• Filed: 03/02/2006
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Radcliffe, Rosalind, Uthe, Robert, Joshi, Niraj, Chellam, Sudhakar
• Application Number:
  US11/366,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20070208582A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/782
• 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 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

The invention provides a method, system, and program product for providing an aggregated view. In one embodiment, the invention includes selecting at least one criterion satisfied by at least two components of a system; aggregating the at least two components based on their provision of a same service at different sites within the system; and displaying the aggregated components within a graphical display.

Claims

1. A method for providing an aggregated view, the method comprising:

aggregating at least two components of a system based on their provision of a same service at different sites within the system; and

displaying the aggregated components within a graphical display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical display is a topology display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical display includes aggregated and non-aggregated components.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical display includes means for alternately displaying the components of each site within the system.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deaggregating the at least two components in the case that a status of at least one of the at least two components changes.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

separately displaying the at least one component having a changed status.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the change in status includes a failure of the at least one component.

8. A system for providing an aggregated view, the system comprising:

a system for aggregating at least two components of a system based on their provision of a same service at different sites within the system; and

a system for displaying the aggregated components within a graphical display.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the graphical display is a topology display.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the graphical display includes aggregated and non-aggregated components.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the graphical display includes means for alternately displaying the components of each site within the system.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a system for deaggregating the at least two components in the case that a status of at least one of the at least two components changes.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a system for separately displaying the at least one component having a changed status.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the change in status includes a failure of the at least one component.

15. A program product stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, provides an aggregated view, the program product comprising:

program code for aggregating at least two components of a system based on their provision of a same service at different sites within the system; and

program code for displaying the aggregated components within a graphical display.

16. The program product of claim 15, wherein the graphical display is a topology display.

17. The program product of claim 15, wherein the graphical display includes aggregated and non-aggregated components.

18. The program product of claim 15, wherein the graphical display includes means for alternately displaying the components of each site within the system.

19. The program product of claim 15, further comprising:

program code for deaggregating the at least two components in the case that a status of at least one of the at least two components changes; and

program code for separately displaying the at least one component having a changed status.

20. A method for deploying an application for providing an aggregated view, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

aggregate at least two components of a system based on their provision of a same service at different sites within the system; and

display the aggregated components within a graphical display.