Apparatus, system, and method for dynamic adjustment of performance monitoring
First Claim
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code programmed for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“
- SAN”
) components, the operations of the computer program product comprising;
determining that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
recording a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
adjusting a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
analyzing the component violation entry based on analysis criteria; and
adjusting a suspicion variable associated with the SAN component in response to results of the analysis of the component violation entry.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“SAN”) components. An initial violation module is included to determine that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation. A violation entry module is included to record a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation. An entry adjustment module is included to adjust a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component. An analysis module is included to analyze the component violation entry based on analysis criteria. A suspicion adjustment module is included to adjust a suspicion variable associated with the SAN component in response to results of the analysis of the component violation entry.
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35 Claims
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1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code programmed for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“
- SAN”
) components, the operations of the computer program product comprising;
determining that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
recording a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
adjusting a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
analyzing the component violation entry based on analysis criteria; and
adjusting a suspicion variable associated with the SAN component in response to results of the analysis of the component violation entry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“
- SAN”
) components, the apparatus comprising;
an initial violation module configured to determine that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
a violation entry module configured to record a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
an entry adjustment module configured to adjust a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
an analysis module configured to analyze the component violation entry based on analysis criteria; and
a suspicion adjustment module configured to adjust a suspicion variable associated with the SAN component in response to results of the analysis of the component violation entry. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“
- SAN”
) components, the system comprising;
a storage area network comprising at least one data storage device;
a processor communicating with the storage area network;
a memory communicating with the processor, the memory comprising an initial violation module configured to determine that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
a violation entry module configured to record a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
an entry adjustment module configured to adjust a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
an analysis module configured to analyze the component violation entry based on analysis of the component violation entry;
a suspicion adjustment module configured to adjust a suspicion variable associated with the SAN component in response to results of the analysis criteria; and
a suspicion response module configured to respond based on the suspicion variable crossing a suspicion threshold. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“
- SAN”
) components, the method comprising;
determining that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
recording a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
adjusting a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
adjusting a suspicion variable a large amount, the suspicion variable adjusted a large amount being associated with the component violation entry of a SAN component directly related to the SAN component responsible for the threshold violation;
adjusting a suspicion variable a small amount, the suspicion variable adjusted a small amount being associated with the component violation entry of a SAN component indirectly related to the SAN component responsible for the threshold violation;
decreasing a suspicion variable associated with a component violation entry in response to expiration of a time limit associated with the component violation entry; and
removing the component violation entry with the expired time limit in response to the suspicion variable associated with the component violation entry with the expired time limit decreasing below a monitoring threshold. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A method for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“
- SAN”
) components, the method comprising;
accessing a SAN;
executing a monitoring software utility to monitor SAN components, the monitoring software utility configured to determine that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
record a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
adjust a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
analyze the component violation entry based on analysis criteria; and
adjust a suspicion variable associated with the SAN component in response to results of the analysis of the component violation entry;
analyzing the suspicion variable; and
reporting the suspicion variable. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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