CORRELATING OUT INTERACTIONS AND PROFILING THE SAME

• US 20080270102A1
• Filed: 04/28/2008
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Qingbo, Ye, Meng, Lan, Dong Jun, Cheng, Long, Fang, Xing, LU, SHENG, Wang, Gang Crl
• Granted Patent: US 8,244,514 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/17
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A method and system for correlating out interactions, which occur due to one or a set of specific events, of an application, which is deployed in multiple adjacent tiers in an actual environment is described. First, a simulation environment corresponding to the actual environment is created. Then, specific events are led to the actual environment and the simulation environment. A pattern(s) of interactions, which are related with the specific events, between adjacent tiers in the simulation environment and a large number of interactions between adjacent tiers in the actual environment are obtained. Afterwards, interactions, which are related with the specific events, between adjacent tiers among the obtained interactions between adjacent tiers in the actual environment are correlated using a template of the obtained pattern(s) of interactions, which are related with the specific events, between adjacent tiers in the simulation environment as a template.

Claims

1. A method for correlating out interactions, the method comprising:

receiving a set of specific events from an application, which is deployed in across multiple adjacent tiers in an actual environment;

creating a simulation environment corresponding to the actual environment including multiple adjacent tiers;

routing the specific events to the actual environment and the simulation environment;

obtaining a set of patterns of interactions, which are related with the specific events, between adjacent tiers in the simulation environment and obtaining interactions between adjacent tiers in the actual environment; and

correlating out interactions, which are related with the specific events, between adjacent tiers among the interactions which have been obtained between adjacent tiers in the actual environment by using a template of the patterns of interactions which have been obtained, which are related with the specific events, between adjacent tiers in the simulation environment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the patterns of the interactions comes from interaction times between two tiers of the multiple adjacent tiers.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the patterns of the interactions comes from HTTP request lines.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the patterns of the interactions comes from SOAP request URLs.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the patterns of the interactions comes from database request SQL statements and/or sequences which have been requested.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the patterns of the interactions comes from request sequences.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the correlating out interactions includes using the template that is at least one of a rough pattern and a precise pattern.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the rough pattern is used as the template first for correlating out interactions, which are related with the specific events, between the multiple adjacent tiers among the interactions which have been obtained between the multiple adjacent tiers in the actual environment, and then the precise pattern is used as the template for re-correlating the interactions which have been previously correlated.

9. A system for correlating out interactions, the system comprising:

a set of specific events from an application, which is deployed in across multiple adjacent tiers in an actual environment;

a simulation environment corresponding to the actual environment including multiple adjacent tiers;

routing means for routing the specific events to the actual environment and the simulation environment;

pattern obtaining means for obtaining a set of patterns of interactions, which are related with the specific events, between the multiple adjacent tiers in the simulation environment and obtaining interactions between the multiple adjacent tiers in the actual environment; and

interaction obtaining means for correlating out interactions, which are related with the specific events, between the multiple adjacent tiers among the interactions which have been obtained between the multiple adjacent tiers in the actual environment by using a template of the patterns of interactions which have been obtained, which are related with the specific events, between the multiple adjacent tiers in the simulation environment.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the patterns of the interactions comes from interaction times between two tiers of the multiple adjacent tiers.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the patterns of the interactions comes from HTTP request lines.

12. The system according to claim 9, wherein the patterns of the interactions comes from SOAP request URLs.

13. The system according to claim 9, wherein the patterns of the interactions comes from database request SQL statements, and/or sequences which have been requested.

14. The system according to claim 9, wherein interaction obtaining means for the correlating out interactions includes using the template that is at least one of a rough pattern and a precise pattern.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the rough pattern is used as the template first for correlating out interactions, which are related with the specific events, between the multiple adjacent tiers among the interactions which have been obtained between the multiple adjacent tiers in the actual environment, and then the precise pattern is used as the template for re-correlating the interactions which have been previously correlated.