SORTING SYSTEMS IN A TREE

• US 20100306364A1
• Filed: 06/01/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sun, Tao, Paterson, James N., Terry, David G., Land, Timothy Lloyd, Koinuma, Masabumi
• Granted Patent: US 9,203,651 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9027 Trees
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring, via a monitoring server, attributes of computer systems in communication with the monitoring server. A graphical user interface may display selectable attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server. The computer systems may be sorted in a tree based upon, at least in part, one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

monitoring, via a monitoring server, attributes of computer systems in communication with the monitoring server;

displaying, in a graphical user interface, selectable attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server; and

sorting the computer systems in a tree based upon, at least in part, one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, via the graphical user interface, the one or more definable priority levels for the one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server; and

sorting the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, one or more defined priority levels of the one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating code, via the monitoring server, to sort the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, at least one of the selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

generating code, via the monitoring server, to sort the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, at least one of the defined priority levels of at least one of the selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

saving a sorting configuration of the one or more defined priority levels of the one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server; and

sorting the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, the saved sorting configuration.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating the tree based upon, at least in part, changes in the selected attributes of the computer systems.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein monitoring further comprises:

monitoring events triggered by changes in the selected attributes of the computer systems; and

updating the tree based upon, at least in part, the events.

8. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

monitoring, via a monitoring server, attributes of computer systems in communication with the monitoring server;

displaying, in a graphical user interface, selectable attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server; and

sorting the computer systems in a tree based upon, at least in part, one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions for:

displaying, via the graphical user interface, one or more definable priority levels for the one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server; and

sorting the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, one or more defined priority levels of the one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions for:

generating code, via the monitoring server, to sort the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, at least one of the selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising instructions for:

generating code, via the monitoring server, to sort the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, at least one of the defined priority levels of at least one of the selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising instructions for:

saving a sorting configuration of the one or more defined priority levels of the one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server; and

sorting the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, the saved sorting configuration.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions for:

updating the tree based upon, at least in part, changes in the selected attributes of the computer systems.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions for:

monitoring events triggered by changes in the selected attributes of the computer systems; and

updating the tree based upon, at least in part, the events.

15. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor;

a first software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the first software module is configured to monitor, via a monitoring server, attributes of computer systems in communication with the monitoring server; and

a second software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the second software module is configured to display, in a graphical user interface, selectable attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server; and

a third software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the third software module is configured to sort the computer systems in a tree based upon, at least in part, one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

16. The computing system of claim 15 further comprising:

a fourth software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the fourth software module is configured to display, via the graphical user interface, one or more definable priority levels for the one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server; and

a fifth software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the fifth software module is configured to sort the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, one or more defined priority levels of the one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

17. The computing system of claim 15 further comprising:

a sixth software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the sixth software module is configured to generate code, via the monitoring server, to sort the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, at least one of the selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

18. The computing system of claim 16 further comprising:

a seventh software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the seventh software module is configured to generate code, via the monitoring server, to sort the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, at least one of the defined priority levels of at least one of the selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server.

19. The computing system of claim 16 further comprising:

an eighth software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the eighth software module is configured to save a sorting configuration of the one or more defined priority levels of the one or more selected attributes of the computer systems monitored by the monitoring server; and

a ninth software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the ninth software module is configured to sort the computer systems in the tree based upon, at least in part, the saved sorting configuration.

20. The computing system of claim 15 further comprising:

an tenth software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the tenth software module is configured to update the tree based upon, at least in part, changes in the selected attributes of the computer systems.