METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING EVENTS IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS AND PERFORMING ACTIONS UPON OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENTS

• US 20110131316A1
• Filed: 11/30/2009
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Ferris, James Michael, Riveros, Gerry Edward
• Granted Patent: US 9,389,980 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/301 where the computing system is a virtual computing platform, e.g. logically partitioned systems virtual machines G06F9/45533; logical partitioning of resources G06F9/5077
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3086 where the reporting involves the use of self describing data formats, i.e. metadata, markup languages, human readable formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3089 Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in sensing the monitored data, e.g. interfaces, connectors, sensors, probes, agents software debugging using additional hardware using a specific debug interface G06F11/3656; performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring G06F11/3466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A monitoring system can monitor computing processes in clouds. The monitoring system can monitor the clouds for certain events associated with the computing processes. The monitoring system can receive, from the user, a particular event and an action to perform upon the occurrence of the event. Once received, the monitoring system can compare the information collected during monitoring against the event specified by the user. Once the event occurs, the monitoring system can perform the action associated with the event.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring cloud computing environments, comprising:

receiving, from a user, an event related to a computing process in at least one cloud and an action to perform upon an occurrence of the event;

monitoring the at least one cloud for the occurrence of the event; and

performing the action upon the occurrence of the event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring the at least one cloud comprises:

receiving access information for the at least one cloud; and

accessing the at least one cloud utilizing the access information to determine information about the computing process supported by the at least one cloud and associated with the user.

3. The method of claim 2, the method further comprising:

comparing the determined information to the event to determine the occurrence of the event.

4. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

storing the event and the action to be performed associated with the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises at least one of notifying the user, terminating the computing process, and migrating the computing process to another cloud.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises at least one of usage of resources of the at least one cloud, number of additional computing processes associated with the computing process, type of computing process, date, duration of the computing process, and software programs utilized by the computing process.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing process comprises at least one of a virtual machine, a software appliance, and a software program.

8. A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing a processing system to perform a method, comprising:

receiving, from a user, an event related to a computing process in at least one cloud and an action to perform upon an occurrence of the event;

monitoring the at least one cloud for the occurrence of the event; and

performing the action upon the occurrence of the event.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein monitoring the at least one cloud comprises:

receiving access information for the at least one cloud; and

accessing the at least one cloud utilizing the access information to determine information about the computing process supported by the at least one cloud and associated with the user.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, the method further comprising:

comparing the determined information to the event to determine the occurrence of the event.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, the method further comprising:

storing the event and the action to be performed associated with the user.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the action comprises at least one of notifying the user, terminating the computing process, and migrating the computing process to another cloud.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the event comprises at least one of usage of resources of the at least one cloud, number of additional computing processes associated with the computing process, type of computing process, date, duration of the computing process, and software programs utilized by the computing process.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the computing process comprises at least one of a virtual machine, a software appliance, and a software program.

15. A system for monitoring a cloud computing environment, comprising:

a network interface to at least one cloud of computing systems; and

a processor communicating with the network interface and executing an event module, the event module being configured to

receive, from a user, an event related to a computing process in the at least one cloud and an action to perform upon an occurrence of the event;

monitor the at least one cloud for the occurrence of the event; and

perform the action upon the occurrence of the event.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is executing a monitoring module, the monitoring module being configured to:

receive access information for the at least one cloud; and

access the at least one cloud utilizing the access information to determine information about the computing process supported by the at least one cloud and associated with the user.

17. The system of claim 16, the event module being further configured to

compare the determined information to the event to determine the occurrence of the event.

18. The system of claim 15, the event module being further configured to

store the event and the action to be performed associated with the user.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the action comprises at least one of notifying the user, terminating the computing process, and migrating the computing process to another cloud.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the event comprises at least one of usage of resources of the at least one cloud, number of additional computing processes associated with the computing process, type of computing process, date, duration of the computing process, and software programs utilized by the computing process.