METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF APPLICATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT

• US 20110276594A1
• Filed: 07/15/2011
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lam, Robert S., Chong, James C., Tsang, Arthur, Zychowski, Christopher M., Tang, Henry, Chan, Joseph L., So, Chi Hong, Banks, Jerome D., Patel, Tushar M., Heler, Jean Jacques, Chow, Raymond
• Granted Patent: US 9,053,220 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• 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 11/3072 where the reporting involves data filtering, e.g. pattern matching, time or event triggered, adaptive or policy-based reporting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/81 Threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/88 Monitoring involving counting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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 method, system, and computer program include receiving a request string, and mapping the received request string to a distinguishable request string and a collapsible request string. The received request string may be in the form of a JSP, a servlet, and remote Enterprise Java Bean calls. A user may be prompted to create rules for mapping of a received request string to a distinguishable request string and a collapsible request string.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, comprising:

for each of the plurality of servers, obtaining runtime environment data as to how a server from the plurality of servers is set up;

receiving from a user an identification of a server as an authoritative server and another server as a comparison server;

comparing the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server;

displaying comparison results; and

drilling down from the displayed comparison results to a detail screen displaying information for the authoritative server and the comparison server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said runtime environment data is in the form of one or more of CPU data, server data and Java data between the selected servers.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said CPU data comprises one or more of CPU speed, number of CPUs online, number of CPUs offline, memory, operating system version, and physical disk space.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said server data comprises one or more of application server, startup directory, listening ports, SSL listening ports, number of registered servlets, number of registered EJBs, number of JDBC connection pools, and number of EARs.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein said Java data comprises one or more of JDK version, installation directory, Java policy, operating system information, class path, and library path.

6. A method for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, comprising:

receiving from a user an identification of a server as an authoritative server and another server as a comparison server;

receiving from the user a selection of a source of files;

receiving from the user a selection of a file type;

preparing files on a master file list from the selected source of the files and the selected file type from the authoritative server;

searching for the files on the master file list in the comparison server; and

providing a list of matching file names for files found on both the comparison server and the authoritative server, a list of file names found on the authoritative server and not found on the comparison server, and a list of file names found on the comparison server and not found on the authoritative server.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

comparing file size.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

comparing file time stamp.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the user selects the source from a list of folders.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

conducting a comparison of the files on the master file list via MD5 checksum calculation.

11. A system for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a combination of computer hardware and software for;

for each of the plurality of servers, obtaining runtime environment data as to how a server from the plurality of servers is set up;

receiving from a user an identification of a server as an authoritative server and another server as a comparison server;

comparing the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server;

displaying comparison results; and

drilling down from the displayed comparison results to a detail screen displaying information for the authoritative server and the comparison server.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said runtime environment data is in the form of one or more of CPU data, server data and Java data between the selected servers.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said CPU data comprises one or more of CPU speed, number of CPUs online, number of CPUs offline, memory, operating system version, and physical disk space.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein said server data comprises one or more of application server, startup directory, listening ports, SSL listening ports, number of registered servlets, number of registered EJBs, number of JDBC connection pools, and number of EARs.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein said Java data comprises one or more of JDK version, installation directory, Java policy, operating system information, class path, and library path.

16. A system for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a combination of computer hardware and software for;

receiving from a user an identification of a server as an authoritative server and another server as a comparison server;

receiving from the user a selection of a source of files;

receiving from the user a selection of a file type;

preparing files on a master file list from the selected source of the files and the selected file type from the authoritative server;

searching for the files on the master file list in the comparison server; and

providing a list of matching file names for files found on both the comparison server and the authoritative server, a list of file names found on the authoritative server and not found on the comparison server, and a list of file names found on the comparison server and not found on the authoritative server.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a combination of computer hardware and software for:

comparing file size.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising a combination of computer hardware and software for:

comparing file time stamps.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the user selects the source from a list of folders.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising a combination of computer hardware and software for:

conducting a comparison of the files on the master file list via MD5 checksum calculation.

21. A computer program for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, said program consisting of instructions stored on a medium, said instructions, when executed on a processor causing the processor to execute:

for each of the plurality of servers, obtaining runtime environment data as to how a server from the plurality of servers is set up;

receiving from a user an identification of a server as an authoritative server and another server as a comparison server;

comparing the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server;

displaying comparison results; and

drilling down from the displayed comparison results to a detail screen displaying information for the authoritative server and the comparison server.

22. A computer program for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, the computer program consisting of instructions stored on a medium, wherein the instructions, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to execute:

receiving from a user an identification of a server as an authoritative server and another server as a comparison server;

receiving from the user a selection of a source of files;

receiving from the user a selection of a file type;

preparing files on a master file list from the selected source of the files and the selected file type from the authoritative server;

searching for the files on the master file list in the comparison server; and

providing a list of matching file names for files found on both the comparison server and the authoritative server, a list of file names found on the authoritative server and not found on the comparison server, and a list of file names found on the comparison server and not found on the authoritative server.