Mechanism for Customized Monitoring of System Activities

• US 20120084780A1
• Filed: 10/05/2010
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Pasternak, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,524,224 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/02 Capturing of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• 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 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/20 the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV

Abstract

A mechanism for performing monitoring system activities using a performance monitor. A method of embodiments of the invention includes identifying a plurality of monitoring tools to monitor activities of a plurality of system components at the computer system, and each monitoring tool monitors activities of at least one system component of the plurality of system components. The method further includes generating a monitoring template to include monitoring capabilities of each of the plurality of monitoring tools, and customizing, via the monitoring template, the performance monitor to serve as a universal monitoring tool to facilitate the plurality of monitoring tools to monitor the activities of the plurality of system components.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method to monitor system resources of a computer system, the method comprising:

identifying a plurality of monitoring tools to monitor activities of a plurality of system components at the computer system, wherein each monitoring tool monitors activities of at least one system component of the plurality of system components;

generating a monitoring template to include monitoring capabilities of each of the plurality of monitoring tools; and

customizing, via the monitoring template, the performance monitor to serve as a universal monitoring tool to facilitate the plurality of monitoring tools to monitor the activities of the plurality of system components.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising directing results of the activities of the plurality of system components as monitored by the performance monitor to a repository as defined by the performance monitor.

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

generating one or more monitoring templates to customize the performance monitor, wherein each of the one or more monitoring templates include monitoring capabilities of one or more of the plurality of monitoring tools; and

facilitating the performance monitor to monitor activities of one or more of the plurality of system components as defined by the one or more monitoring templates.

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

detecting one or more unmonitored system components;

determining none of the plurality of monitoring tools is responsible for monitoring the activities of the one or more unmonitored system components; and

generating a monitoring template to facilitate the performance monitor to monitor the one or more unmonitored system components according to the monitoring template.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of system components include software components or hardware components.

6. A system comprising:

a processor communicably coupled to a memory of a computer system having an operating system and a monitoring mechanism to perform monitoring of system activities, the monitoring mechanism having a performance monitor; and

the monitoring mechanism is operable to;

identify a plurality of monitoring tools to monitor activities of a plurality of system components at the computer system, wherein each monitoring tool monitors activities of at least one system component of the plurality of system components,

generate a monitoring template to include monitoring capabilities of each of the plurality of monitoring tools, and

customize, via the monitoring template, the performance monitor to serve as a universal monitoring tool to facilitate the plurality of monitoring tools to monitor the activities of the plurality of system components.

7. The system of claim 6, the monitoring mechanism is further to direct results of the activities of the plurality of system components as monitored by the performance monitor to a repository as defined by the performance monitor.

8. The system of claim 7, the monitoring mechanism is further to:

Generate one or more monitoring templates to customize the performance monitor, wherein each of the one or more monitoring templates include monitoring capabilities of one or more of the plurality of monitoring tools; and

facilitate the performance monitor to monitor activities of one or more of the plurality of system components as defined by the one or more monitoring templates.

9. The system of claim 6, the monitoring mechanism is further to:

detecting one or more unmonitored system components;

determining none of the plurality of monitoring tools is responsible for monitoring the activities of the one or more unmonitored system components; and

generating a monitoring template to facilitate the performance monitor to monitor the one or more unmonitored system components according to the monitoring template.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the plurality of system components include software components or hardware components.

11. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

identifying a plurality of monitoring tools to monitor activities of a plurality of system components at the computer system, wherein each monitoring tool monitors activities of at least one system component of the plurality of system components;

generating a monitoring template to include monitoring capabilities of each of the plurality of monitoring tools; and

customizing, via the monitoring template, the performance monitor to serve as a universal monitoring tool to facilitate the plurality of monitoring tools to monitor the activities of the plurality of system components.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 11, further having instructions that, when executed, cause the machine to direct results of the activities of the plurality of system components as monitored by the performance monitor to a repository as defined by the performance monitor.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 12, further having instructions that, when executed, cause the machine to:

generate one or more monitoring templates to customize the performance monitor, wherein each of the one or more monitoring templates include monitoring capabilities of one or more of the plurality of monitoring tools; and

facilitate the performance monitor to monitor activities of one or more of the plurality of system components as defined by the one or more monitoring templates.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 11, further having instructions that, when executed, cause the machine to:

detect one or more unmonitored system components;

determine none of the plurality of monitoring tools is responsible for monitoring the activities of the one or more unmonitored system components; and

generate a monitoring template to facilitate the performance monitor to monitor the one or more unmonitored system components according to the monitoring template.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 11, wherein the plurality of system components include software components or hardware components.