DISPLAYING STORAGE PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

• US 20150293830A1
• Filed: 04/16/2015
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Splunk Inc.
• Original Assignee: Splunk Inc.
• Inventors: BHIDE, ALOK A., MALVIYA, POORVA, ALEKSEYEV, LEONID V.
• Granted Patent: US 9,990,265 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 11/3034 where the computing system component is a storage system, e.g. DASD based or network based digital input from or digital output to record carriers G06F3/06; digital recording or reproducing G11B20/18; for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3065 Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in reporting the monitored data error or fault reporting or logging G06F11/0766
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/34 Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation ; Recording or statistical evaluation of user activity, e.g. usability assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45579 I/O management, e.g. providing access to device drivers or storage
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0653 Monitoring storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5016 the resource being the memory

Abstract

Virtual machine data records are obtained from a virtual system manager that manages one or more virtual machines. Storage data records are obtained from a storage controller. The virtual machine data records include one or more particular virtual machine data records relating to a particular virtual machine and identify a particular volume that is configured for use by the particular virtual machine. The storage data records including one or more particular storage data records that specify performance information associated with the particular volume. Based on information in the particular virtual machine data records and information in the particular storage data records, it is determined that the particular storage data records are related to the particular volume used by the particular virtual machine. Graphical user interface(s) displaying virtual machine information relating to the particular virtual machine in association with volume performance information relating to the particular volume are displayed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at one or more data management computers;

obtaining, from a virtual system manager that manages one or more virtual machines, both (a) particular virtual machine data that relates to a particular virtual machine, and (b) an indication that the particular virtual machine uses a particular volume of data storage managed by a storage controller that manages one or more storage units and that is separate from the virtual system manager;

obtaining, from the storage controller, both (a) particular storage data that relates to the particular volume, and (b) an indication that the particular storage data relates to the particular volume;

correlating the particular storage data to the particular virtual machine data based on both the indication that the particular virtual machine uses the particular volume and the indication that the particular storage data relates to the particular volume;

causing display of performance information related to the particular volume that is based at least in part on the particular storage data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes a visualization of performance of the particular volume.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes a graph of a metric related to performance of the particular volume over time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes a latency rate for a storage controller that manages the particular volume.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes information indicating an average latency of write operations for data stored by the particular volume.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes information indicating an average latency of read operations for data stored by the particular volume.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes information indicating an average number of input/output operations performed per second (IOPS) by the storage controller.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes an amount of space available in the particular volume.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes a percentage of the particular volume that is overprovisioned.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with display of the performance information, of an amount of space provisioned in the particular volume for virtual machines.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with the display of the performance information, of a path of the particular volume.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with the display of the performance information, of a URL of the particular volume.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with the display of the performance information, of a number of virtual machines that use the particular volume.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with the display of the performance information, of names of one or more virtual machines that use the particular volume.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with the display of the performance information, of a name of a physical host of the particular virtual machine.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with the display of the performance information, of a name of the particular virtual machine.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with the display of the performance information, of an amount of space in the particular volume committed to the particular virtual machine.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with the display of the performance information, of an amount of uncommitted space in the particular volume for the particular virtual machine.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing display, concurrently with the display of the performance information, of, an amount of space in the particular volume provisioned for the particular virtual machine.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular volume is referenced by a volume name or an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual system manager stores the particular virtual machine data in a data store separate from a data store in which the storage controller stores the particular storage data.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying the obtained particular storage data to conform to a particular format and storing the particular storage data in the particular format.

23. An apparatus comprising:

a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that obtains, from a virtual system manager that manages one or more virtual machines, both (a) particular virtual machine data that relates to a particular virtual machine, and (b) an indication that the particular virtual machine uses a particular volume of data storage managed by a storage controller that manages one or more storage units and that is separate from the virtual system manager;

a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that obtains, from the storage controller, both (a) particular storage data that relates to the particular volume, and (b) an indication that the particular storage data relates to the particular volume;

a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that correlates the particular storage data to the particular virtual machine data based on both the indication that the particular virtual machine uses the particular volume and the indication that the particular storage data relates to the particular volume;

a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that causes display of performance information related to the particular volume that is based at least in part on the particular storage data.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the performance information includes a visualization of performance of the particular volume.

25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the performance information includes a graph of a metric related to performance of the particular volume over time.

26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the performance information includes a latency rate for a storage controller that manages the particular volume.

27. One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause:

obtaining, from a virtual system manager that manages one or more virtual machines, both (a) particular virtual machine data that relates to a particular virtual machine, and (b) an indication that the particular virtual machine uses a particular volume of data storage managed by a storage controller that manages one or more storage units and that is separate from the virtual system manager;

obtaining, from the storage controller, both (a) particular storage data that relates to the particular volume, and (b) an indication that the particular storage data relates to the particular volume;

correlating the particular storage data to the particular virtual machine data based on both the indication that the particular virtual machine uses the particular volume and the indication that the particular storage data relates to the particular volume;

causing display of performance information related to the particular volume that is based at least in part on the particular storage data.

28. The one or more non-transitory storage media of claim 27, wherein the performance information includes a visualization of performance of the particular volume.

29. The one or more non-transitory storage media of claim 27, wherein the performance information includes a graph of a metric related to performance of the particular volume over time.

30. The one or more non-transitory storage media of claim 27, wherein the performance information includes a latency rate for a storage controller that manages the particular volume.