SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING DATABASE NETWORK INTEGRITY USING APPLICATION BUSINESS GROUPS & APPLICATION EPICENTERS

• US 20160294650A1
• Filed: 04/04/2016
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Resolve Systems Automation Incorporated
• Original Assignee: FixStream Networks, Inc. (Resolve Systems LLC)
• Inventors: Samant, Adwaitanand Naryan, Padhye, Sameer
• Granted Patent: US 10,205,635 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0618 based on the physical or logical position
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level

Abstract

Example methods, apparatuses, and user interfaces are presented for generation of Application Business groups and determining system health and integrity based thereon. An Application Business group is a correlated group of Applications forming a business process or business service. Each application typically has one or two central application services referred here as an Application Epicenter. After determining an Epicenter, all correlated and important application services one hop away can become part of the Application. Interfaces allow for expansion or shrinking the Application by selecting a number of hops from the Epicenter. Once these Epicenters are defined, additional graphical user interfaces display health and status data of the Application centered around the Epicenter, including any fault data to diagnose problems in the Application.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one memory;

at least one processor coupled to the memory and communicatively coupled to a network of computer programs operating on one or more servers, the at least one processor configured to;

determine an application epicenter by determining which program among the computer programs interconnects with the most number of other programs in the network of computer programs;

group a plurality of programs among the network of computer programs together that are one direct link to the application epicenter;

identify hardware components within the one or more servers that are used to operate the plurality of programs linked around the application epicenter;

determine physical links between each of the hardware components;

cause display of a graphical representation of the hardware components and their physical links; and

cause display of an overlay of the plurality of programs and the application epicenter over the graphical representation of the hardware components, wherein positions of the programs and application epicenter correspond to which hardware components are directly supporting operation of the programs and application epicenter.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a degree of health of each of the hardware components and their physical links by monitoring traffic flows of the physical links.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to:

cause display of the health of each of the hardware components and their physical links by overlaying graphics representing the health of each of the hardware components and their physical links over their respective graphical representations.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

cause display of a graphical representation of traffic flows between the hardware components.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that at least one hardware component has a fault.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:

cause display of the fault by overlaying a graphical representation of the fault over the graphical representation of its corresponding hardware component.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to access a user input defining the application epicenter, and the plurality of programs is grouped based on the user input.

8. A computer-implemented method of at least one processor coupled to a memory and communicatively coupled to a network of computer programs operating on one or more servers, the method comprising:

determining, by the processor, an application epicenter by determining which program among the computer programs interconnects with the most number of other programs in the network of computer programs;

grouping a plurality of programs among the network of computer programs together that are one direct link to the application epicenter;

identifying hardware components within the one or more servers that are used to operate the plurality of programs linked around the application epicenter;

determining physical links between each of the hardware components;

causing display of a graphical representation of the hardware components and their physical links; and

causing display of an overlay of the plurality of programs and the application epicenter over the graphical representation of the hardware components, wherein positions of the programs and application epicenter correspond to which hardware components are directly supporting operation of the programs and application epicenter.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a degree of health of each of the hardware components and their physical links by monitoring traffic flows of the physical links.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

causing display of the health of each of the hardware components and their physical links by overlaying graphics representing the health of each of the hardware components and their physical links over their respective graphical representations.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

causing display of a graphical representation of traffic flows between the hardware components.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that at least one hardware component has a fault.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

causing display of the fault by overlaying a graphical representation of the fault over the graphical representation of its corresponding hardware component.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising accesing a user input defining the application epicenter, and wherein the plurality of programs is grouped based on the user input.

15. A computer readable medium having no transitory signals and comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor coupled to a memory and communicatively coupled to a network of computer programs operating on one or more servers, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining an application epicenter by determining which program among the computer programs interconnects with the most number of other programs in the network of computer programs;

grouping a plurality of programs among the network of computer programs together that are one direct link to the application epicenter;

identifying hardware components within the one or more servers that are used to operate the plurality of programs linked around the application epicenter;

determining physical links between each of the hardware components;

causing display of a graphical representation of the hardware components and their physical links; and

causing display of an overlay of the plurality of programs and the application epicenter over the graphical representation of the hardware components, wherein positions of the programs and application epicenter correspond to which hardware components are directly supporting operation of the programs and application epicenter.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

determining a degree of health of each of the hardware components and their physical links by monitoring traffic flows of the physical links.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, the operations further comprising:

causing display of the health of each of the hardware components and their physical links by overlaying graphics representing the health of each of the hardware components and their physical links over their respective graphical representations.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

causing display of a graphical representation of traffic flows between the hardware components.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

determining that at least one hardware component has a fault.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, the operations further comprising:

causing display of the fault by overlaying a graphical representation of the fault over the graphical representation of its corresponding hardware component.