Method and system for employing a hierarchical monitor tree for monitoring system resources in a data processing environment

• US 7,756,968 B1
• Filed: 12/30/2003
• Issued: 07/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Frey, Gregor K., Kautzleben, Reinhold, Weller, Joerg, Opgenorth, Juergen, Petrov, Miroslav R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pwu; Jeffrey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Musa; Abdelnabi O
• Application Number:
  US10/748,774
• Time in Patent Office: 2,387 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/508 Monitor

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system are provided for monitoring of system resources using a monitor tree. According to one embodiment, a resource may be associated with a monitor managed bean at a node of a monitor tree. Monitoring information regarding the associated resources may be requested from a runtime managed bean, and the monitoring information may be received by the monitor managed bean at the node of the monitor tree.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring one or more resources by a monitoring architecture, the method comprising:

assigning each of a plurality of runtime beans to the respective one or more of a plurality of resources to be monitored, wherein each of the plurality of runtime beans to provide monitoring information regarding each of the respective one or more resources to a monitor bean associated with the runtime bean assigned to the respective resource, the monitor bean being one of a plurality of monitor beans in the monitoring architecture;

arranging the plurality of monitor beans into a hierarchical tree structure, wherein each of the monitor beans to receive the monitoring information regarding the resource to be monitored from the runtime bean assigned to the monitor bean, and wherein each of the plurality of monitor beans in the hierarchical tree structure to be individually represented as a tree node of the hierarchical tree structure;

continuous monitoring, in real-time, the plurality of resources via the plurality of runtime beans respectively assigned to the plurality of resources;

registering the monitor beans as a cluster by a server of the monitoring architecture, wherein the server to serve as a single point of entry for calling each of the plurality of runtime and monitor beans; and

receiving by the server of the monitoring architecture the continuous monitoring information from the plurality of runtime beans at predetermined periodic time periods, wherein the tree node associated with each monitor bean within the hierarchical tree structure provides individual reporting of the corresponding resource based on the monitoring information received by the monitor bean represented by the tree node,

wherein the monitoring information includes a current monitoring status and a monitoring history of the plurality of resources, wherein the current monitoring status includes a color-coded indication of at least one of status of a resource being monitored among the plurality of resources, wherein the color-coded indication indicates whether the resource is being continuously monitored.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a notification from the runtime beans signaling availability of the monitoring information; and

requesting the monitoring information from the runtime beans in response to receiving the notification.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a timer notification from a timer indicating availability of the monitoring information; and

requesting the monitoring information from the runtime beans in response to receiving the timer notification, wherein the timer notification is based on the predetermined time periods.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of resources include one or more of Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) resources associated with an ABAP engine, Java resources associated with a Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) engine, kernel service resources, kernel interface resources, and kernel library resources.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicatively interfacing the hierarchical tree structure with a central database and one or more client-level applications using a monitor service.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the monitoring information via a monitor viewer.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the monitor viewer includes one or more of a customized visual administrator monitor viewer, a Web-based monitor viewer, and a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based monitor viewer.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the wherein the color-coded indication further indicates the resource is nearing a specified event.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring history includes monitoring history of the plurality of resources that is collected over a predetermined time period.

21. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

retrieving a file having semantics and directives, wherein the semantics and directives for arranging the plurality of monitor beans into the hierarchical tree structure.

22. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

communicating the continuous monitoring information to a visual administrator for display.

10. A monitoring system comprising:

an application server having a processor and a storage medium coupled with the processor via a bus, the application server to;

assign each of a plurality of runtime beans to a respective one or more of a plurality of resources to be monitored, wherein each of the plurality of runtime beans to provide monitoring information regarding each of the respective one or more resources to a monitor bean associated with the runtime bean assigned to the resource, the monitor bean being one of a plurality of monitor beans communicably interfaced with the application server;

arrange the plurality of monitor beans into a hierarchical tree structure, wherein each of the monitor beans to receive the monitoring information regarding the resource to be monitored from the runtime bean assigned to the monitor bean, and wherein each of the plurality of monitor beans in the hierarchical tree structure to be individually represented as a tree node of the hierarchical tree structure;

continuously monitor, in real-time, the plurality of resources via the plurality of runtime beans respectively assigned to the plurality of resources;

register the monitor beans as a cluster by a server of the monitoring architecture, wherein the server to serve as a single point of entry for calling each of the plurality of runtime and monitor beans; and

receive the continuous monitoring information from the plurality of runtime beans at predetermined periodic time periods, wherein the tree node associated with each monitor bean within the hierarchical tree structure provides individual reporting of the corresponding resource based on the monitoring information received by the monitor bean represented by the tree node,

wherein the monitoring information includes a current monitoring status and a monitoring history of the plurality of resources, wherein the current monitoring status includes a color-coded indication of at least one of status of a resource being monitored among the plurality of resources, wherein the color-coded indication indicates whether the resource is being continuously monitored.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the application server is further to communicably interface the hierarchical tree structure with a central database and one or more client-level applications using a monitor service.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more client-level applications include one or more of a computing center management system, administrative tools, and third party tools.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the administrative tools include a monitor viewer to display the monitoring information, wherein the monitor viewer includes a customized visual administrator monitor viewer, a Web-based monitor viewer, and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) based monitor viewer.

20. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of monitor beans in the hierarchical tree structure represented as a tree node of the hierarchical tree structure to individually report the monitoring information regarding the resource to be monitored from the runtime bean associated with the monitor bean.

23. The system of claim 10, wherein the application server to retrieve a file having semantics and directives, wherein the semantics and directives for arranging the plurality of monitor beans into the hierarchical tree structure.

24. The system of claim 10, wherein the application server to communicate the continuous monitoring information to a visual administrator for display.

14. A machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause a machine to perform a method, for monitoring one or more resources, the method comprising:

assigning each of a plurality of runtime beans to the respective one or more of a plurality of resources to be monitored, wherein each of the plurality of runtime beans to provide monitoring information regarding each of the respective one or more resources to a monitor bean associated with the runtime bean assigned to the resource, the monitor bean being one of a plurality of monitor beans communicably interfaced with the machine;

arranging the plurality of monitor beans into a hierarchical tree structure, wherein each of the monitor beans to receive the monitoring information regarding the resource to be monitored from the runtime bean assigned to the monitor bean, and wherein each of the plurality of monitor beans in the hierarchical tree structure to be individually represented as a tree node of the hierarchical tree structure;

continuous monitoring, in real-time, the plurality of resources via the plurality of runtime beans respectively assigned to the plurality of resources;

registering the monitor beans as a cluster by a server of the monitoring architecture, wherein the server to serve as a single point of entry for calling each of the plurality of runtime and monitor beans; and

receiving the continuous monitoring information from the plurality of runtime beans at predetermined periodic time periods, wherein the tree node associated with each monitor bean within the hierarchical tree structure provides individual reporting of the corresponding resource based on the monitoring information received by the monitor bean represented by the tree node,

wherein the monitoring information includes a current monitoring status and a monitoring history of the plurality of resources, wherein the current monitoring status includes a color-coded indication of at least one of status of a resource being monitored among the plurality of resources, wherein the color-coded indication indicates whether the resource is being continuously monitored.

15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions which, when executed, further cause the machine to perform the method comprising:

receiving a notification from the runtime beans signaling availability of the monitoring information; and

requesting the monitoring information from the runtime beans in response to receiving the notification, wherein the notification is based on the predetermined time periods.

16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions which, when executed, further cause the machine to perform the method comprising:

receiving a timer notification from a timer indicating availability of the monitoring information; and

requesting the monitoring information from the runtime beans in response to receiving the timer notification, wherein the timer notification is based on the predetermined time periods.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions which, when executed, further cause the machine to perform the method comprising:

displaying the monitoring information via a monitor viewer.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the monitor viewer includes one or more of a customized visual administrator monitor viewer, a Web-based monitor viewer, and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) based monitor viewer.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of monitor beans in the hierarchical tree structure represented as a tree node of the hierarchical tree structure to individually report the monitoring information regarding the resource to be monitored from the runtime bean associated with the monitor bean.

25. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions which, when executed, further cause the machine to perform the method comprising:

retrieving a file having semantics and directives, wherein the semantics and directives for arranging the plurality of monitor beans into the hierarchical tree structure.

26. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions which, when executed, further cause the machine to perform the method comprising:

communicating the continuous monitoring information to a visual administrator for display.