Infrastructure auto discovery from business process models via middleware flows

• US 7,912,749 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2004
• Issued: 03/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wong, Wai, Young, Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): An; Meng-Ai
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZHE, MENG YAO
• Application Number:
  US10/887,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20050125768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,447 Days
• Field of Search: 705/11
• US Class Current: 717/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

A method for infrastructure automatic discovery from business process models through middleware flows is provided. Data flow in an infrastructure is monitored to observe middleware flows. An information model is formed based on the observed middleware flows.

Claims

1. A method for infrastructure automatic discovery through analysis of middleware flows, comprising:

providing one or more IT services to monitor a plurality of middleware flows in an information technology (IT) infrastructure, the plurality of middleware flows comprising a plurality of data communications between a plurality of components of the IT infrastructure;

forming an information model based on the observed middleware flows;

storing the information model in a storage device and

determining, based on the observed middleware flows, a threshold of the IT infrastructure performance for a business process participating in one or more of the observed middleware flows.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining dependency relationships amongst components of the IT infrastructure based on the observed middleware flows, and including the dependency relationships in the information model, wherein each of the dependency relationships comprises at least one data relationship amongst components of the IT infrastructure.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising analyzing the observed middleware flows to identify IT infrastructure components participating in the observed middleware flows.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a plurality of business processes; and

mapping the business processes to components of the infrastructure according to the observed middleware flows, the mapped business processes comprising an illustration of the components and the respective business processes.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising analyzing the observed middleware flows to map groupings of IT infrastructure components to respective business processes, the mapped groupings comprising an illustration of the IT infrastructure components and the respective business processes.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising modeling the mappings of the groupings of IT infrastructure components to corresponding types of middleware flows, to represent corresponding business processes.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing management services, and wherein the management services establish a threshold of metrics for the middleware flows.

8. A method for infrastructure automatic discovery from business process models through middleware flows, comprising:

monitoring data flow in an infrastructure to observe a plurality of middleware flows, the plurality of middleware flows comprising a plurality of data communications between a plurality of components of the infrastructure;

forming an information model based on the observed middleware flows;

storing the information model in a storage device and

determining, based on the observed middleware flows, a threshold of the infrastructure performance for a business process participating in one or more of the observed middleware flows.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

identifying a plurality of business processes; and

mapping the business processes to components of the infrastructure according to the observed middleware flows, the mapped business processes comprising an illustration of the components and the respective business processes.

10. A computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a program storage device readable by the computer system, tangibly embodying a program of instructions operable to;

provide one or more IT services to monitor a plurality of middleware flows in an information technology (IT) infrastructure, the plurality of middleware flows comprising a plurality of data communications between a plurality of components of the IT infrastructure;

form an information model based on the observed middleware flows; and

determine, based on the observed middleware flows, a threshold of the IT infrastructure performance for a business process participating in one or more of the observed middleware flows.

11. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions operable to:

provide one or more IT services to monitor a plurality of middleware flows in an information technology (IT) infrastructure, the plurality of middleware flows comprising a plurality of data communications between a plurality of components of the IT infrastructure;

form an information model based on the observed middleware flows; and

determine, based on the observed middleware flows, a threshold of the IT infrastructure performance for a business process participating in one or more of the observed middleware flows.

12. A computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a program storage device readable by the computer system, tangibly embodying a program of instructions operable to;

monitor data flow in an infrastructure to observe a plurality of middleware flows, the plurality of middleware flows comprising a plurality of data communications between a plurality of components of the infrastructure;

form an information model based on the observed middleware flow; and

determine, based on the observed middleware flows, a threshold of the infrastructure performance for a business process participating in one or more of the observed middleware flows.

13. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions operable to:

monitor data flow in an infrastructure to observe a plurality of middleware flows, the plurality of middleware flows comprising a plurality of data communications between a plurality of components of the infrastructure;

form an information model based on the observed middleware flows; and

determine, based on the observed middleware flows, a threshold of the infrastructure performance for a business process participating in one or more of the observed middleware flows.