Correlating out interactions and profiling the same

• US 8,244,514 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2008
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lu, Sheng, Wang, Qingbo, Ye, Meng, Cheng, Long, Lan, Dong Jun, Fang, Xing, Wang, Gang Crl
• Primary Examiner(s): JONES, HUGH M
• Application Number:
  US12/110,578
• Publication Number:
  US 20080270102A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,569 Days
• Field of Search: 703/17
• US Class Current: 703/17
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A method and system for correlating out interactions, which occur due to one or a set of specific events, of an application, which is deployed in multiple adjacent tiers in an actual environment is described. First, a simulation environment corresponding to the actual environment is created. Then, specific events are led to the actual environment and the simulation environment. A pattern(s) of interactions, which are related with the specific events, between adjacent tiers in the simulation environment and a large number of interactions between adjacent tiers in the actual environment are obtained. Afterwards, interactions, which are related with the specific events, between adjacent tiers among the obtained interactions between adjacent tiers in the actual environment are correlated using a template of the obtained pattern(s) of interactions, which are related with the specific events, between adjacent tiers in the simulation environment as a template.

Claims

1. A method for correlating out interactions, the method comprising:

receiving a set of specific events from an application, wherein the application is deployed across a plurality of adjacent tiers in an actual environment;

creating a simulation environment corresponding to the actual environment including a plurality of adjacent tiers corresponding to the plurality adjacent tiers of the actual environment;

routing the set of specific events to the actual environment and the simulation environment;

obtaining a set of patterns associated with a plurality of interactions between adjacent tiers in the plurality of adjacent tiers of the simulation environment, wherein the plurality of interactions are related to the set of specific events;

obtaining a plurality of interactions between at least two adjacent tiers in the plurality of adjacent tiers of the actual environment; and

applying the set of patterns as a template to the plurality of interactions obtained for the at least two adjacent tiers of the actual environment; and

correlating out, with a processor, for the set of specific events and based on applying the set of patterns as a template, interactions between the plurality of interactions which have been obtained for the actual environment and the plurality of interactions of the simulation environment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the set of patterns associated with the plurality of interactions is based on interaction times between two tiers of the plurality of adjacent tiers.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the set of patterns associated with the plurality of interactions is based on HTTP request lines.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the set of patterns associated with the plurality of interactions is based on SOAP request URLs.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the set of patterns associated with the plurality of interactions is based on database request SQL statements and/or sequences which have been requested.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the set of patterns associated with the plurality of interactions is based on request sequences.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the set of patterns is at least one of a rough pattern and a precise pattern.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the rough pattern is applied as the template first for correlating out interactions, and then the precise pattern is applied as an additional template for re-correlating the interactions which have been previously correlated.

9. A system for correlating out interactions, the system comprising:

an actual environment comprising a plurality of adjacent tiers;

a set of specific events from an application, wherein the application is deployed across the plurality of adjacent tiers in the actual environment;

a simulation environment corresponding to the actual environment including a plurality of adjacent tiers corresponding to the plurality adjacent tiers of the actual environment;

a first information processing system comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the processor configured to

route the set of specific events to the actual environment and the simulation environment;

a second information processing system comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the processor configured to

obtain a set of patterns associated with a plurality of interactions between adjacent tiers in the plurality of adjacent tiers of the simulation environment, and

obtain a plurality of interactions between at least two adjacent tiers in the plurality of adjacent tiers of the actual environment; and

a third information processing system comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the processor configured to

apply the set of patterns as a template to the plurality of interactions obtained for the at least two adjacent tiers of the actual environment, and

correlate out, for the set of specific events and based on applying the set of patterns as a template, interactions between the plurality of interactions which have been obtained for the actual environment and the plurality of interactions of the simulation environment.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the set of patterns associated with the plurality of interactions is based on interaction times between two tiers of the plurality of adjacent tiers.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the set of patterns associated with the plurality of interactions is based on HTTP request lines.

12. The system according to claim 9, wherein the set of patterns associated with the plurality of interactions is based on SOAP request URLs.

13. The system according to claim 9, wherein the set of patterns associated with the plurality of interactions is based on database request SQL statements, and/or sequences which have been requested.

14. The system according to claim 9, wherein the set of patterns is at least one of a rough pattern and a precise pattern.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the rough pattern is applied as the template first for correlating out interactions and then the precise pattern is used as a second template for re-correlating the interactions which have been previously correlated.