Problem determination in distributed enterprise applications

• US 8,990,382 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2011
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chong, James C., Chan, Joseph L., Patel, Tushar M., Heler, Jean-Jacques, So, Chi Hong, Tsang, Arthur, Lam, Robert S., Chow, Raymond, Tang, Henry
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Chirag R
• Application Number:
  US13/287,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20120047255A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,239 Days
• Field of Search: 709224-227, 719316-318, 707770-772, 707/785
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/079 Root cause analysis, i.e. error or fault diagnosis in a hardware test environment G06F11/22; in a software test environment G06F11/36
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/302 where the computing system component is a software system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

Problem determination in an enterprise computer system in a distributed environment is provided. A user is prompted to select an application server and a search inquiry that identifies transactions by behavior selected from a group of behaviors including a behavior of transactions that have issued more than a threshold number of SQLs and a behavior of transactions that have issued more than a threshold number of methods. There is a search among all active URL strings for web requests and active class names for remote enterprise java bean requests responsive to the search inquiry. The identified URL strings and active enterprise java bean requests are displayed.

Claims

1. A method for problem determination for enterprise applications running in a distributed environment, comprising:

prompting a user to select an application server and a search inquiry that identifies transactions by behavior selected from a group of behaviors including a behavior of transactions that have issued more than a threshold number of SQLs and a behavior of transactions that have issued more than a threshold number of methods;

searching among all active URL strings for web requests and active class names for remote enterprise java bean requests responsive to the search inquiry; and

displaying identified URL strings and active enterprise java bean requests.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search inquiry comprises a text string.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search inquiry comprises a behavior of all transactions having greater than a threshold age.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the search inquiry comprises a behavior of transactions started within a selected time window.

5. A system for problem determination for enterprise applications running in a distributed environment, comprising:

a processor; and

computer hardware configured for;

prompting a user to select an application server and a search inquiry;

searching among all active URL strings for web requests and active class names for remote enterprise java bean requests responsive to the search inquiry that identifies transactions by behavior selected from a group of behaviors including a behavior of transactions that have issued more than a threshold number of SQLs and a behavior of transactions that have issued more than a threshold number of methods; and

displaying identified URL strings and active enterprise java bean requests.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the search inquiry comprises a text string.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the search inquiry comprises a behavior of all transactions having greater than a threshold age.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the search inquiry comprises a behavior of transactions started within a selected time window.

9. A computer program for problem determination for enterprise applications running in a distributed environment, said program consisting of instructions stored on a non-transitory medium, said instructions, when executed on a processor causing the processor to execute:

prompting a user to select an application server and a search inquiry that identifies transactions by behavior selected from a group of behaviors including a behavior of transactions that have issued more than a threshold number of SQLs and a behavior of transactions that have issued more than a threshold number of methods;

searching among all active URL strings for web requests and active class names for remote enterprise java bean requests responsive to the search inquiry; and

displaying identified URL strings and active enterprise java bean requests.

10. The computer program of claim 9, wherein the search inquiry comprises a text string.

11. The computer program of claim 9, wherein the search inquiry comprises a behavior of all transactions having greater than a threshold age.

12. The computer program of claim 9, wherein the search inquiry comprises a behavior of transactions started within a selected time window.