Method, system, and computer program for monitoring performance of applications in a distributed environment

• US 9,053,220 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2011
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2002
• 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, Banks, Jerome D., Zychowski, Christopher M., Tang, Henry
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tammy
• Application Number:
  US13/183,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20110276594A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,425 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220, 709/219, 709/225
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3072 where the reporting involves data filtering, e.g. pattern matching, time or event triggered, adaptive or policy-based reporting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/81 Threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/88 Monitoring involving counting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program include receiving a request string, and mapping the received request string to a distinguishable request string and a collapsible request string. The received request string may be in the form of a JSP, a servlet, and remote Enterprise Java Bean calls. A user may be prompted to create rules for mapping of a received request string to a distinguishable request string and a collapsible request string.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, comprising:

for each of the plurality of servers, obtaining runtime environment data as to how a server from the plurality of servers is set up, wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of CPU data, and wherein the CPU data comprises CPU speed, number of CPUs online, number of CPUs offline, memory, operating system version, and physical disk space;

receiving from a user an identification of a server from the plurality of servers as an authoritative server and another server from the plurality of servers as a comparison server;

comparing the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server to identify configuration problems in one of the authoritative server and the runtime server;

displaying comparison results that provide only differing data between the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server; and

drilling down from the displayed comparison results that provide only the differing data to a detail screen displaying information for the authoritative server and the comparison server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of one or more of the CPU data, server data, and other data between the selected servers.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the server data comprises one or more of application server, startup directory, listening ports, SSL listening ports, number of registered servlets, number of connection pools, and number of EARs.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the other data comprises one or more of installation directory, policy, operating system information, class path, and library path.

5. A system for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a combination of computer hardware and software for;

for each of the plurality of servers, obtaining runtime environment data as to how a server from the plurality of servers is set up, wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of CPU data, and wherein the CPU data comprises CPU speed, number of CPUs online, number of CPUs offline, memory, operating system version, and physical disk space;

receiving from a user an identification of a server from the plurality of servers as an authoritative server and another server from the plurality of servers as a comparison server;

comparing the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server to identify configuration problems in one of the authoritative server and the runtime server;

displaying comparison results that provide only differing data between the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server; and

drilling down from the displayed comparison results that provide only the differing data to a detail screen displaying information for the authoritative server and the comparison server.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of one or more of the CPU data, server data, and other data between the selected servers.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the server data comprises one or more of application server, startup directory, listening ports, SSL listening ports, number of registered servlets, number of connection pools, and number of EARs.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the other data comprises one or more of installation directory, policy, operating system information, class path, and library path.

9. A computer program for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, the program consisting of instructions stored on a medium, the instructions, when executed on a processor causing the processor to execute:

for each of the plurality of servers, obtaining runtime environment data as to how a server from the plurality of servers is set up, wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of CPU data, and wherein the CPU data comprises CPU speed, number of CPUs online, number of CPUs offline, memory, operating system version, and physical disk space;

receiving from a user an identification of a server from the plurality of servers as an authoritative server and another server from the plurality of servers as a comparison server;

comparing the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server to identify configuration problems in one of the authoritative server and the runtime server;

displaying comparison results that provide only differing data between the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server; and

drilling down from the displayed comparison results that provide only the differing data to a detail screen displaying information for the authoritative server and the comparison server.

10. The computer program of claim 9, wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of one or more of the CPU data, server data, and other data between the selected servers.

11. The computer program of claim 10, wherein the server data comprises one or more of application server, startup directory, listening ports, SSL listening ports, number of registered servlets, number of connection pools, and number of EARs.

12. The computer program of claim 10, wherein the other data comprises one or more of installation directory, policy, operating system information, class path, and library path.