Formatting system monitoring information

• US 9,158,647 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2010
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valtrus Innovations Limited (f/k/a Dolya Holdco 9 Limited) (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: De Jesus, Rey F., Chardon, Luis G., Diaz, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): RIES, LAURIE ANNE
• Application Number:
  US13/809,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,911 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3086 where the reporting involves the use of self describing data formats, i.e. metadata, markup languages, human readable formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/065 involving logical or physical relationship, e.g. grouping and hierarchies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to formatting system monitoring information. In one embodiment, a processor formats information related to monitoring a system. The formatted information may be related to components in a system. In one embodiment, the processor formats received information related to the system. The processor may output the formatted information.

Claims

1. A computing system for formatting system monitoring information, comprising:

a storage configured to store;

relationship information indicative of relationships between components in a system; and

location information indicative of a plurality of locations of monitoring information, wherein each location is related to a component of the components in the system and the monitoring information for each one of the components is retrieved from a respective one of the each location of the plurality of locations; and

a processor configured to;

receive the relationship information and the location information;

format the relationship information and the location information that are received;

output the information that is formatted; and

retrieve the monitoring information from the each location of the plurality of locations for each one of the components indicated by the location information in the information that is outputted.

2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive the relationship information 110 and the location information 112 via a user interface; and

store the relationship information and the location information that are received in the storage.

3. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the processor configured to format the relationship information and the location information comprises the processor configured to format the relationship information and the location information in Extensible Markup Language.

4. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the relationship information comprises information indicative of a dependency between the components of the system.

5. A method for formatting system monitoring information, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, information indicative of relationships between components in a system;

receiving, by the processor, information indicative of a plurality of locations of monitoring information, wherein each location is related to a component of the components of the system that is being monitored and the monitoring information for each one of the components is retrieved from a respective one of the each location of the plurality of locations;

formatting, by the processors, the information indicative of relationships and the information indicative of a plurality of locations that are received;

outputting, by the processor, the information that is formatted; and

retrieving, by the processor, the monitoring information from the each location of the plurality of locations for each one of the components indicated by the location information in the information that is outputted.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the information indicative of relationships and the information indicative of the plurality of locations are received via a user interface.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the system comprises a data center.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the formatting the information indicative of relationships and the information indicative of the plurality of locations that are received comprises formatting the information indicative of relationships and the information indicative of the plurality of locations that are received based on Extensible Markup Language.

9. A machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by processor for formatting system monitoring information, the machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions to:

receive information related to associations between components in a system;

receive information related to a plurality of sources of monitoring information, wherein each source of monitoring information indicates a source of information applicable to one of the components in the system that is being monitored and where to retrieve the monitoring information for each one of the components in the system;

organize the information related to associations that is received and the information related to the plurality of sources that is received;

output the information that is organized; and

retrieve the monitoring information from the each source of the plurality of sources for each one of the components indicated by the location information in the information that is outputted.

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 further comprising instructions to display a user interface for receiving the information related to associations and the information related to the plurality of sources.

11. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein organizing the information related to associations and the information related to the plurality of sources that are received comprises organizing the information that are received in Extensible Markup Language.

12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the information related to associations between the components in the system comprises information indicative of a dependency between the components of the system.