Interactive topological views of combined hardware and software systems

• US 9,164,965 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Molesky, Lory, Marshman, Constantina, Smoler, Jeremy, Guros, Larry, Teeven, David, Schwartz, Janice
• Primary Examiner(s): BAUTISTA, XIOMARA L
• Application Number:
  US13/630,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20140096058A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,117 Days
• Field of Search: 715/764, 715/765, 715/771, 715/781, 715/810, 715/835, 715/853, 715/854, 707/705, 707/736, 707/737, 707/752, 707/754, 707/797, 707/798, 707/805
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191

Abstract

A method and system for visualizing a system. The method includes obtaining a context managed entity from a client system, wherein the context managed entity corresponds to software executing on a computer system, querying a managed entity repository to obtain a plurality of managed entities linked to the context managed entity, wherein the plurality of managed entities comprises a software managed entity and a hardware managed entity, and generating a node in a topology model object for each of the plurality of managed entities. The method further includes generating a link object in the topology model object for each link between managed entities in the plurality of managed entities and rendering a topology graph comprising each node and each link object in the topology model object.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a memory;

a computer processor;

a model engine executing on the computer processor and configured to;

obtain a context managed entity from a client system;

query a managed entity repository to obtain a plurality of managed entities linked to the context managed entity, wherein the plurality of managed entities comprises a software managed entity, a first hardware managed entity, and a second hardware managed entity;

generate a node in a topology model object for each of the plurality of managed entities; and

generate a plurality of link objects in the topology model object for a plurality of relationships between the plurality of managed entities, wherein the plurality of link objects comprises a containment link object; and

a graphing engine executing on the computer processor and configured to;

obtain the topology model object from the model engine;

render a topology graph comprising each node and each link object in the topology model object by arranging each node into tiers; and

expand the containment link object in the topology graph to show a containment link between the first hardware managed entity nesting as a hardware component within the second hardware managed entity.

2. The system of claim 1,

wherein the tiers comprise a web tier, a middleware tier, and a database tier.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the model engine is further configured to:

exclude at least one managed entity from the plurality of managed entities based on a view type received from the client system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the managed entity repository comprises a managed entity table, an associations table, and a dynamic state table.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of managed entities is linked to the context managed entity via one selected from a group consisting of a routing link and a containment link.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the hardware managed entity is a host.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the software managed entity is one selected from a group consisting of middleware, a database, and an application.

8. A method for visualizing a system comprising:

obtaining a context managed entity from a client system, wherein the context managed entity corresponds to software executing on a computer system;

querying a managed entity repository to obtain a plurality of managed entities linked to the context managed entity, wherein the plurality of managed entities comprises a software managed entity, a first hardware managed entity, and a second hardware managed entity;

generating a node in a topology model object for the plurality of managed entities;

generating a plurality of link objects in the topology model object for a plurality of relationships between the plurality of managed entities, wherein the plurality of link objects comprises a containment link object; and

rendering a topology graph comprising each node and each link object in the topology model object by arranging the nodes into tiers; and

expanding the containment link object in the topology graph to show a containment link between the first hardware managed entity nesting as a hardware component within the second hardware managed entity.

9. The method of claim 8,

wherein the tiers comprise a web tier, a middleware tier, and a database tier.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the model engine is further configured to:

exclude at least one managed entity from the plurality of managed entities based on a view type received from the client system.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the managed entity repository comprises a managed entity table, an associations table, and a dynamic state table.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one of the plurality of managed entities is linked to the context managed entity via one selected from a group consisting of a routing link and a containment link.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the hardware managed entity is a host.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the software managed entity is one selected from a group consisting of middleware, a database, and an application.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method, the method comprising:

obtaining a context managed entity from a client system, wherein the context managed entity corresponds to software executing on a computer system;

querying a managed entity repository to obtain a plurality of managed entities linked to the context managed entity, wherein the plurality of managed entities comprises a software managed entity, a first hardware managed entity, and a second hardware managed entity;

generating a node in a topology model object for each of the plurality of managed entities;

generating a plurality of link objects in the topology model object for a plurality of relationships between the plurality of managed entities, wherein the plurality of link objects comprises a containment link object;

rendering a topology graph comprising each node and each link object in the topology model object by arranging the nodes into tiers; and

expanding the containment link object in the topology graph to show a containment link between the first hardware managed entity nesting as a hardware component within the second hardware managed entity.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the tiers comprise a web tier, a middleware tier, and a database tier.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the model engine is further configured to:

exclude at least one managed entity from the plurality of managed entities based on a view type received from the client system.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the managed entity repository comprises a managed entity table, an associations table, and a dynamic state table.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least one of the plurality of managed entities is linked to the context managed entity via one selected from a group consisting of a routing link and a containment link.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the hardware managed entity is a host.