Recording application consumption details

• US 9,201,754 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2011
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Pandit, Rakesh
• Primary Examiner(s): COYER, RYAN D
• Application Number:
  US13/009,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20120185584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,777 Days
• Field of Search: 717/127, 717/163
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/349 for interfaces, buses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software

Abstract

A consumption data monitoring method may identify an interface provided by an operating system running on a server. A monitoring module populates an operating system database with information on the identified interface. The monitoring module populates a host database with consumption details received from a host machine, the consumption details comprising one or more interfaces of an operating system on the host machine used by a computer application program running on the host machine. The monitoring module compares the host database to the operating system database to determine if the interface provided by the operating system running on the server matches the one or more interfaces of the operating system on the host machine.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by a server, a first interface provided by a first operating system running on the server;

populating, by the server, an operating system database with information about the first interface;

populating, by the server, a host database with consumption details received from a host machine, wherein the host machine is separate and distinct from the server, wherein the consumption details identify one or more interfaces available at the host machine that are used by a computer application program running on the host machine, wherein a second operating system running on the host machine gathers the consumption details, and wherein the second operating system comprises a same operating system as the first operating system;

determining, by the server, that a second interface among the one or more interfaces is undefined and cannot be resolved by the others of the one or more interfaces;

comparing, by a processing device at the server, the host database to the operating system database to determine that the first interface available at the server is not available at the host machine;

determining, by the server, that the first interface resolves the second interface so as to make the second interface defined; and

identifying, by the server, a possible data inconsistency in response to the determinations that the second interface is undefined and cannot be resolved by the others of the one or more interfaces available at the host machine, that the first interface is not available at the host machine, and that the first interface resolves the second interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the server, a data stream from the host machine, wherein the data stream comprises the consumption details of the computer application program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer application program is an independent software vendor (ISV) application.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a report in view of the possible data inconsistency.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

gathering a list of files associated with the computer application program;

identifying executable and linkable format (ELF) files from the list of files;

extracting the consumption details from the ELF files; and

storing the consumption details in a data structure on the host machine.

6. A system comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processing device at a server to execute the instructions to;

identify a first interface provided by a first operating system running on the server;

populate an operating system database with information about the first interface;

populate a host database with consumption details received from a host machine, wherein the host machine is separate and distinct from the server, wherein the consumption details identify one or more interfaces available at the host machine that are used by a computer application program running on the host machine, wherein a second operating system running on the host machine gathers the consumption details, and wherein the second operating system comprises a same operating system as the first operating system;

determine that a second interface among the one or more interfaces is undefined and cannot be resolved by the others of the one or more interfaces;

compare the host database to the operating system database to determine that the first interface available at the server is not available at the host machine;

determine that the first interface resolves the second interface so as to make the second interface defined; and

identify a possible data inconsistency in response to the determinations that the second interface is undefined and cannot be resolved by the others of the one or more interfaces available at the host machine, that the first interface is not available at the host machine, and that the first interface resolves the second interface.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive, by the server, a data stream from the host machine, wherein the data stream comprises the consumption details of the computer application program.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the computer application program is an independent software vendor (ISV) application.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the processing device is further to:

generate a report in view of the possible data inconsistency.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the processing device is further to:

gather a list of files associated with the computer application program;

identify executable and linkable format (ELF) files from the list of files;

extract the consumption details from the ELF files; and

store the consumption details in a data structure on the host machine.

11. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

identify, by a server, a first interface provided by a first operating system running on the server;

populate, by the server, an operating system database with information about the first interface;

populate, by the server, a host database with consumption details received from a host machine, wherein the host machine is separate and distinct from the server, wherein the consumption details identify one or more interfaces available at the host machine that are used by a computer application program running on the host machine, wherein a second operating system running on the host machine gathers the consumption details, and wherein the second operating system comprises a same operating system as the first operating system;

determine, by the server, that a second interface among the one or more interfaces is undefined and cannot be resolved by the others of the one or more interfaces;

compare, by a processing device at the server, the host database to the operating system database to determine that the first interface available at the server is not available at the host machine;

determine, by the server, that the first interface resolves the second interface so as to make the second interface defined; and

identify, by the server, a possible data inconsistency in response to the determinations that the second interface is undefined and cannot be resolved by the others of the one or more interfaces available at the host machine, that the first interface is not available at the host machine, and that the first interface resolves the second interface.

12. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive, by the server, a data stream from the host machine, wherein the data stream comprises the consumption details of the computer application program.

13. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the computer application program is an independent software vendor (ISV) application.

14. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the processing device is further to:

generate a report in view of the possible data inconsistency.

15. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the processing device is further to:

gather a list of files associated with the computer application program;

identify executable and linkable format (ELF) files from the list of files;

extract the consumption details from the ELF files; and

store the consumption details in a data structure on the host machine.