Enterprise-level management, control and information aspects of cloud console

• US 9,294,371 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2014
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Tung, Teresa Sheausan, Richter, Owen E., Savjani, Vipul
• Primary Examiner(s): DAILEY, THOMAS J
• Application Number:
  US14/493,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20150012651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3404 for parallel or distributed programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/815 Virtual
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A method, computer-readable medium, and system for monitoring usage of computing resources provisioned across multiple cloud providers and/or data centers are disclosed. Events associated with usage of a plurality of computing resources may be accessed, where the plurality of computing resources may implement a virtual machine, a plurality of virtual machines of a cloud computing environment, etc. The events may be associated with a start, a stop, a status change, etc., of the plurality of computing resources. The events may be used to generate usage data for the plurality of computing resources. The usage data may include historical data associated with previous usage of the plurality of computing resources. Additionally, the usage data may be displayed using a graphical user interface, thereby enabling monitoring and/or tracking of usage of computing resources provisioned across at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a cloud management system, a request for cloud usage data associated with a usage of different instances of a computing resource provisioned on multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider, wherein the request for cloud usage data is initiated through a graphical user interface;

obtaining, by the cloud management system, events that each (i) indicate a usage of an instance of the computing resource provisioned on the multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider and (ii) indicate a respective user;

generating, from the events, the cloud usage data associated with the usage of the different instances of the computing resource provisioned on the multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider, organized by user; and

providing the cloud usage data, organized by user, for display through the graphical user interface in response to the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple cloud computing platforms comprise different cloud computing platforms.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the events indicate starting or stopping of usage of an instance of the computing resource.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the events indicate provisioning of a first instance of the computing resource and a provisioning of a second instance of the computing resource.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the events indicate provisioning of a first instance of the computing resource on a particular cloud computing platform sourced by a particular cloud computing platform provider and a provisioning of a second instance of the computing resource on another cloud computing platform sourced by a particular cloud computing platform provider.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising comparing the usage data to a predetermined usage threshold, where the usage data includes a result of the comparison.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

generating records from the events, where each record indicates usage of an instance of the computing resource by a user,

wherein generating the cloud usage data includes aggregating usage of the computing resource by a particular user indicated by the records.

8. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by a cloud management system, a request for cloud usage data associated with a usage of different instances of a computing resource provisioned on multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider, wherein the request for cloud usage data is initiated through a graphical user interface;

obtaining, by the cloud management system, events that each (i) indicate a usage of an instance of the computing resource provisioned on the multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider and (ii) indicate a respective user;

generating, from the events, the cloud usage data associated with the usage of the different instances of the computing resource provisioned on the multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider, organized by user; and

providing the cloud usage data, organized by user, for display through the graphical user interface in response to the request.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the multiple cloud computing platforms comprise different cloud computing platforms.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the events indicate starting or stopping of usage of an instance of the computing resource.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the events indicate provisioning of a first instance of the computing resource and a provisioning of a second instance of the computing resource.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the events indicate provisioning of a first instance of the computing resource on a particular cloud computing platform sourced by a particular cloud computing platform provider and a provisioning of a second instance of the computing resource on another cloud computing platform sourced by a particular cloud computing platform provider.

13. The system of claim 8, the operations comprising comparing the usage data to a predetermined usage threshold, where the usage data includes a result of the comparison.

14. The system of claim 8, the operations comprising:

generating records from the events, where each record indicates usage of an instance of the computing resource by a user,

wherein generating the cloud usage data includes aggregating usage of the computing resource by a particular user indicated by the records.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a cloud management system, a request for cloud usage data associated with a usage of different instances of a computing resource provisioned on multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider, wherein the request for cloud usage data is initiated through a graphical user interface;

obtaining, by the cloud management system, events that each (i) indicate a usage of an instance of the computing resource provisioned on the multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider and (ii) indicate a respective user;

generating, from the events, the cloud usage data associated with the usage of the different instances of the computing resource provisioned on the multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider, organized by user; and

providing the cloud usage data, organized by user, for display through the graphical user interface in response to the request.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the multiple cloud computing platforms comprise different cloud computing platforms.

17. The medium of claim 15, wherein the events indicate starting or stopping of usage of an instance of the computing resource.

18. The medium of claim 15, wherein the events indicate provisioning of a first instance of the computing resource and a provisioning of a second instance of the computing resource.

19. The medium of claim 15, wherein the events indicate provisioning of a first instance of the computing resource on a particular cloud computing platform sourced by a particular cloud computing platform provider and a provisioning of a second instance of the computing resource on another cloud computing platform sourced by a particular cloud computing platform provider.

20. The medium of claim 15, the operations comprising comparing the usage data to a predetermined usage threshold, where the usage data includes a result of the comparison.