INTERACTIVE TOPOLOGICAL VIEWS OF COMBINED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

• US 20140096058A1
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 9,164,965 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• 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 model engine 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 and a hardware managed entity;

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

generate a link object in the topology model object for each relationship between managed entities in the plurality of managed entities; and

a graphing engine configured to;

obtain the topology model object from the model engine; and

rendering a topology graph comprising each node and each link object in the topology model object.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein rendering the topology graph comprises:

arranging the nodes into tiers, 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 and a hardware managed entity;

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

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.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein rendering the topology graph comprises:

arranging the nodes into tiers, 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 and a hardware managed entity;

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

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.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein rendering the topology graph comprises:

arranging the nodes into tiers, 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.