METHODS AND APPARATUS TO AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURE MONITORING OF A VIRTUAL MACHINE

• US 20170083358A1
• Filed: 11/30/2016
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vmware LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zada, Dan, Kariv, Asaf, Weiss, Mayan, Wiener, Amir, Rozanov, Ella
• Granted Patent: US 10,127,069 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/301 where the computing system is a virtual computing platform, e.g. logically partitioned systems virtual machines G06F9/45533; logical partitioning of resources G06F9/5077
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/302 where the computing system component is a software system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3051 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45591 Monitoring or debugging support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to automatically configure monitoring of a virtual machine are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a first virtual machine in a first application definition. The example method also includes automatically installing an agent on a second virtual machine when (1) the second virtual machine is not included in the first application definition and (2) the second virtual machine is identified as having a designated configuration, and updating a status of the agent of the second virtual machine to indicate that the installed agent is running. The example method also includes applying a monitoring policy to the second virtual machine, the monitoring policy to be executed by the agent based on a resource automatically identified by the agent of the second virtual machine.

Claims

1. A system to configure monitoring of a virtual machine, the system comprising:

a service analyzer to identify a first virtual machine in a first application definition;

an agent installer to;

automatically install an agent on a second virtual machine when (1) the second virtual machine is not included in the first application definition and (2) the second virtual machine is identified as having a designated configuration; and

update a status of the agent of the second virtual machine to indicate that the installed agent is running; and

an agent monitor to apply a monitoring policy to the second virtual machine, the monitoring policy to be executed by the agent based on a resource automatically identified by the agent of the second virtual machine,

at least one of the service analyzer, the agent installer and the agent monitor implemented by a logic circuit.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the service analyzer is to determine if the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine as a dependency, the second virtual machine having an unknown agent status.

3. The system as defined in claim 2, wherein the service analyzer is to determine that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine by identifying a node cluster including the first virtual machine.

4. The system as defined in claim 2, wherein the service analyzer is to determine that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine by identifying a port configuration of the first virtual machine, the port configuration identifying an address of the second virtual machine.

5. The system as defined in claim 2, wherein the service analyzer is to determine that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine includes determining that configuration information of the first virtual machine includes an identifier of the second virtual machine.

6. The system as defined in claim 1, further including further including a virtual machine analyzer to generate a second application definition including the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine.

7. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the agent monitor is to apply the monitoring policy to the second virtual machine based on whether a presence of the resource satisfies a monitoring rule.

8. A method to configure monitoring of a virtual machine, the method comprising:

identifying, by executing an instruction with at least one processor, a first virtual machine in a first application definition;

automatically installing, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor, an agent on a second virtual machine when (1) the second virtual machine is not included in the first application definition and (2) the second virtual machine is identified as having a designated configuration;

updating, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor, a status of the agent of the second virtual machine to indicate that the installed agent is running; and

applying, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor, a monitoring policy to the second virtual machine, the monitoring policy to be executed by the agent based on a resource automatically identified by the agent of the second virtual machine.

9. The method as defined in claim 8, further including determining that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine as a dependency, the second virtual machine having an unknown agent status.

10. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the determining that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine includes identifying a node cluster including the first virtual machine.

11. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the determining that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine includes identifying a port configuration of the first virtual machine, the port configuration identifying an address of the second virtual machine.

12. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the determining that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine includes determining that configuration information of the first virtual machine includes an identifier of the second virtual machine.

13. The method as defined in claim 8, further including generating a second application definition including the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine.

14. The method as defined in claim 8, wherein applying the monitoring policy to the second virtual machine is based on whether a presence of the resource satisfies a monitoring rule.

15. A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:

identify a first virtual machine in a first application definition;

automatically install an agent on a second virtual machine when (1) the second virtual machine is not included in the first application definition and (2) the second virtual machine is identified as having a designated configuration;

update a status of the agent of the second virtual machine to indicate that the installed agent is running; and

apply monitoring policy to the second virtual machine, the monitoring policy to be executed by the agent based on a resource automatically identified by the agent of the second virtual machine.

16. The storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to determine that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine as a dependency, the second virtual machine having an unknown agent status.

17. The storage medium as defined in claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to determine that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine by identifying a node cluster including the first virtual machine.

18. The storage medium as defined in claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to determine that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine by identifying a port configuration of the first virtual machine, the port configuration identifying an address of the second virtual machine.

19. The storage medium as defined in claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to determine that the first virtual machine identifies the second virtual machine by determining that configuration information of the first virtual machine includes an identifier of the second virtual machine.

20. The storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to apply the monitoring policy to the second virtual machine based on whether a presence of the resource satisfies a monitoring rule.