Use tag clouds to visualize components related to an event

• US 9,164,950 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2013
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Augenstein, Oliver, Erdmenger, Joerg, Oldengott, Hans-Ulrich, Prause, Thomas, Raitza, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Application Number:
  US13/892,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20130254406A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 711/160
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/324 Display of status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for displaying components assigned to events produced by resources, includes: registering a new resource by generating a label to which is associated a system specific device identifier used by the new resource within a computing environment; storing in a mapping table the generated label identifying the registered new resource together with an associated system specific device identifier; and updating the mapping table by associating to the label any other system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment; receiving events produced by resources when being executed within the computing environment, each event being associated with a list of labels for the resources relevant for the generation of the event; and maintaining a tag cloud including different tags, the different tags including labels for the resources associated with the received events to be displayed as components.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for displaying components assigned to events produced by resources, the resources being executed within a computing environment, the method comprising:

registering a new resource by generating a label for the new resource to which is associated a system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment, comprising;

determining if all resources on which the new resource depends are already registered with an appropriate label; and

in response to determining that not all resources on which the new resource depends on is already registered, generating the label to which is associated a system specific device identifier used by the new resource;

storing in a mapping table the generated label together with the new resource'"'"'s associated system specific device identifier; and

updating the mapping table by associating to the generated label any other system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the registering the new resource by generating the label to which is associated the system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment comprises:

firing a reconciliation event with the new label and the associated system specific device identifier used by the new resource to a monitoring application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving events produced by resources when being executed within the computing environment, each event being associated with a list of labels for the resources relevant for the generation of that event; and

maintaining a tag cloud comprising different tags, the different tags comprising labels for the resources associated with the received events to be displayed as components.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying the tag cloud for a specific event, wherein the displayed tag cloud comprises the tags for the specific event, the tags for the specific event comprising the labels for the resources within the distributed computing environment associated with the specific event.

5. A computer program product for displaying components assigned to events produced by resources, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to;

register a new resource by generating a label for the new resource to which is associated a system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment, comprising;

determine if all resources on which the new resource depends are already registered with an appropriate label; and

in response to determining that not all resources on which the new resource depends on is already registered, generate the label to which is associated a system specific device identifier used by the new resource;

store in a mapping table the generated label together with the new resource'"'"'s associated system specific device identifier; and

update the mapping table by associating to the generated label any other system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the computer readable program code configured to register the new resource by generating the label to which is associated the system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment is further configured to:

fire a reconciliation event with the new label and the associated system specific device identifier used by the new resource to a monitoring application.

7. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the computer readable program code is further configured to:

receive events produced by resources when being executed within the computing environment, each event being associated with a list of labels for the resources relevant for the generation of that event; and

maintain a tag cloud comprising different tags, the different tags comprising labels for the resources associated with the received events to be displayed as components.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer readable program code is further configured to:

display the tag cloud for a specific event, wherein the displayed tag cloud comprises the tags for the specific event, the tags for the specific event comprising the labels for the resources within the distributed computing environment associated with the specific event.

9. A system, comprising:

a plurality of resources comprising a new resource; and

a monitoring computer for;

registering a new resource by generating a label for the new resource to which is associated a system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment, comprising;

determining if all resources on which the new resource depends are already registered with an appropriate label; and

in response to determining that not all resources on which the new resource depends on is already registered, generating the label to which is associated a system specific device identifier used by the new resource;

storing in a mapping table the generated label together with the new resource'"'"'s associated system specific device identifier; and

updating the mapping table by associating to the generated label any other system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the registering the new resource by generating the label to which is associated the system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment comprises:

firing a reconciliation event with the new label and the associated system specific device identifier used by the new resource to a monitoring application.

11. The system of claim 9, the monitoring computer further for:

receiving events produced by resources when being executed within the computing environment, each event being associated with a list of labels for the resources relevant for the generation of that event; and

maintaining a tag cloud comprising different tags, the different tags comprising labels for the resources associated with the received events to be displayed as components.

12. The system of claim 11, the monitoring computer further for:

displaying the tag cloud for a specific event, wherein the displayed tag cloud comprises the tags for the specific event, the tags for the specific event comprising the labels for the resources within the distributed computing environment associated with the specific event.