Dynamic agent replacement within a cloud network

• US 9,548,893 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2013
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Billore, Ashish, K, Divya K., Narendra, Nanjangud C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nimesh G
• Application Number:
  US14/031,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20150081854A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

A computing device receives information from one or more agents, wherein the one or more agents monitor one or more resources in a cloud network. The computing device determines that the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources needs to be changed based on at least the information received from the one or more agents. The computing device changes the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources based on at least the information received from the one or more agents.

Claims

1. A computer program product for configuring a cloud network,

the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage devices, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive information from one or more agents, wherein the one or more agents monitor one or more resources in a cloud network, wherein the program instructions to receive information from the one or more agents further includes;

the one or more agents determining that the one or more resources have been updated, and the one or more agents identifying one or more deficiencies of capability of the one or more agents in monitoring the one or more resources;

program instructions to determine that the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources needs to be changed based on at least the information received from the one or more agents; and

program instructions to change the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources based on at least the information received from the one or more agents.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising:

program instructions to determine that the one or more resources are unmanaged resources and;

based on determining that the one or more resources are unmanaged resources, program instructions to deploy one or more to another resource, wherein the other resource is a managed resource and is capable of connecting to the one or more resources.

3. The computer product of claim 1, wherein the program instructions to determine that the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources needs to be changed is based on information received from the one or more agents and a default criteria.

4. The computer product of claim 1, wherein the program instructions to determine that the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources needs to be changed is based on information received from the one or more agents and a user input.

5. The computer product of claim 1, further comprising:

program instructions to determine that the number of the one or more agents monitoring

the one or more resources needs to be changed based on at least the information received from the one or more agents; and

program instructions to change the number of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources.

6. The computer product of claim 1, further comprising:

program instructions to determine that the type of the one or more agents monitoring the

one or more resources needs to be changed based on at least the information received from the one or more agents; and

program instructions to replace the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources with one or more agents of a different type.

7. The computer product of claim 1, wherein the information received from the one or more agents includes one or more of an amount of memory availability and an amount of CPU availability, the amount of information the one or more agents are capable of capturing and an amount of traffic at the one or more resources.

8. A computer system for configuring a cloud network, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive information from one or more agents, wherein the one or more agents monitor one or more resources in a cloud network, wherein the program instructions to receive information from the one or more agents further includes;

the one or more agents determining that the one or more resources have been updated, and the one or more agents identifying one or more deficiencies of capability of the one or more agents in monitoring the one or more resources;

program instructions to determine that the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources needs to be changed based on at least the information received from the one or more agents; and

program instructions to change the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources based on at least the information received from the one or more agents.

9. The computer system product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to determine that the one or more resources are unmanaged resources and;

based on determining that the one or more resources are unmanaged resources, program instructions to deploy one or more to another resource, wherein the other resource is a managed resource and is capable of connecting to the one or more resources.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the program instructions to determine that the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources needs to be changed is based on information received from the one or more agents and a default criteria.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the program instructions to determine that the configuration of the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources needs to be changed is based on information received from the one or more agents and a user input.

12. The computer system of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to determine that the number of the one or more agents monitoring

the one or more resources needs to be changed based on at least the information received from the one or more agents; and

program instructions to change the number of the one or more agents monitoring the one

or more resources.

13. The computer system of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to determine that the type of the one or more agents monitoring the

one or more resources needs to be changed based on at least the information received from the one or more agents; and

program instructions to replace the one or more agents monitoring the one or more resources with one or more agents of a different type.