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US 9,053,220 · App. 13/183,959 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Method, system, and computer program for monitoring performance of applications in a distributed environment

Inventors: James C. Chong (Orinda, CA); Joseph L. Chan (Lafayette, CA); Tushar M. Patel (San Francisco, CA); Jean Jacques Heler (Palo Alto, CA); Chi Hong So (Pleasant Hill, CA); Arthur Tsang (Walnut Creek, CA); Robert S. Lam (Oakland, CA); Raymond Chow (San Ramon, CA); Jerome D. Banks (San Francisco, CA); Christopher M. Zychowski (San Francisco, CA); Henry Tang (Walnut Creek, CA)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G06F11/3409G06F11/3006G06F11/3072G06F11/328G06F11/3476G06F11/3495G06F2201/81G06F2201/865G06F2201/88
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,053,220
App. No.
13/183,959
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, system, and computer program include receiving a request string, and mapping the received request string to a distinguishable request string and a collapsible request string. The received request string may be in the form of a JSP, a servlet, and remote Enterprise Java Bean calls. A user may be prompted to create rules for mapping of a received request string to a distinguishable request string and a collapsible request string.

Claims (29)

1. A method for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, comprising:

for each of the plurality of servers, obtaining runtime environment data as to how a server from the plurality of servers is set up, wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of CPU data, and wherein the CPU data comprises CPU speed, number of CPUs online, number of CPUs offline, memory, operating system version, and physical disk space;

receiving from a user an identification of a server from the plurality of servers as an authoritative server and another server from the plurality of servers as a comparison server;

comparing the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server to identify configuration problems in one of the authoritative server and the runtime server;

displaying comparison results that provide only differing data between the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server; and

drilling down from the displayed comparison results that provide only the differing data to a detail screen displaying information for the authoritative server and the comparison server.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of one or more of the CPU data, server data, and other data between the selected servers.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the server data comprises one or more of application server, startup directory, listening ports, SSL listening ports, number of registered servlets, number of connection pools, and number of EARs.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the other data comprises one or more of installation directory, policy, operating system information, class path, and library path.

5. A system for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a combination of computer hardware and software for:

for each of the plurality of servers, obtaining runtime environment data as to how a server from the plurality of servers is set up, wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of CPU data, and wherein the CPU data comprises CPU speed, number of CPUs online, number of CPUs offline, memory, operating system version, and physical disk space;

receiving from a user an identification of a server from the plurality of servers as an authoritative server and another server from the plurality of servers as a comparison server;

comparing the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server to identify configuration problems in one of the authoritative server and the runtime server;

displaying comparison results that provide only differing data between the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server; and

drilling down from the displayed comparison results that provide only the differing data to a detail screen displaying information for the authoritative server and the comparison server.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of one or more of the CPU data, server data, and other data between the selected servers.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the server data comprises one or more of application server, startup directory, listening ports, SSL listening ports, number of registered servlets, number of connection pools, and number of EARs.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the other data comprises one or more of installation directory, policy, operating system information, class path, and library path.

9. A computer program for monitoring performance of applications running on a plurality of servers in a distributed computer system, the program consisting of instructions stored on a medium, the instructions, when executed on a processor causing the processor to execute:

for each of the plurality of servers, obtaining runtime environment data as to how a server from the plurality of servers is set up, wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of CPU data, and wherein the CPU data comprises CPU speed, number of CPUs online, number of CPUs offline, memory, operating system version, and physical disk space;

receiving from a user an identification of a server from the plurality of servers as an authoritative server and another server from the plurality of servers as a comparison server;

comparing the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server to identify configuration problems in one of the authoritative server and the runtime server;

displaying comparison results that provide only differing data between the runtime environment data of the authoritative server and the runtime environment data of the comparison server; and

drilling down from the displayed comparison results that provide only the differing data to a detail screen displaying information for the authoritative server and the comparison server.

10. The computer program of claim 9 , wherein the runtime environment data is in the form of one or more of the CPU data, server data, and other data between the selected servers.

11. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein the server data comprises one or more of application server, startup directory, listening ports, SSL listening ports, number of registered servlets, number of connection pools, and number of EARs.

12. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein the other data comprises one or more of installation directory, policy, operating system information, class path, and library path.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 12236461 · Sep 23, 2008
Division 10606028 · Jun 25, 2003
Provisional Application 60392022 · Jun 25, 2002
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