Dynamically updating subcomponents in a tiered remote monitoring system
View Patent ↗Various approaches for updating system monitoring policy parameters. In one approach, updates to the monitoring policy parameters are transmitted to an event server via an event report. The event server transmits the event report to a subcomponent manager executing on the monitored system. The subcomponent manager determines to which of a plurality of monitoring subcomponents the update is to be applied. The subcomponent manager then suspends the execution thread of the monitoring subcomponents, updates monitoring policy parameters of the subcomponent with data from the event report, and thereafter resumes the execution thread of the subcomponents. The subcomponent then operates with the updated monitoring policy parameters.
1. A processor-implemented method for updating system monitoring parameters for at least one monitored system, comprising:
receiving a set of updated monitoring parameter values by a subcomponent manager executing on a monitored system, the subcomponent manager executing a plurality of monitoring subcomponents, the plurality of monitoring subcomponents being executed as a plurality of execution threads, the updated monitoring parameter values corresponding to at least one monitoring subcomponent of the subcomponent manager;
stopping the execution thread that executes a monitoring subcomponent on the monitored system, wherein the subcomponent manager stops the execution thread responsive to the received set of updated monitoring parameter values;
updating, by the subcomponent manager, parameters used by the monitoring subcomponent with the set of updated monitoring parameter values; and
restarting the execution thread of the monitoring subcomponent by the subcomponent manager, wherein the monitoring subcomponent monitors status of the monitored system with the set of updated monitoring parameter values upon restarting of the execution thread.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
starting, by the subcomponent manager, a plurality of respective execution threads for a plurality of monitoring subcomponents on the monitored system;
monitoring by each of the subcomponents a status of a different resource of the monitored system, respectively; and
in response to receipt of the set of updated monitoring parameter values, determining by the subcomponent manager, a first one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents associated with the set of parameter values, and the first one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents is the monitoring subcomponent whose parameters are updated.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving by the subcomponent manager data that specifies to start monitoring a first specified system resource;
determining by the subcomponent manager, a second one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents that when executed monitors the first specified system resource; and
starting by the subcomponent manager, an execution thread for the second one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving by the subcomponent manager data that specifies to stop monitoring a second specified system resource;
determining by the subcomponent manager, a third one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents that monitors the second specified system resource; and
stopping by the subcomponent manager, an execution thread for the third one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents.
5. The method of claim 2 , wherein two or more of the plurality of subcomponents monitor utilization of respective system hardware resources.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the plurality of subcomponents monitors data in an event log file.
7. An apparatus for updating system monitoring parameters for at least one monitored system, comprising:
means for receiving a set of updated monitoring parameter values by a subcomponent manager executing on a monitored system, the subcomponent manager executing a plurality of monitoring subcomponents, the plurality of monitoring subcomponents being executed as a plurality of execution threads, the updated monitoring parameter values corresponding to at least one monitoring subcomponent of the subcomponent manager;
means for stopping an execution thread that executes a monitoring subcomponent on the monitored system, wherein the subcomponent manager stops the execution thread responsive to the received set of updated monitoring parameter values;
means for updating, by the subcomponent manager, parameters used by the monitoring subcomponent with the set of updated monitoring parameter values;
means for restarting the execution thread of the monitoring subcomponent by the subcomponent manager, wherein the monitoring subcomponent monitors status of the monitored system with the set of updated monitoring parameter values upon restarting of the execution thread.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
means for starting, by the subcomponent manager, a plurality of respective execution threads for a plurality of monitoring subcomponents on the monitored system;
monitoring by each of the subcomponents a status of a different resource of the monitored system, respectively; and
means for in response to receipt of the set of updated monitoring parameter values, determining by the subcomponent manager, a first one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents associated with the set of parameter values, and the first one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents is the monitoring subcomponent whose parameters are updated.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:
means for receiving by the subcomponent manager data that specifies to start monitoring a first specified system resource;
means for determining by the subcomponent manager, a second one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents that when executed monitors the first specified system resource; and
means for starting by the subcomponent manager, an execution thread for the second one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:
means for receiving by the subcomponent manager data that specifies to stop monitoring a second specified system resource;
means for determining by the subcomponent manager, a third one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents that monitors the second specified system resource; and
means for stopping by the subcomponent manager, an execution thread for the third one of the plurality of monitoring subcomponents.
11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein two or more of the plurality of subcomponents monitor utilization of respective system hardware resources.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the plurality of subcomponents monitors data in an event log file.