Method and system for real-time correlation of disparate sources of topological information to create a unified topological model of a distributed information system

A computer-implemented method for monitoring transactions executing in a distributed computing environment, comprising:

• monitoring, by a given agent, a communication message exchanged between two processes executing in the distributed computing environment, wherein the given agent is deployed in one of the two processes;
• capturing, by the given agent, monitoring data for the communication message, where in the monitoring data includes at least one of network address data for process sending the communication message and network address data for process receiving the communication message;
• sending, by the given agent, the monitoring data to a monitoring server, wherein the monitoring server is remotely located from a computing device hosting the given agent;
• extracting, by the monitoring server, the network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message from the monitoring data;
• determining, by the monitoring server, whether the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is stored at the monitoring server;
• and
• extracting, by the monitoring server, data describing a network component from the monitoring data and storing the data together with the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message on the monitoring server, wherein the extracting and storing of the data is in response to a determination that the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is not stored at the monitoring server;
• wherein the given agent is deployed in the process receiving the communication message and the monitoring data further includes additional data that is added to the communication message by an intermediate component and further comprises;
• extracting, by the monitoring server, the additional data from the monitoring data, wherein the extracted additional data includes a type for the intermediate component and network address data for the intermediate component;
• and
• storing, by the monitoring server, the extracted additional data together with the extracted network address data for the process receiving the communication message on the monitoring server, wherein the storing is in response to a determination that the extracted network address data for the process receiving the communication message is not stored at the monitoring server.

A computer-implemented method for monitoring transactions executing in a distributed computing environment, comprising:

• monitoring, by a given agent, a communication message exchanged between two processes executing in the distributed computing environment, wherein the given agent is deployed in one of the two processes;
• capturing, by the given agent, monitoring data for the communication message, where in the monitoring data includes at least one of network address data for process sending the communication message and network address data for process receiving the communication message;
• sending, by the given agent, the monitoring data to a monitoring server, wherein the monitoring server is remotely located from a computing device hosting the given agent;
• extracting, by the monitoring server, the network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message from the monitoring data;
• determining, by the monitoring server, whether the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is stored at the monitoring server;
• and
• extracting, by the monitoring server, data describing a network component from the monitoring data and storing the data together with the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message on the monitoring server, wherein the extracting and storing of the data is in response to a determination that the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is not stored at the monitoring server;
• wherein one agent is deployed in the process sending the communication message and another agent is deployed in the process receiving the communication message and further comprises;
• capturing, by the one agent, network address data for process sending the communication message and network address data for process receiving the communication message;
• sending, by the one agent, the network address data for process sending the communication message and the network address data for process receiving the communication message to the monitoring server;
• capturing, by the another agent, the network address data for process sending the communication message and the network address data for process receiving the communication message;
• sending, by the another agent, the network address data for process sending the communication message and the network address data for process receiving the communication message to the monitoring server;
• comparing, by the monitoring server, the network address data for process sending the communication message captured by the one agent to the network address data for process sending the communication message captured by the another agent, and comparing, by the monitoring server, the network address data for process receiving the communication message captured by the one agent to the network address data for process receiving the communication message captured by the another agent;
• and
• indicating, by the monitoring server, delivery of the communication message from the process sending the communication message directly to the process receiving the communication message, wherein the indication is in response to a match between the network address data for process sending the communication message as captured by the one agent and the network address data for process sending the communication message as captured by the another agent, and the network address data for process receiving the communication message as captured by the one agent and the network address data for process receiving the communication message as captured by the another agent.

A system for monitoring transactions executing in a distributed computing environment, comprising:

• a given agent deployed in one of two processes executing in the distributed computing environment, wherein the given agent is configured to:
• monitor a communication message exchanged between the two processes, capture monitoring data for the communication message, and send the monitoring data to a monitoring server, and wherein the monitoring data includes at least one of network address data for process sending the communication message and network address data for process receiving the communication message;
• and
• a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, upon execution of the computer-executable instructions by a processor of the monitoring server, cause the monitoring server to:
• extract the network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message from the monitoring data;
• determine whether the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is stored at the monitoring server;
• and
• extract data describing a network component from the monitoring data and store the data together with the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message on the monitoring server, wherein the extracting and storing of the data is in response to a determination that the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is not stored at the monitoring server;
• wherein the given agent is deployed in the process sending the communication message and the monitoring data further includes an indicator of communication protocol used to exchange the communication message between the two processes and the computer-executable instructions further cause the monitoring server to:
• extract the indicator of the communication protocol from the monitoring data;
• determine a type of process for the process receiving the communication message from the indicator of the communication protocol;
• extract the network address data for the process receiving the communication message;
• and
• store the type of process for the process receiving the communication message together with the extracted network address data for the process receiving the communication message on the monitoring server, wherein the storing is in response to a determination that the extracted network address data for the process receiving the communication message is not stored at the monitoring server.

A system for monitoring transactions executing in a distributed computing environment, comprising:

• a given agent deployed in one of two processes executing in the distributed computing environment, wherein the given agent is configured to:
• monitor a communication message exchanged between the two processes, capture monitoring data for the communication message, and send the monitoring data to a monitoring server, and wherein the monitoring data includes at least one of network address data for process sending the communication message and network address data for process receiving the communication message;
• and
• a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, upon execution of the computer-executable instructions by a processor of the monitoring server, cause the monitoring server to:
• extract the network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message from the monitoring data;
• determine whether the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is stored at the monitoring server;
• and
• extract data describing a network component from the monitoring data and store the data together with the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message on the monitoring server, wherein the extracting and storing of the data is in response to a determination that the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is not stored at the monitoring server;
• wherein the given agent is deployed in the process receiving the communication message and the monitoring data further includes additional data that is added to the communication message by an intermediate component and the computer-executable instructions further cause the monitoring server to:
• extract the additional data from the monitoring data, where in the extracted additional data includes a type for the intermediate component and network address data for the intermediate component;
• and
• store the extracted additional data together with the extracted network address data for the process receiving the communication message on the monitoring server, where in the storing is in response to a determination that the extracted network address data for the process receiving the communication message is not stored at the monitoring server.

A system for monitoring transactions executing in a distributed computing environment, comprising:

• a given agent deployed in one of two processes executing in the distributed computing environment, wherein the given agent is configured to:
• monitor a communication message exchanged between the two processes, capture monitoring data for the communication message, and send the monitoring data to a monitoring server, and wherein the monitoring data includes at least one of network address data for process sending the communication message and network address data for process receiving the communication message;
• and
• a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, upon execution of the computer-executable instructions by a processor of the monitoring server, cause the monitoring server to:
• extract the network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message from the monitoring data;
• determine whether the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is stored at the monitoring server;
• and
• extract data describing a network component from the monitoring data and store the data together with the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message on the monitoring server, wherein the extracting and storing of the data is in response to a determination that the extracted network address data for the process sending or receiving the communication message is not stored at the monitoring server;
• wherein one agent is deployed in the process sending the communication message and another agent is deployed in the process receiving the communication message,
• wherein the one agent captures network address data for process sending the communication message and network address data for process receiving the communication message and sends the network address data for process sending the communication message and the network address data for process receiving the communication message to the monitoring server;
• and
• wherein the another agent captures the network address data for process sending the communication message and the network address data for process receiving the communication message and sends the network address data for process sending the communication message and the network address data for process receiving the communication message to the monitoring server.