Displaying state information for computing nodes in a hierarchical computing enviroment

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• identifying, on a computing device, a parent component in a virtual-machine environment;
• identifying, on the computing device, a set of two or more child components that are related to the parent component in the virtual-machine environment;
• determining, on the computing device, a performance metric for each child component in the set of two or more child components;
• determining, on the computing device, a child-component performance state for each child component in the set of two or more child components based on the performance metric for the child component and a child-component state criterion, wherein the child-component state criterion maps a first range of values for a performance metric to a first child component performance state and a second range of values for the performance metric to a second child-component performance state;
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• determining, on the computing device a parent state for the parent component based on the child-component performance state for each child component in the set of two or more child components and a parent-component state criterion, wherein the parent-component state criterion includes a threshold percentage or number of child components that have a specified state.

A system, comprising:

• one or more data processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions which when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform actions including:
• identifying a parent component in a virtual-machine environment;
• identifying a set of two or more child components associated with the parent component;
• determining a performance metric for each child component in the set of two or more child components;
• determining a child-component performance state for each child component in the set of two or more child components based on the performance metric for the child component and a child-component state criterion, wherein the child-component state criterion maps a first range of values for a performance metric to a first child-component performance state and a second range of values for the performance metric to a second child-component performance state;
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• determining a parent state for the parent component based on the child-component performance state for components and a parent-component state criterion, wherein the parent-component state criterion includes a threshold percentage or number of child components that have a specified state.