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US 2016/0239336 A1Published application
Determining performance states of parent components in a virtual-machine environment based on performance states of related child components during a time period
AssigneeSplunk Inc.
InventorsBrian Bingham, Tristan Fletcher
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Abstract
Techniques promote monitoring of hypervisor systems by presenting dynamic representations of hypervisor architectures that include performance indicators. A reviewer can interact with the representation to progressively view select lower-level performance indicators. Higher level performance indicators can be determined based on lower level state assessments. A reviewer can also view historical performance metrics and indicators, which can aid in understanding which configuration changes or system usages may have led to sub-optimal performance.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- identifying, on a computing device, a parent component in a virtual-machine environment;
- identifying a set of child components of the parent component, wherein when the parent component includes a host cluster, a child component in the set of child components includes a host in the host cluster, and when the parent component includes a host, a child component in the set of child components includes a virtual machine running on the host;
- determining, on the computing device, a performance metric for a child component in the set of child components, wherein the performance metric for the child component indicates a performance of the child component;
- determining a performance state for a child component in the set of child components based on the performance metric for the child component and a child-component state criterion, wherein the child-component state criterion associates performance states for the child component with separate ranges of values for the performance metric for the child component;
- determining a parent state for the parent component based on performance states for child components in the set of child components and a parent-component state criterion, wherein the parent-component state criterion associates a performance state with a selection of child components that have the performance state;
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- causing display of a visual representation of the virtual-machine environment, wherein the visual representation includes a representation of the parent component and an indication of the state of the parent component.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more data processors;
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- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions which when executed on the one or more data processors cause the one or more data processors to perform actions including:
- identifying, on a computing device, a parent component in a virtual-machine environment;
- identifying a set of child components of the parent component, wherein when the parent component includes a host cluster, a child component in the set of child components includes a host in the host cluster, and when the parent component includes a host, a child component in the set of child components includes a virtual machine running on the host;
- determining, on the computing device, a performance metric for a child component in the set of child components, wherein the performance metric for the child component indicates a performance of the child component;
- determining a performance state for a child component in the set of child components based on the performance metric for the child component and a child-component state criterion, wherein the child-component state criterion associates performance states for the child component with separate ranges of values for the performance metric for the child component;
- determining a parent state for the parent component based on performance states for child components in the set of child components and a parent-component state criterion, wherein the parent-component state criterion associates a performance state with a selection of child components that have the performance state;
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- causing display of a visual representation of the virtual-machine environment, wherein the visual representation includes a representation of the parent component and an indication of the state of the parent component.
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A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause one or more data processors to perform actions including:
- identifying, on a computing device, a parent component in a virtual-machine environment;
- identifying a set of child components of the parent component, wherein when the parent component includes a host cluster, a child component in the set of child components includes a host in the host cluster, and when the parent component includes a host, a child component in the set of child components includes a virtual machine running on the host;
- determining, on the computing device, a performance metric for a child component in the set of child components, wherein the performance metric for the child component indicates a performance of the child component;
- determining a performance state for a child component in the set of child components based on the performance metric for the child component and a child-component state criterion, wherein the child-component state criterion associates performance states for the child component with separate ranges of values for the performance metric for the child component;
- determining a parent state for the parent component based on performance states for child components in the set of child components and a parent-component state criterion, wherein the parent-component state criterion associates a performance state with a selection of child components that have the performance state;
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- causing display of a visual representation of the virtual-machine environment, wherein the visual representation includes a representation of the parent component and an indication of the state of the parent component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.