US 7,966,398 B2Granted

Synthetic transaction monitor with replay capability

AssigneeBMC Software, Inc.

InventorPhilip V. Wiles, Jr.

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Abstract

Systems and methods for recording and replaying client-server transactions on selected clients in order to gauge the performance of the client-server system from the perspective of the client. In one embodiment, a method comprises playing back a set of recorded transactions on a client, monitoring selected performance-related parameters at the client, and transmitting monitored data to the server for analysis or for viewing by a system administrator. The set of transactions is recorded on a first client by replacing a standard Internet transaction driver (e.g., WinInet.DLL) with a modified driver that is configured to intercept function calls. The function calls and corresponding parameters are recorded in a file which is later transmitted to a client, where the recorded transaction information is used to reproduce the transactions on the client. As the transactions are played back, performance data may be monitored and forwarded to a management server for analysis, display, etc.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for monitoring synthetic transactions comprising:

a server computer;
a set of client computers coupled to the server computer on a network, wherein client-server transactions are conducted between each of the set of client computers and the server computer and wherein each client computer comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable for playing back a set of recorded client-server transactions occurring between the server computer and at least one of the set of client computers;
a monitor computer coupled to the server computer and the set of client computers on the network, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instruction executable for:
pre-scanning the set of recorded client-server transactions occurring between the server computer and at least one of the set of client computers to identify server-side connections including a recorded object associated with the client-server transactions, wherein the object changed after the set of client-server transactions was recorded and the set of recorded client-server transactions includes at least one Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) function call or at least one Internet API call;
monitoring selected parameters associated with the set of recorded client-server transactions;
playing back the set of recorded client-server transactions, wherein playing back the set of recorded client-server transactions comprises determining an actual object corresponding to the recorded object and identifying if there is a difference between the recorded object and the actual object;
and
transmitting performance data associated with the selected parameters to the server.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/405,939Filed 17 Mar 2009 · continuation
Priority: 30 Mar 2001
Published: US 2009/0240765 A124 Sep 2009
Granted: 21 Jun 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

H04L 67/34
Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications: involving the movement of software or configuration parameters
G06F 11/3414
For performance assessment: workload generation, e.g. scripts, playback
H04L 43/00
Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
H04L 67/02
Protocols: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Family

Application60/280,170Us provisional application · filed 30 Mar 2001
Application10/113,808Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Mar 2002
US 2009/0240765 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Sep 2009
US 7,506,047 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2003/0055883 A1Published application
US 7,966,398 B2This patent

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