System and method for monitoring application availability
US7480834B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 6, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3452
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for monitoring the availability of an application in a distributed data processing environment are provided. The performance aspects of application availability are defined in terms of easily observed and computed characteristics of the application as it behaves in a deployed environment with the deployed configuration. The system and method observe the application processes, the structural resources they require, and the consumable resources they require from the running system itself. These observations are then used to derive minimum requirements for the resource requirement aspects of availability as well as derive criteria for normal behavioral conditions. These minimum requirements and normal behavioral conditions are then used to establish monitoring rules or conditions for monitoring the operation of the application to determine if availability of the application is degrading such that a notification needs to be sent to an administrator.
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