Naming of nodes in NET framework

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10025646-B2
Application number	US-201615226837-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2016
Priority date	Apr 18, 2014
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A system for naming a process being monitored that handles a requesting a framework such as a .NET framework. The process may be implemented by a .NET application framework within an IIS web server. The naming system allows for user readable names which are more than just numbers or indexes. The naming system is configured from a single location rather than from multiple locations, making it much easier to configure, change and update.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for monitoring a business transaction, comprising:
detecting, by a profiler module stored and executed on a first server, a first method call by an application executing on the first server;
sending, by the profiler module, a second method call to a remote coordinator;
determining, by the remote coordinator, whether the first method call should be monitored, wherein the determining includes searching a configuration file for an Internet Information Services (IIS) process matching a request name in the second method call, otherwise if a match is not found, searching the configuration file for a process name matching the request name in the second method call, otherwise if a match is not found, searching the configuration file for a Windows service name matching the request name in the second method call;
in response to locating a match after the determination, instantiating an agent on the application, the agent to monitor the first method call;
in response to instantiating, generating and transmitting a third method call from the agent to the remote coordinator; and
receiving, by the agent and from the remote coordinator in response to the a third method call, an automatically generated name for a node associated with a process handing the first method call, wherein the agent is executing on the automatically named node.

2. The method of claim 1 , the node name including the name of a machine on which the node resides and the name of a logical group of nodes that includes the node being called.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting information regarding the detected first method call to the remote coordinator; and
receiving a message from the remote coordinator by the profiler in response to the transmitted information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the agent is instantiated in response to the received message.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application runs in a .NET framework.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first method call is an internet information services process.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically generating a name for the process handling the first method call.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for monitoring a business transaction, the method comprising:
detecting, by a profiler module stored and executed on a first server, a first method call by an application executing on the first server;
sending, by the profiler module, a second method call to a remote coordinator;
determining, by the remote coordinator, whether the first method call should be monitored, wherein the determining includes searching a configuration file for an Internet Information Services (IIS) process matching a request name in the second method call, otherwise if a match is not found, searching the configuration file for a process name matching the request name in the second method call, otherwise if a match is not found, searching the configuration file for a Windows service name matching the request name in the second method call;
in response to locating a match after the determination, instantiating an agent on the application, the agent to monitor the first method call;
in response to instantiating, generating and transmitting a third method call from the agent to a remote coordinator;
receiving, by the agent and from the remote coordinator in response to the third method call, an automatically generated name for a node associated with a process handling the first method call, wherein the agent is executing on the automatically named node.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , the node name including the name of a machine on which the node resides and the name of a logical group of nodes that includes the node being called.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising:
transmitting information regarding the detected first method call to the remote coordinator; and
receiving a message from the remote coordinator by the profiler in response to the transmitted information.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the agent is instantiated in response to the received message.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the application runs in a .NET framework.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the first method call is an internet information services process.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the automatically generated name is based on a hierarchy of information stored at the remote coordinator about the node on which the agent is executing.

15. A system for monitoring a business transaction, comprising:
a processor;
a memory; and
one or more modules stored in memory and executable by a processor to perform operations including:
detect, by a profiler module stored and executed on a first server, a method call by an application executing on the first server;
send, by the profiler module, a second method call to a remote coordinator;
determine, by the remote coordinator, whether the first method call should be monitored, wherein the determining includes searching a configuration file for an Internet Information Services (IIS) process matching a request name in the second method call, otherwise if a match is not found, searching the configuration file for a process name matching the request name in the second method call, otherwise if a match is not found, searching the configuration file for a Windows service name matching the request name in the second method call;
in response to locating a match after the determination, instantiate an agent on the application, the agent to monitor the first method call;
in response to instantiation, generate and transmit a third method call from the agent to a remote coordinator;
receive, by the agent and from the remote coordinator in response to the third method call, an automatically generated name for a node associated with a process handling the first method call, wherein the agent is executing on the automatically named node.

16. The system of claim 15 , the node name including the name of a machine on which the node resides and the name of a logical group of nodes that includes the node being called.

17. The system of claim 15 , further comprising:
transmitting information regarding the detected first method call to the remote coordinator: and
receiving a message from the remote coordinator by the profiler in response to the transmitted information.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the agent is instantiated in response to the received message.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the application runs in a .NET framework.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first method call is an internet information services process.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the node receives the same name after each restart of the application.

Assignees

• Appdynamics Llc
• Cisco Tech Inc

Inventors

• Roth David
• Nagaraj Sanjay
• Margulis Michael
• Ericson Ryan

Classifications

• G06F11/3093

  Configuration details thereof, e.g. installation, enabling, spatial arrangement of the probes · CPC title

• G06F9/547 Primary

  Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services · CPC title

• G06F11/3006

  where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems (multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50) · CPC title

• G06F11/302

  where the computing system component is a software system · CPC title

• G06F11/30

  Monitoring · CPC title