Selecting metrics for system monitoring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11301352-B2
Application number	US-202017003386-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2020
Priority date	Aug 26, 2020
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

Ranking system metrics for monitoring by sorting members of a set of system metrics into correlation groups according to correlations among historic time series data, determining a sensitivity of the members of the set of system metrics, determining an importance of the members of the set of system metrics according to the correlation groups and sensitivity, and ranking the members of the set of system metrics according to the importance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method for ranking system metrics, the method comprising:
sorting, by one or more computer processors, members of a set of system metrics significant to the monitoring and analysis of system performance into correlation groups according to correlations among historic time series data of the system metrics;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, a sensitivity of the members of the set of system metrics;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, an importance of the respective members of the set of system metrics according to the correlation groups and the sensitivity;
ranking, by the one or more computer processors, the members of the set of system metrics according to the importance;
tracking, by the one or more computer processors, real time values of the members of the set of system metrics;
generating, by the one or more computer processors, alarm condition indicators using the real time values of the members of the set of system metrics; and
reporting, by the one or more computer processors, members of the set of system metrics having real time values outside established control limits.

2. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, functional classifications and ranking data for the members of the set of system metrics; and
wherein determining, by the one or more computer processors, the importance of the members of the set of system metrics includes determining importance according to the functional classifications, the ranking data, the correlation groups and the sensitivity.

3. The computer implemented method according to claim 2 , the functional classifications and ranking data for the members of the set of system metrics comprising ranked tiers of system metric function areas.

4. The computer implemented method according to claim 2 , the functional classifications and ranking data for the members of the set of system metrics comprising ranked system key performance indicators.

5. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein grouping the members of the set of system metrics according to historic time series data correlation comprises calculating a lag correlation between two system metrics.

6. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the sensitivity of the members of the set of system metrics comprises determining system metric sensitivity to system anomalies.

7. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the sensitivity of members of the set of system metrics comprises determining system metric sensitivity to system status changes.

8. A computer program product for ranking system metrics, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage devices and collectively stored program instructions on the one or more computer readable storage devices, the stored program instructions comprising:
program instructions to sort members of a set of system metrics significant to the monitoring and analysis of system performance into correlation groups according to correlations among historic time series data of the system metrics;
program instructions to determine a sensitivity of the members of the set of system metrics;
program instructions to determine an importance of the members of the set of system metrics according to the correlation groups and the sensitivity;
program instructions to rank the members of the set of system metrics according to the importance;
program instructions to track real time values of the members of the set of system metrics;
program instructions to generate alarm condition indicators using the real time values of the members of the set of system metrics; and
program instructions to report members of the set of system metrics having real time values outside established control limits.

9. The computer program product according to claim 8 , the stored program instructions further comprising:
program instructions to receive, by the one or more computer processors, functional classifications and ranking data for the members of the set of system metrics; and
program instructions to determine an importance of the members of the set of system metrics according to the functional classifications, the ranking data, the correlation groups and the sensitivity.

10. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein the functional classifications and the ranking data for the members of the set of system metrics comprises ranked tiers of system metric function areas.

11. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein the functional classifications and the ranking data for the members of the set of system metrics comprises ranked system key performance indicators.

12. The computer program product according to claim 8 , wherein program instructions to group the members of the set of system metrics according to historic time series data correlation comprise program instructions to calculate a lag correlation between two system metrics.

13. The computer program product according to claim 8 , wherein program instructions to determine the sensitivity of the members of the set of system metrics comprise program instructions to determine anomalous system metric features.

14. The computer program product according to claim 8 , wherein program instructions to determine the sensitivity of the members of the set of system metrics comprise program instructions to determine system metric features status changes.

15. A computer system ranking system metrics, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage devices; and
stored program instructions on the one or more computer readable storage devices for execution by the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
program instructions to sort members of a set of system metrics significant to the monitoring and analysis of system performance into correlation groups according to correlations among historic time series data of the system metrics;
program instructions to determine a sensitivity of the members of the set of system metrics;
program instructions to determine an importance of the members of the set of system metrics according to the correlation groups and the sensitivity;
program instructions to rank the members of the set of system metrics according to the importance;
program instructions to track real time values of the members of the set of system metrics;
program instructions to generate alarm condition indicators using the real time values of the members of the set of system metrics; and
program instructions to report members of the set of system metrics having real time values outside established control limits.

16. The computer system according to claim 15 , the stored program instructions further comprising:
program instructions to receive, by the one or more computer processors, functional classifications and ranking data for the members of the set of system metrics; and
program instructions to determine an importance of the members of the set of system metrics according to the functional classifications, the ranking data, the correlation groups and the sensitivity.

17. The computer system according to claim 16 , wherein the functional classifications and the ranking data for the members of the set of system metrics comprises ranked tiers of system metric function areas.

18. The computer system

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Zhuo Ling
• Dai Yi
• Xia Yin
• Cao Ying
• Wang Enzhong

Classifications

• G06F11/3075

  the data filtering being achieved in order to maintain consistency among the monitored data, e.g. ensuring that the monitored data belong to the same timeframe, to the same system or component · 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

• G06F11/3409 Primary

  for performance assessment · CPC title

• G06F11/3452 Primary

  Performance evaluation by statistical analysis · CPC title

• G06F11/3466

  Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring · CPC title