Request processing according to degradation monitoring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016366243-A1
Application number	US-201514739033-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 15, 2015
Priority date	Jun 15, 2015
Publication date	Dec 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

In an approach for adjusting an order of actions to process a request, a processor receives a request that includes a set of actions to be performed in a first order. A processor receives monitored information of a service utilized to perform at least one action of the set of actions. A processor compares the monitored information to previously stored information. A processor determines that at least one aspect of the service is experiencing decreased performance based on the comparison. A processor identifies a first action of the set of actions corresponding to the at least one aspect of the service experiencing decreased performance. A processor adjusts the request, such that the request includes the set of actions to be performed in a second order, wherein the second order includes the first action is in a different position. A processor causes the adjusted request to be processed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for adjusting an order of actions to process a request, the method comprising:
receiving a first request, wherein the first request includes a set of actions to be performed in a first order; receiving a set of monitored information of a service utilized to perform at least one action of the set of actions; comparing, by one or more processors, the set of monitored information of the service to a set of previously stored information of the service; determining, by one or more processors, that at least one aspect of the service is experiencing decreased performance based on, at least, the comparison of the set of monitored information to the set of previously stored information; identifying, by one or more processors, a first action of the set of actions corresponding to the at least one aspect of the service experiencing decreased performance; adjusting, by one or more processors, the first request, such that the first request includes the set of actions to be performed in a second order, wherein the second order includes, at least, the first action is in a different position than in the first order; and causing, by one or more processors, the adjusted first request to be processed.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first request specifies infrastructure that is provided as a service in a cloud environment.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first request is a request to deploy a virtual machine.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, by one or more processors, a second action of the set of actions corresponding to the at least one aspect of the service experiencing decreased performance; determining, by one or more processors, that the second action cannot be executed until at least the first action has been executed; and wherein the second order further includes, at least, the second action in a position within the second order such that the first action queues to execute prior to the second action.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a second request including at least a second action, wherein the second action corresponds to the at least one aspect of the service experiencing decreased performance; adjusting, by one or more processors, the second request, such that the second action queues to execute at a different time than the first action.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the set of monitored information of the service utilized to perform the at least one action of the set of actions comprises receiving the set of monitored information from a computing site, and wherein causing the adjusted first request to be processed comprises sending the adjusted first request to the computing site.

7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein receiving the first request comprises receiving the first request from a central computing site that includes, at least, a portal accessible by users of the cloud environment, and wherein causing the adjusted first request to be processed comprises executing, by one or more processors, each action of the adjusted request according to the second order.

8 . A computer program product for adjusting an order of actions to process a request, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to receive a first request, wherein the first request includes a set of actions to be performed in a first order; program instructions to receive a set of monitored information of a service utilized to perform at least one action of the set of actions; program instructions to compare the set of monitored information of the service to a set of previously stored information of the service; program instructions to determine that at least one aspect of the service is experiencing decreased performance based on, at least, the comparison of the set of monitored information to the set of previously stored information; program instructions to identify a first action of the set of actions corresponding to the at least one aspect of the service experiencing decreased performance; program instructions to adjust the first request, such that the first request includes the set of actions to be performed in a second order, wherein the second order includes, at least, the first action is in a different position than in the first order; and program instructions to cause the adjusted first request to be processed.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the first request specifies infrastructure that is provided as a service in a cloud environment.

10 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the first request is a request to deploy a virtual machine.

11 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to identify a second action of the set of actions corresponding to the at least one aspect of the service experiencing decreased performance; program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to determine that the second action cannot be executed until at least the first action has been executed; and wherein the second order further includes, at least, the second action in a position within the second order such that the first action queues to execute prior to the second action.

12 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to receive a second request including at least a second action, wherein the second action corresponds to the at least one aspect of the service experiencing decreased performance; program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to adjust the second request, such that the second action queues to execute at a different time than the first action.

13 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein program instructions to receive the set of monitored information of the service utilized to perform the at least one action of the set of actions comprise program instructions to receive the set of monitored information from a computing site, and wherein program instructions to cause the adjusted first request to be processed comprise program instructions to send the adjusted first request to the computing site.

14 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein program instructions to receive the first request comprise program instructions to receive the first request from a central computing site that includes, at least, a portal accessible by users of the cloud environment, and wherein program instructions to cause the adjusted first request to be processed comprise program instructions to execute each action of the adjusted request according to the second order.

15 . A computer system for adjusting an order of actions to process a request, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to receive a first request, wherein the first request includes a set of actions to be performed in a first order; program instructions to receive a set of monitored information of a service utilized to perform at least one action of the set of actions; pr

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Chefalas Thomas E
• Egle David M
• Hiebert Daniel L
• Jurgensen Dennis D
• Meyer Iii Arthur J
• Singh Peter A
• Schultz David M

Classifications

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L67/32 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L43/0876

  Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level · CPC title

• H04L67/60 Primary

  Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources (admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70) · CPC title

• H04L41/5041

  characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service · CPC title