User interface and system supporting user decision making and readjustments in computer-executable job allocations in the cloud

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017116038-A1
Application number	US-201514924354-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 27, 2015
Priority date	Oct 27, 2015
Publication date	Apr 27, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A visual tool may be provided to display information associated with computer job allocation and to allow a user to explore different job configurations. Jobs executing on a computing environment comprising a shared pool of configurable computing resources may be monitored. Cost and duration estimates may be determined with uncertainty associated with the cost and duration estimates. Sandbox environment may be provided that allow users to manipulate one or more different job configuration options for executing the jobs in the computing environment.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A computer-implemented method of providing a user interface supporting user decision making and readjusting of computer job execution allocations, comprising:
receiving a list of computer executable jobs for execution on a computing environment comprising a shared pool of configurable computing resources; receiving one or more user preferences and constraints associated with the list of computer jobs; generating a plurality of execution scheduling options for the list of computer executable jobs; displaying on a display device via a user interface, the plurality of execution scheduling options; receiving a user selection of an execution scheduling option from the plurality of execution scheduling options; monitoring execution of the computer executable jobs allocated in the execution scheduling option selected by the user; monitoring resource status of the computing environment while the computer executable jobs are executing; determining estimation of time and cost of running one or more of the computer executable jobs based on the monitoring of the execution and the resource status; determining uncertainty associated with the estimation of time and cost at least based on analyzing internal computing structures associated with historical jobs; and updating visualization associated with the plurality of execution scheduling options on the display device with updates based on the estimation of time and cost and the uncertainty.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a sandbox environment for editing the execution scheduling option; responsive to the user editing the execution scheduling option via the sandbox environment and storing the execution scheduling option, updating the visualization to include the execution scheduling option edited by the user.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the plurality of execution scheduling options on a storage device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the visualization comprises a plurality of charts displaying the plurality of execution scheduling option with a timeline, cost estimate and time estimate for completion, current execution time and status of currently executing jobs.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the visualization further comprises amount of computational resources used, uncertainty related to time of completion, uncertainty related to cost, wherein an alert is generated responsive to determining that one or more of the uncertainty related to time of completion and the uncertainty related to cost exceeds a predefined thresholds level.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of charts comprises at least one alternative scheduling option.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring, recomputing and updating are performed iteratively every periodic interval of time.

8 . A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of providing a user interface supporting user decision making and readjusting of computer job execution allocations, the method comprising:
receiving a list of computer executable jobs for execution on a computing environment comprising a shared pool of configurable computing resources; receiving one or more user preferences and constraints associated with the list of computer jobs; generating a plurality of execution scheduling options for the list of computer executable jobs; displaying on a display device via a user interface, the plurality of execution scheduling options; receiving a user selection of an execution scheduling option from the plurality of execution scheduling options; monitoring execution of the computer executable jobs allocated in the execution scheduling option selected by the user; monitoring resource status of the computing environment while the computer executable jobs are executing; determining estimation of time and cost of running one or more of the computer executable jobs based on the monitoring of the execution and the resource status; determining uncertainty associated with the estimation of time and cost at least based on analyzing internal computing structures associated with historical jobs; and updating visualization associated with the plurality of execution scheduling options on the display device with updates based on the estimation of time and cost and the uncertainty.

9 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising:
providing a sandbox environment for editing the execution scheduling option; responsive to the user editing the execution scheduling option via the sandbox environment and storing the execution scheduling option, updating the visualization to include the execution scheduling option edited by the user.

10 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising storing the plurality of execution scheduling options on a storage device.

11 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the visualization comprises a plurality of charts displaying the plurality of execution scheduling option with a timeline, cost estimate and time estimate for completion, current execution time and status of currently executing jobs.

12 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the visualization further comprises amount of computational resources used, uncertainty related to time of completion, uncertainty related to cost, wherein an alert is generated responsive to determining that one or more of the uncertainty related to time of completion and the uncertainty related to cost exceeds a predefined thresholds level.

13 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of charts comprises at least one alternative scheduling option.

14 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the monitoring, recomputing and updating are performed iteratively every periodic interval of time.

15 . A system of providing a user interface supporting user decision making and readjusting of computer job execution allocations, comprising:
one or more processors operable to receive a list of computer executable jobs for execution on a computing environment comprising a shared pool of configurable computing resources, one or more of the processors further operable to receive one or more user preferences and constraints associated with the list of computer jobs, one or more of the processors further operable to generate a plurality of execution scheduling options for the list of computer executable jobs; a storage device coupled to one or more of the processors and further operable to store the plurality of execution scheduling options; a user interface operable to display on a display device, the plurality of execution scheduling options, the user interface further operable to receive a user selection of an execution scheduling option from the plurality of execution scheduling options; one or more of the processors further operable to monitor execution of the computer executable jobs allocated in the execution scheduling option selected by the user, one or more of the processors further operable to monitor resource status of the computing environment while the computer executable jobs are executing, one or more of the processors further operable to determine estimation of time and cost of running one or more of the computer executable jobs based on the monitoring of the execution and the resource status, one or more of the processors further operable to determine uncertainty associated with the estimation of time and cost at least based o

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Netto Marco A S
• Sultanum Nicole B
• Cunha Renato L D F

Classifications

• G06Q10/06311

  Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group · CPC title

• G06F9/5038 Primary

  considering the execution order of a plurality of tasks, e.g. taking priority or time dependency constraints into consideration (scheduling strategies G06F9/4881 and subgroups) · CPC title

• G06F9/5077

  Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455) · CPC title

• G06F9/4881 Primary

  Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues · CPC title

• G06F9/5055

  considering software capabilities, i.e. software resources associated or available to the machine · CPC title