Naming of nodes in net framework

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9405603-B2
Application number	US-201414256903-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2014
Priority date	Apr 18, 2014
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

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, at a profiler, a call by an application on a first remote server to a node on a second remote server;
reporting, at the profiler, to a coordinator of the detection of the call;
determining, at the coordinator of the first remote server, whether the call should be monitored, wherein the determination is based on whether a request name of the call matches INTERNET INFORMATION SERIVCES (IIS) process or process name or Windows service name;
in response to the determination that the call should be monitored, instantiating an agent; and
automatically generating, at the coordinator, a name for the node which is determined to be monitored and based on information from the agent, the 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.

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

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising comparing a name of the called node to a list of nodes to monitor.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the list of nodes includes a list of the INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) processes, the process names, and the Windows service names from a single list at a remote location.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a site name associated for the node, the name of the node including the site name.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining multiple work processes working at same site; and
adding a process identifier to the node name.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining multiple work processes working at same site; and
adding a work process index to the node name.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining multiple work processes working at same site; and
merging the work processes into a logical node.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining multiple programs started at the same application; and
adding an application domain identifier.

10. 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, at a profiler, a call by an application on a first remote server to a node on a second remote server;
reporting, at the profiler, to a coordinator of the detection of the call;
determining, at the coordinator of the first remote server, whether the call should be monitored, wherein the determination is based on whether a request name of the call matches INTERNET INFORMATION SERIVCES (IIS) process or process name or Windows service name;
in response to the determination that the call should be monitored, instantiating an agent; and
automatically generating, at the coordinator, a name for the node which is determined to be monitored and based on information from the agent, the 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.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the application runs in a .NET framework.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising comparing a name of the called node to a list of nodes to monitor.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the list of nodes includes a list of the INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) processes, the process names, and the Windows service names from a single list at a remote location.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising determining a site name associated for the node, the name of the node including the site name.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining multiple work processes working at same site; and
adding a process identifier to the node name.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining multiple work processes working at same site; and
adding a work process index to the node name.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining multiple work processes working at same site; and
merging the work processes into a logical node.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining multiple programs started at the same application; and
adding an application domain identifier.

19. 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:
detect, at a profiler, a call by an application on a first remote server to a node on a second remote server;
reporting, at the profiler, to a coordinator of the detection of the call;
determining, at the coordinator of the first remote server, whether the call should be monitored, wherein the determination is based on whether a request name of the call matches INTERNET INFORMATION SERIVCES (IIS) process or process name or Windows service name;
in response to the determination that the call should be monitored, instantiating an agent; and
automatically generate, at the coordinator, a name for the node which is determined to be monitored and based on information from the agent, the 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.

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

21. The system of claim 19 , the one or more modules further executable to compare a name of the called node to a list of nodes to monitor.

22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the list of nodes includes a list of the INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) processes, the process names, and the Windows service names from a single list at a remote location.

23. The system of claim 19 , the one or more modules further executable to determine a site name associated for the node, the name of the node including the site name.

24. The system of claim 19 , the one or more modules further executable to:
determining multiple work processes working at same site; and
adding a process identifier to the node name.

25. The system of claim 19 , the one or more modules further executable to:
determining multiple work processes working at same site; and
adding a work process index to the node name.

26. The system of claim 19 , the one or more modules further executable to:
determining multiple work processes working at same site; and
merging the work processes into a logical node.

27. The system of claim 19 , the one or more modules further executable to:
determining multiple programs started at the same application; and
adding an application domain identifier.

Assignees

• Appdynamics Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06F11/30

  Monitoring · CPC title

• G06F9/547 Primary

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

• G06F11/3093

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

• G06F11/302

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

• G06F2201/875

  Monitoring of systems including the internet · CPC title