Visually depicting cloud resource utilization during execution of an application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9544399-B2
Application number	US-201313951823-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2013
Priority date	Jul 26, 2013
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

Visually depicting cloud resource utilization during execution of an application, the application using multiple cloud resources deployed on multiple cloud hosts, including: displaying, by a resource monitoring module in a graphical user interface, a visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources during execution of the application; receiving, from a user through the graphical user interface displaying the visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources, a resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources; determining, by the resource monitoring module, whether one or more of the resource utilization thresholds have been reached; and responsive to determining that one or more of the resource utilization thresholds have been reached, executing a predetermined action.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of visually depicting cloud resource utilization during execution of an application, the application using multiple cloud resources deployed on multiple cloud hosts, including:
displaying, by a resource monitoring module in a graphical user interface, a visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources during execution of the application, the cloud resources comprising resources of a cloud computing environment implementing infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service;
receiving, from a user through the graphical user interface displaying the visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources, a resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources includes manipulating, by the user, a graphical element displayed in the graphical user interface that represents the resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources by expanding or contracting the graphical element that represents the resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources, wherein the graphical element is three-dimensional;
stepping through a line of code in the application;
updating the visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources based on the stepped through line of code in the application;
determining, by the resource monitoring module, whether one or more of the resource utilization thresholds have been reached; and
responsive to determining that one or more of the resource utilization thresholds have been reached, executing a predetermined action.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the resource monitoring module is included in a debugger.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein executing the predetermined action further comprises:
pausing execution of the application; and
receiving, by the resource monitoring module, data describing execution of the application.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising, upon reaching one or more of the resource utilization thresholds, pausing execution of all other applications on the cloud hosts.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the graphical element displayed in the graphical user interface that represents a resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources includes a sphere superimposed over a graph that includes axes for each of the multiple cloud resources and wherein manipulating the graphical element displayed in the graphical user interface includes the user selecting the sphere and expanding or contracting the sphere.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the resource utilization threshold indicates a permissible extent to which a single cloud resource may be utilized by a predetermined subset of resource consumers.

7. An apparatus for visually depicting cloud resource utilization during execution of an application, the application using multiple cloud resources deployed on multiple cloud hosts, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
displaying, by a resource monitoring module in a graphical user interface, a visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources during execution of the application, the cloud resources comprising resources of a cloud computing environment implementing infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service;
receiving, from a user through the graphical user interface displaying the visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources, a resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources includes manipulating, by the user, a graphical element displayed in the graphical user interface that represents the resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources by expanding or contracting the graphical element that represents the resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources, wherein the graphical element is three-dimensional;
stepping through a line of code in the application;
updating the visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources based on the stepped through line of code in the application;
determining, by the resource monitoring module, whether one or more of the resource utilization thresholds have been reached; and
responsive to determining that one or more of the resource utilization thresholds have been reached, executing a predetermined action.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the resource monitoring module is included in a debugger.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein executing the predetermined action further comprises:
pausing execution of the application; and
receiving, by the resource monitoring module, data describing execution of the application.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the step of, upon reaching one or more of the resource utilization thresholds, pausing execution of all other applications on the cloud hosts.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the graphical element displayed in the graphical user interface that represents a resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources includes a sphere superimposed over a graph that includes axes for each of the multiple cloud resources and wherein manipulating the graphical element displayed in the graphical user interface includes the user selecting the sphere and expanding or contracting the sphere.

12. A computer program product for visually depicting cloud resource utilization during execution of an application, the application using multiple cloud resources deployed on multiple cloud hosts, the computer program product disposed upon a non-volatile computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
displaying, by a resource monitoring module in a graphical user interface, a visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources during execution of the application, the cloud resources comprising resources of a cloud computing environment implementing infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service;
receiving, from a user through the graphical user interface displaying the visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources, a resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources includes manipulating, by the user, a graphical element displayed in the graphical user interface that represents the resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources by expanding or contracting the graphical element that represents the resource utilization threshold for each of the multiple cloud resources, wherein the graphical element is three-dimensional;
stepping through a line of code in the application;
updating the visual depiction of resource utilization of the multiple cloud resources based on the stepped through line of code in the application;
determining, by the resource monitoring module, whether one or more of the resource utilization thresholds have been reached; and
responsive to determining that one or more of the resource utilization thresholds have been reached, executing a predetermined action.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the resource monitor

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bragstad Lance
• Cao Bin
• Carey James E
• Odden Mathew R

Classifications

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F11/3466

  Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring · CPC title

• H04L12/2692

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• H04L67/36 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic