CN1155695A - Three-dimensional real-time monitoring of process attributes - Google Patents

Abstract

An improved technique for monitoring computer processes and their attributes using a three-dimensional graphical image. The three dimensional graphical image is formed by displaying the graphical objects associated with the computer processes and their attributes. The physical relationship between the various graphical objects within the graphical image preferably model the actual relationships between the processes and their attributes. The computers which run or activate the processes may also be represented by a graphical object within the graphical image. As the attributes of the computer processes change, the characteristics of the graphical objects are quickly adjusted and the three-dimensional graphical image is updated to reflect the changes to the attributes of the computer processes being monitored. By varying the characteristics of the graphical objects, a user is able to visually notice the changes that occur to the graphical objects of the three-dimensional graphical image as an indication of the changes taking place to the attributes of the processes being monitored.

Description

The three-dimensional real-time monitoring of Process Attributes

The present invention relates to the performance of computer program, or rather, relate to monitoring the computer processes attribute.

The computer program of writing for high-performance computer (as workstation) becomes increasingly complex, and the performance of the computer program that moves on the supervisory control comuter also more and more difficult.Nowadays, because of object-oriented programming, parallel Programming, Distribution calculation etc. are arranged, cause the operation of carrying out on the supervisory control comuter to become very complicated.

(as the computing machine based on UNIX) computer program produces various processes on some computing machine, and computer processes is in other words finished the task of program design.Therefore, in order to monitor the performance of this computer program, just be necessary on computer system, the various processes that this program produced to be monitored.Usually, very limited to the inspection of these computer processes, only can show or print an inventory of these processes and some attribute thereof.This inventory may list whether process is moved, the size of process terminate-and-stay-resident, state, cpu usage, or the like.But to this inventory or form and other two-dimensional representation about process and attribute thereof, the user understands the comparison difficulty.And,, also increase for the degree of difficulty of the understanding of this inventory (or other two dimension view) along with the increase of computer program complicacy thereupon.Therefore, the conventional art that the process of computer system is monitored is faced with such problem: fail to represent the data relevant with process according to a kind of effective and efficient manner, so that the user easily understand these data and with the relation of other process, especially all the more so when computer system comprises a large amount of processes and a plurality of computing machine.

In addition, the traditional monitoring technique that is used for the process of supervisory control comuter program is monitored process based on the mode of snapshot.That is to say, be at a time for the supervision of process.For the user, the progress information in inventory, chart or other two dimension view has had one section time-delay.The problem that the tradition snapping technique exists is to monitor accurately the performance of process, because the speed of carrying out snapshot is always than slow many of the pace of change of process performance.

This shows that no matter be expression aspect about the information of process, the still frequency aspect of monitoring all demonstrates the weak point of traditional monitoring technique.Therefore, need a kind of real-time process monitoring technology that be bordering on, wherein the expression way about the information of process can make the user fast, easily understand expressed content.

In simple terms, the present invention produces a width of cloth 3-D view for the visual supervisory control of computer processes in the computer system.

Specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of improved technology, this technology uses 3-D view to come supervisory control comuter process and attribute thereof.This 3-D view is to form by the demonstration Drawing Object relevant with computer processes and attribute thereof.Physical relation in the image between the various Drawing Objects has been described the actual relationship between each process and the attribute thereof preferably.In image, the computing machine of the operation or the process of activation also can be represented by Drawing Object.When the attribute of the computer processes of being monitored changes, adjust the feature of Drawing Object rapidly and upgrade 3-D view, to reflect this variation.By changing the feature of Drawing Object, can make the user notice the variation that Drawing Object took place in the 3-D view intuitively, and the variation that attribute took place of the process that this variation indication is monitored.

The present invention can be by realizing such as multiple modes such as a system, a kind of method or a kind of computer-readable medias.

(process wherein is relevant with certain computer network as a kind of system that monitors each computer processes performance, this network has one first computing machine and one second computing machine at least, this first and second computing machine all has the computer processes of many parallel runnings), one embodiment of the present of invention comprise: one first monitoring process, be positioned on first computing machine that first process sets is arranged, be used to monitor the attribute of first process sets; One second monitoring process is positioned on second computing machine that second process sets is arranged, and is used to monitor the attribute of second process sets; And a visual process, this process can be carried out communication with first and second monitoring process, is used to generate the 3-D view that comprises Drawing Object, and Drawing Object is wherein represented the attribute of first and second process sets and first and second process sets.When the attribute of being monitored changed, the feature of corresponding one or more Drawing Objects preferably had one at least along with variation in the image.The also best real-time update of 3-D view is to reflect the variation of each attribute in first and second process sets.Further, preferably at least the process of being monitored of some is comprised a visually differentiable Drawing Object by the 3-D view that visual process generated.Monitoring process uses one or more execution threads to wait usually and realizes monitoring.

As computer implemented, be used for the visual a kind of method of the process performance of computer system, one embodiment of the present of invention comprise: a three-dimensional graphical model of computer system is provided, the Drawing Object of each process of the computer system that monitor is wherein arranged; On display screen, show three-dimensional graphic object; The attribute of the process that monitoring is monitored; And, on display screen, upgrade three-dimensional graphic object according to the feature of institute monitoring attributes change Drawing Object.In addition, graphical model preferably also comprises a Drawing Object that is used for representing intuitively a process blocking situation.

As a kind of method computer implemented, that be used for the supervisory computer system computer processes, one embodiment of the present of invention comprise: for the computer processes of being monitored provides Drawing Object; Obtain data corresponding to the computer processes attribute of being monitored; According to the Data Update Drawing Object that is obtained; And the Drawing Object that upgrades is shown as the computer processes monitored and the 3-D view of attribute thereof intuitively.As option, this method can also allow the user to be undertaken alternately by input equipment and 3-D view, one first computer processes that selection is monitored moves to second computing machine with it from first computing machine then, and wherein first and second computing machines are all in aforementioned calculation machine system.

As computer program, one embodiment of the present of invention comprise the medium that a kind of computing machine can be used, on computer-readable code is arranged, be used in a computer system supervisory control comuter process.The readable code of aforementioned calculation machine comprises: the first computer-readable program code equipment, this equipment are configured and make a computing machine provide Drawing Object effectively for computer processes and the attribute of being monitored thereof; The second computer-readable program code equipment, this equipment are configured and make a computing machine obtain data corresponding to the computer processes attribute of being monitored effectively; The 3rd computer-readable program code equipment, this equipment are configured and make a computing machine upgrade Drawing Object effectively according to the data of being obtained; And the 4th computer-readable program code equipment, this equipment is configured the computer processes that a computing machine will be shown as effectively, intuitively through the Drawing Object that upgrades monitored and the 3-D view of attribute thereof.

By the 3-D view that the present invention generated not only be convenient to show relevant computer processes than before more information, and show these information with a kind of as easy as rolling off a log understanding and mode extremely true to nature.The present invention has the visual representation of computer processes and attribute thereof, and this feasible monitoring for computer processes in the computer system becomes and has been more prone to.In addition, load balance also can be finished very intuitively by user (for example system manager).

Following detailed will be in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and about the illustration of the principle of the invention, can see other aspects and advantages of the present invention thus.

Can more easily understand the present invention according to detailed description below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.Reference numerals in the accompanying drawing is come appointment according to structural unit.

Fig. 1 is the structural drawing that a kind of typical network used in the present invention distributes;

Fig. 2 is the structural drawing that is suitable for a normatron of the present invention's use;

Fig. 3 is a structural drawing that is used for by the process monitoring system of visual each Process Attributes of three dimensional constitution according to the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a synoptic diagram of realizing the process of process monitoring system among Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is according to a visual process of the embodiment of the invention and the associated user imports and the structural drawing of Drawing Object;

Fig. 6 is a process flow diagram of collecting thread according to a statistic of the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a process flow diagram of drawing thread according to the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8 is a view, and illustration is by 3-D view that embodiments of the invention generated.

Below quoted figures is told about embodiments of the invention.But, the those of skill in the art in this field will realize the detailed description that provides with reference to accompanying drawing soon here and just be used for explanatory purpose, and scope of the present invention is these embodiment head and shoulders above.

The present invention relates to a kind of improvement technology of supervisory control comuter process performance.This improved technology uses 3-D view to represent computer processes and attribute thereof.Specifically, set up Drawing Object for computer processes and attribute thereof exactly.Can monitor and be shown to attribute of user intuitively and comprise: the object number in process size, message traffic, machine loading, the process, resident process size, cpu usage and congestion situations etc. with three dimensional constitution.3-D view forms by Displaying graphical objects on display screen.Physical relation in the image between each Drawing Object preferably can be expressed the actual relationship between each process and the attribute thereof.The computing machine of the operation or the process of activation also can be expressed as a Drawing Object in image.

After this, when the attribute of computer processes changes, adjust the feature of Drawing Object rapidly and upgrade the variation of 3-D view with the attribute of the computer processes monitored of reflection.Feature by the change Drawing Object can make the user notice the variation that Drawing Object took place in the 3-D view intuitively, and these change the variation that attribute took place of indicating the process of being monitored.The feature that can change of Drawing Object comprises shape, size, distribution, light, texture, surface properties, sound and behavior (animation).When using this 3-D view, also show more information (as attribute) about computer processes by the mode of very easily understanding.

At first define several terms below, then discussion is suitable for typical computer system of the present invention, goes through embodiments of the invention then.

Here employed term " object " is meant the code and the packet of encapsulation, can handle it by the predefined interface relevant with this object.Therefore, for the those of skill in the art in this field, the object has here comprised the fundamental property that is used to define common program design object.But " distributed objects " generally is different from common program design object, and it comprises two important characteristics.The first, distributed objects is multilingual.For example, the interface of distributed objects can use a kind of IDL (Interface Definition Language) to define, and this language can be mapped to various programming language.There is one to be the IDL of OMG in this IDL (Interface Definition Language).The second, distributed objects generally is a location independent, and promptly distributed objects generally can be arranged in network Anywhere.This point is obviously different with common program design object, and the general and client of the latter is present in same address space.Distributed objects can be the object client, also can be object server, and this depends on them is in the request of sending to other object or in the request of replying from other object.The request and reply generally and finish by an object requests intermediary (ORB).ORB knows the position and the state of each object.

" distributed object system " or " distributed objects operating environment " is meant a system that comprises distributed objects, and object wherein carries out communication by the intermediary of ORB one class.

Here defined " client " points to one second object to send the entity of request.In this model, second object is meant one " server object " or " destination object ".Therefore, the client causes operation or realization there from server.In a distributed objects environment, the client does not generally need to possess the programming language knowledge that realizes a side, and realizes that square tube often also needn't possess client one side's programming language knowledge, because the object here requires to have multilingual feature.Client in the distributed objects environment and server only need to carry out communication by IDL (Interface Definition Language).As mentioned above, the client handles for replying by ORB of client to request and server that server sends.Should be pointed out that client and server may reside in the same process, on same the main frame or on two different main frames.

" object interface " is a kind of by operation, attribute and unusual standard that object provided.The object interface of distributed objects preferably uses IDL to write.As mentioned above, to as if carry out affairs by their interface.Therefore, use interface that object needn't be known to be used to the programming language of the method and the data that define object in affairs.

The present invention preferably is used in the distributed operation environment based on Object-oriented Programming Design (DOE or NEO).Therefore, will consider distributed objects.In general, distributed objects (by ORB and/or principal computer) under computer processes is realized.Computer processes provides that know with a general framework, and computer system realizes different execution threads under this framework.If do an analogy, computer processes can be thought a territory being divided in the computer system.

In practice, a process generally comprises address space (promptly distributing to that part of internal memory of this process), filec descriptor collection, process identification number and one or more execution thread (being commonly referred to thread).The people who is familiar with the Object-oriented Programming Design technology knows that execution thread is exactly in fact a sequential flow of carrying out point in the computer processes.Multi-threaded system allows to move a plurality of threads concurrently in a process.See also " Concurrency Within DOE Object Implementations " book of doctor RobertHagmann about the detailed description of thread, multithreading process and parallel principle, this book is published on May 27th, 1993 by SunSoft, and version number is 0.91.This book is quoted as a whole herein.

Usually (but optional), foundation distributed objects of the present invention and computer processes and other computer processes client reside on one or more computing machine that is linked together by network.Network wherein can have various suitable forms.Fig. 1 illustration a typical network structure 10.Network structure 10 comprises one first computing machine 12, and this computing machine links to each other with transmission line 14.Except computing machine 18,20 and 22, network structure 10 also comprises the thing 16 an of station server, router and so on, so that data and instruction can be transmitted between each network computer.The design of computer network, structure and realization are that the person skilled in art is known.

Fig. 2 illustration is suitable as the typical computing machine 30 that computing machine 12,18,20 and/or 22 uses among Fig. 1.Computing machine 30 comprises a CPU (central processing unit) (CPU) 32.Exist two-way the connection between CPU (central processing unit) 32 and the random-access memory (ram) 34, and with ROM (read-only memory) (ROM) 36 between exist unidirectional the connection.In general, RAM34 is as " notepaper " formula storer, for current process of operating among the CPU32 is deposited programmed instruction and data and distributed objects and relative code and state.ROM36 generally has computing machine for finishing the employed basic operation instruction of its function, data and object.In addition, mass memory unit 38 (as hard disk, CD ROM, optomagnetic (soft) drive, magnetic tape station etc.) with CPU32 between exist two-way the connection.Massage storage 38 generally has temporary transient no other programmed instruction of CPU, data and object, although its address space also can be had access to (as virtual memory etc.) by CPU32.Computing machine 32 also can contain I/O source 40 selectively.I/O source 40 generally comprises the input media and/or the net connection of keyboard, positioning equipment (as a mouse or light pen) class.Other mass memory unit (not shown) also can link to each other with CPU32 by network.For the those of skill in the art in this field, soft, the hard component described above and the network equipment all are the design and the structure of some standards, are that they are known.

Fig. 3 is the structural drawing of process monitoring system 100.This system is used for attribute by visual each process of three dimensional form according to embodiments of the invention.Process monitoring system 100 comprises computer A 102, computing machine B104 and computing machine C106.Computing machine 102,104 and 106 is unix machine preferably.For example, computing machine 102,104 and 106 can be the workstation computer that Sun Microsystems company is produced.It is interconnected that computing machine 102,104 and 106 passes through transmission medium 108, forms a computer network.This computer network can be a wired network (as a LAN (Local Area Network)), also can be a wireless network (as light or wireless).

Computer A 102 comprises process A110, process B112 and process E114.Process 110,112 and 114 is computer processes movable on the computer A 102.This process is known in this field, not only comprises the computer processes relevant with application program, also comprises the computer processes relevant with operating system.Process 110,112 all links to each other with statistical server process 116 with 114.Statistical server process 116 is used to collect process 110,112 movable on the computer A 102 and 114 statistical information.These statistical informations are about the attribute of process 110,112 and 114.Statistical server process 116 preferably also links to each other with a managing process 117.Process on managing process 117 supervisory computers 102.For example, managing process 117 is employed computer processes in the DOE system, is used to follow the tracks of the Servers-all process about computer A 102 known to the ORB.Managing process 117 also is convenient to user's startup or rev down process rev, tracking mark is set and is specified debugging output.

Computing machine B104 comprises process C118 and process D120.Process 118 and process 120 are that computing machine B104 goes up movable computer processes.Process 118 all links to each other with statistical server process 122 with process 120.Statistical server process 122 links to each other with managing process 123 again.Statistical server process 122 is identical with the mode of operation of statistical server process 116.Managing process 123 is identical with the mode of operation of managing process 117.

The 3rd computing machine C106 comprises global statistics server processes 124 and a visual process 126.Visual process 126 and global statistics server processes 124 cooperatively interact and carry out operation related to the present invention.Global statistics server processes 124 are computer processes.It comes statistics collection information by request statistical server process 116 and 122.In response, statistical server process 116 and 122 obtain respectively with reside in computing machine 102 and 104 on the relevant statistical information of attribute of process.The statistical information of obtaining from statistical server process 116 and 122 generally is called attribute data.

Visual process 126 is actually a client process.Each is subjected to the attribute data of monitoring process in its receiving computer system, and facilitates and demonstrate a width of cloth 3-D view.The operation of global statistics server processes 124 will be described in more detail in conjunction with Fig. 2 below, and the operation of visual process 126 will be described in more detail in conjunction with Fig. 5-8 below.

Fig. 4 is the synoptic diagram that cooperatively interacts between employed each computer processes in the process monitoring system 100 according to the embodiment of the invention.In general, visual process 126 is client processes, and it sends request of data to global statistics server processes 124.This request causes global statistics server processes 124 to require that movable process obtains attribute data there on computing machine 102 and 104.Specifically, global statistics server processes 124 are that every computing machine 102 and 104 produces an execution thread.First execution thread is to statistical server process 116 request of sending and awaiting acknowledgement.And statistical server process 116 is obtained available attribute data from managing process 117 theres.Second execution thread is to statistical server process 122 request of sending and awaiting acknowledgement.Statistical server process 122 is obtained available attribute data from managing process 123 theres.

Global statistics server processes 124 are an ORB statistical server preferably.This server belongs to the DOE server processes, can reside on any machine and the computer system (being working group).The ORB statistical server uses the DOE of standard to call the query statistic process server, obtains the statistic relevant with process performance (being attribute data).Therefore global statistics server processes 124 DOE server preferably, DOE structure provide one to be used for the framed structure of carrying out communication between computer system (being working group) various computing machine.

Information in the managing process 117 and 123 is included in the process number movable on each computing machine and the identifier and the name of each process.Managing process 117 and 123 is also followed the tracks of some attribute of active process.For example, when managing process 117 and 123 is provided by the DOE system, they termly in the trace daemon such as the attribute of Process identifier and moving object number.After this, use the Process identifier that obtains from managing process 117 and 123, other attribute can obtain from/proc file system./ proc file system is the part in the solaris operating system produced of Sun Microsystems company.Other attribute about process (being specified by Process identifier) that can find from/proc file system comprises: resident size, size of population, the message bar number that sends and receive, CPU time sum, the length of one's sleep sum etc.

Except available attribute data from managing process 117 and 123, statistical server process 116 also may be directly from process 110,112 and 114 getattr data, and statistical server process 122 also may be directly from process 118 and 120 getattr data.Though from the angle of carrying out efficient to the excessive direct request of process and bad, directly ask to can be used in from process obtain indirect request (as passing through managing process) the attribute data that can't obtain.

Fig. 5 is the structural drawing according to the visual process 126 of the embodiment of the invention, also has relevant user's input and figure output among the figure.Visual process 126 comprises two main execution threads.First thread is that statistic is collected thread 302.It and global statistics process 124 cooperatively interact, for the process of being monitored is obtained the required attribute data.Second thread is to draw thread 304.It receives user's input 306 and collects the attribute data of thread 302 from statistic.Draw thread 304 and make Drawing Object 308 on the display screen of computer system (preferably on the computing machine C106 at visual process 126 places), draw, with the 3-D view of active process and attribute thereof in the formation computer system.Draw thread 304 and also make the feature of the Drawing Object 308 that forms 3-D view change, change, change or upgrade, the attribute of the process of monitoring with toilet can show in differentiable mode visually.The feature that can change in the Drawing Object 308, change, change or upgrade comprises height, wide, color, transparency, shape, corner, texture, motion and sound etc.

Fig. 6 is a process flow diagram of collecting thread 302 according to statistic in the visual process 126 of the embodiment of the invention.Statistic is collected thread 302 and is started from decision box 400, and here whether determination flag render_ready is set.Before sign render_ready was set, statistic was collected thread 302 and just is in waiting status simply, till sign render_ready is set.In case sign render_ready is set, statistic is collected thread 302 and is just continued down to carry out.Thereafter, sign render_ready is eliminated 402, and is each process requested attribute data 404.At this moment, just to use global statistics server processes 124 be the process requested attribute data of being monitored to visual process 126.Global statistics server processes 124 will ask to export to respectively the statistical server process 116 and 122 that is positioned on computing machine 102 and 104.Global statistics server processes 124 are with after returning from the available attribute data of each computing machine in the computer system, and statistic is collected thread 302 and begun just to judge that 406 collect 302 last times of the thread back attribute data that is called from statistic and whether what take place and taken place change.When in judging 406 attribute datas, changing, just will compare with the previous attribute data that obtains by the current attribute data that global statistics server processes 124 are provided.After this, current attribute data is stored 408, in order to use as the previous attribute data that obtains next time.At last, 410 sign data_ready are set, draw thread 304 attribute datas with notice variation has taken place, can change according to these now and upgrade 3-D view.After 410 frames, the statistic collection thread 302 of just finishing and be through with.

Fig. 7 is according to the process flow diagram of drawing thread 304 in the visual process 126 of the embodiment of the invention.Draw thread 304 from 500 sign render_ready are set.By sign render_ready is set, draws thread 304 notice statistics and collect thread 302 it can be for the process getattr data monitored.Sign render_ready and sign data_ready are telltales, are used to control the parallel work-flow between statistic collection thread 302 and the drafting thread 304.

Be decision box 502 after 500 frames, judged whether that at this user imports.User's input comprises mouse event and KeyEvent etc.If received user's input, then import and upgrade 504 Drawing Objects 308 according to this user.For example, the user can dwindle, amplify, move to left, move to right, on move and move down 3-D view.User's this action can cause the variation of view, direction or the size of 3-D view.In addition, other operation can also be arranged, as selecting a process and it is moved to another computing machine from a computing machine for the reason of load balance to the 3-D view user.Below load balance, also will tell about in detail.

After 504 frames, perhaps when do not receive the user when importing after decision box 502, be decision box 506, whether data_ready is set at this judgement symbol.Recall, sign data_ready has obtained attribute data at statistic collection thread 302 and has also judged where taken place to be set after the variation for each process.If sign data_ready is set, decision box 506 makes Drawing Object 308 upgrade 508 according to the variation in the attribute data.Here, draw the change information in the thread 304 getattr data and provide it to Drawing Object 308, so that can upgrade 3-D view.Drawing Object 308 can, for example, in existing shape library, find.One comprises the object of representing three-dimensional body and draws the typical shape library of supporting is the RenderWare of Britain CriterionSoftware company.Appendix A has an example of the Drawing Object model that uses RenderWare.Then, remove 510 sign data_ready.After 508 frames, perhaps when sign data_ready when not being set after decision box 506, draw thread 304 and be back to 500 frames, and repeat 500 and follow-up each frame.

Fig. 8 illustrates the 3-D view of computing machine, process and Process Attributes that a width of cloth is relevant with monitored computer system.3-D view is presented on the display screen 600, and is perhaps more accurate, is (or a window in) on the screen 601 on display screen 600.In typical 3-D view shown in Figure 8, computing machine 602 is shown as the rectangular box 602 of a three-dimensional.Being placed on the upper surface of rectangular box 602 is box 604,606 and 608, the active process on their expression computing machines.In the DOE system, the process that these active processs have preferably been registered by ORB.This process is called registered server processes.When ORB closed certain process in the registered server processes, its corresponding rectangular box was also with deleted (promptly no longer showing it).Similarly, if another process registration is arranged, will on the upper surface of rectangular box 602, demonstrate the another one rectangular box.Therefore, computing machine and process are all represented by this Drawing Object of three-dimensional box in this embodiment.But, should be pointed out that the Drawing Object that also can use other type at this.

Each box 604,606 and 608 all has a relative icon 610.Icon 610 comprises a symbol representing relative process or a picture etc.For example, an icon 610 is arranged on the box 604, a character " A " is arranged in the icon 610, and this character is with relevant by the represented process of box 604.

The attribute of process also can be expressed as Drawing Object.In above-mentioned typical image, illustrated following attribute: process size, moving object number, resident process size, operation/idle and message transfer rate.

Useful Process Attributes when the process size is the monitoring process performance.For example, for by the represented process of rectangular box 604, can show the size of this process intuitively by the thickness that changes rectangular box 604.For bigger process, can increase the height of rectangular box 604.On the other hand, for small process, can reduce the height of rectangular box 604.

The useful Process Attributes of another one when the number of moving object is monitoring in the process.For example, among Fig. 8, be positioned at the number of the right circular cylinder body 612 expression moving objects on the upper surface of rectangular box 604.The height of right circular cylinder body 612 is represented the number of moving object in the process relevant with rectangular box 604.Right circular cylinder body 612 preferably shows with the color that is different from rectangular box 604.

Platform 614 can be used as decorative characteristics be placed on right circular cylinder body 612 above.On the other hand, platform 614 can be relevant with another attribute, i.e. the resident process size of the process relevant with rectangular box 604.In this case, the thickness of platform 614 can demonstrate resident process size intuitively.

Process is current whether moving or idle be the attribute that another one is worth monitoring.In Fig. 8, a cone 616 is arranged above the platform 614, it shows according to a kind of color when process is moved, and it shows with another color when process is in idle state.

Also having another useful property value to monitor, is exactly the message transfer rate.In Fig. 8, erected a distance pole 618 from the upper surface of platform 614.The height of distance pole 618 is represented the message transfer rate.Another method is to substitute distance pole 618 with a cube.This cube can change its speed of rotation and/or size according to the message transfer rate.This cube also can use other method except rotation to move and change.

Whether block is that the useful property value of another one must be monitored.Block occur in process suspension, when normally waiting for certain lock (as the mutex lock).Therefore, can show intuitively by before right circular cylinder body 612, showing a stifled wall that stops with reference to 8, one processes of suspending or blocking of figure.The degree of further, being blocked can show intuitively by the transparency of this wall.

Appendix A has an example that uses the Drawing Object model of RenderWare.For example, in appendix A, " #Server " is meant a server processes model, " #Base " refers to represent the rectangular box 602 of these server processes, " #Icon " refers to icon 610, and " #Wall " refers to barrier wall, and " #Cylinder " refers to right circular cylinder body 612, " #Run Light " refers to cone 616, and " #TrafficIndicator " is meant the cube (having replaced distance pole 618) of expression message transfer rate.

The present invention monitoring and with the three dimensional form attribute of show process intuitively.By the attribute of process is visual, can make developer and system manager find where utilization rate on each machine and load and process are transshipped or blocked.

Use the present invention, the execution situation will be better on same computing machine if the system manager can determine message communication situation between two processes on two various computing machines according to 3-D view, just carrying out the lot of data exchange because image demonstrates intuitively between two processes.In this case, the most useful Process Attributes is the message communication situation between this process and other process.Can between process, set up three-dimensional pipeline for show this communication situation, system intuitively to the user.Pipeline preferably be positioned at process rectangular box below, resemble a water supply pipe.If process is a server, then when the reason for load balance moves this server, must notifies the client of this server that this has taken place and move, so that they can carry out communication with these server processes on new computing machine.

The system manager can also determine the process of an obstruction is moved on on another computing machine from a computing machine, needn't go to compete making its same resource of being obstructed (as the mutex lock) again on first computing machine in this process on second computing machine.

When visual process 126 request attribute data, by user's input, the user can have influence on the range or the degree of depth of the attribute data that obtains.Be primarily focused on the attribute of a certain specific computing machine or process or some process, and do not go to consider other the benefit that has, promptly can improve the speed of getattr data.Getattr data required time is short more, and the speed of upgrading 3-D view is just fast more.Upgrade the fast more also just approaching more real true-time operation of speed of 3-D view.For example, the user can be so that visual process 126 requires global statistics server processes 124 to obtain all properties data of all processes in the computer system.At this moment, the user represents that he or she wishes to obtain all attribute datas, and till being ready to wait for when obtaining desired attribute data.The user also can be so that all data that visual process 126 requires global statistics server processes 124 to obtain it can be obtained in a certain regular time section.In this case, the user wants to obtain all data, but only is ready to wait for a certain regular time section (for example perhaps the user wishes only to wait for 0.5 second).Have, the user also can be so that visual process 126 only requires that global statistics server processes 124 are from some computing machine there getattr data message again.At this moment, the user can concentrate on monitoring on his interested some computing machine of institute, and wishes to anatomize the performance of process movable on these computing machines.

By using 3-D view, can demonstrate a width of cloth three-dimensional view of computer system.A lot of computing machines, process and Process Attributes are wherein arranged, but they can distinguish all visually.By using three dimensional form, not only image seems more true to nature, can also provide more space that visual information is provided than common two-dimension method.

By using 3-D view to monitor the process of a computing machine, can show the more attribute relevant to the user with process.In addition, can carry out according to a kind of like this mode for the demonstration of these attributes: wherein the user can realize by the graphic change of the Drawing Object in the model relevant with process the understanding of performance.

Employed Drawing Object can have various ways in the 3-D view, need not be confined to the example shown in Fig. 8.But, Drawing Object can be relative to each other in the mode of representing actual physics relation between them.For example, the Drawing Object of all properties all should be interrelated with the Drawing Object of relative process.The best in use self-consistentency of the Drawing Object of different in kind correspondingly is computing machine, process or attribute so that visually can distinguish them at an easy rate.In addition, change in the Drawing Object, variation or the feature of upgrading can change bigger, and generally depend on the type of this Drawing Object.

Many feature and advantage of the present invention are conspicuous in this written description, and the appended claim in back tries hard to contain all these feature and advantage of the present invention.In addition, because the those of skill in the art in this field can make many modifications and variations at an easy rate to this, not strict structure and the operation that is subject in above-mentioned illustration and the description of the present invention.Therefore, all suitable versions and equivalents all should belong to scope of the present invention.

Appendix A

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Claims (29)

1. performance monitoring system, be used for each computer processes relevant with computer network, computer network wherein should have one first computing machine and one second computing machine and every computing machine can both move a plurality of computer processes simultaneously at least, and said system comprises:

One first monitoring process is positioned on first computing machine that has first process sets, is used to monitor the attribute of first process sets;

One second monitoring process is positioned on second computing machine that has second process sets, is used to monitor the attribute of second process sets; And

A visual process, this process can be carried out communication with above-mentioned first and second monitoring process, is used to generate the 3-D view that comprises Drawing Object, and Drawing Object is wherein represented first and second process sets and the attribute thereof monitored.

2. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, for the one or more Drawing Objects in the image, when the respective attributes of being monitored changed, this Drawing Object should have a feature and then to change at least.

3. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein, it is one of following that the Drawing Object attribute that changes is selected from: high, wide, color, transparency, shape, angle, texture, motion and sound.

4. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the 3-D view real-time update is to reflect the variation of attribute in first and second process sets.

5. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the 3-D view that is generated by above-mentioned visual process comprises a visually differentiable Drawing Object for one or more attributes of monitoring.

6. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein, also comprise the Drawing Object of representing first and second computing machines in the above-mentioned 3-D view, and, the 3-D view that is generated by above-mentioned visual process is included in visually differentiable graphics shape respectively for process and computing machine, and the user of this image can distinguish process and computing machine comes so that observe.

7. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the 3-D view that is generated by above-mentioned visual process comprises multiple visually differentiable graphics shape for one or more attributes of monitoring.

8. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the 3-D view that is generated by above-mentioned visual process comprises multiple visually differentiable color for the one or more attributes of monitoring on a certain certain computer.

9. system as claimed in claim 2 wherein, also uses animation to represent the feature of one or more attributes in the 3-D view by above-mentioned visual process generation.

10. system as claimed in claim 2 wherein, also uses sound to represent the feature of one or more states of a process or wherein one or more attributes in the 3-D view by above-mentioned visual process generation.

11. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein, above-mentioned 3-D view is presented on the display screen of a computer system.

12. a method that realizes on computers is used for the performance of virtualized computing system process, said method comprises:

(a) provide the three-dimensional graphical model of computer system, each process in the computer system is all had a Drawing Object;

(b) on display screen, show above-mentioned three-dimensional graphical model;

(c) attribute of the process that monitored of monitoring; And

(d) according to the feature of the attribute monitored change Drawing Object, the three-dimensional graphical model on the update displayed screen.

13. method as claimed in claim 12, wherein, said method also comprises: (e) repeat (c) and (d).

14. method as claimed in claim 13, wherein, the frequency of above-mentioned repetition (e) should make the user that a kind of like this impression is arranged when observing display screen, promptly corresponding to the variation of the process performance of being monitored, is bordering on real-time to the renewal of shown three-dimensional model.

15. method as claimed in claim 12, wherein, above-mentioned renewal (d) comprising:

(d1) judge whether the attribute of being monitored variation has taken place;

(d2) when in above-mentioned (d1), judging that variation has taken place the attribute of being monitored, according to the feature of the attribute change Drawing Object of being monitored; And

(d3) if changed (d2) above-mentioned Drawing Object, be the Drawing Object that changed at least then by showing again, the three-dimensional graphical model of update displayed on display screen.

16. method as claimed in claim 15, wherein, the feature of the Drawing Object of change is one of following character: high, wide, color, transparency, shape, angle, texture, motion and sound.

17. method as claimed in claim 16, wherein, the feature of the Drawing Object of change is the combination of following two or more character: high, wide, color, transparency, shape, angle, texture, motion and sound.

18. method as claimed in claim 12, wherein, it is real-time that above-mentioned three-dimensional graphical model shows that intuitively the process performance of being monitored is bordering on.

19. method as claimed in claim 12, wherein, above-mentioned graphical model also comprises and is used for representing intuitively the time-out of process or the Drawing Object of congestion situations.

20. the method that realizes on computing machine is used for the computer processes of supervisory computer system, said method comprises:

(a) provide Drawing Object for computer processes and the attribute of being monitored thereof;

(b) obtain data corresponding to the computer processes attribute of being monitored;

(c) according to the Data Update Drawing Object that is obtained in (b); And

(d) Drawing Object that upgrades is shown as intuitively the computer processes monitored and the 3-D view of attribute thereof.

21. method as claimed in claim 20, wherein, aforementioned calculation machine system comprises a lot of computing machines, and has at least a computing machine to have display screen and input equipment, and provides above-mentioned 3-D view on this display screen.

22. method as claimed in claim 21, wherein, said method also comprises:

(e) allow the user to be undertaken alternately by input equipment and 3-D view, in the computer processes of being monitored, select one first computer processes, then this first computer processes is moved on on second computing machine from first computing machine, first and second computing machines here are all in aforementioned calculation machine system.

23. method as claimed in claim 22, wherein, above-mentioned permission (e) comprising:

(e1) on corresponding display screen, from the Drawing Object that demonstrates, select above-mentioned first computer processes; And

(e2) selected Drawing Object is dragged to and the corresponding Drawing Object of second computing machine.

24. method as claimed in claim 20, wherein, said method also comprises:

(e) repeat (b) to (d).

25. method as claimed in claim 20, wherein, having one or more in the above-mentioned Drawing Object is three-dimensional graphic objects.

26. method as claimed in claim 20, wherein, above-mentioned renewal (c) and above-mentioned demonstration (d) co-operate are so that can monitor computer processes and the attribute thereof that is monitored intuitively to be bordering on real-time speed.

27. method as claimed in claim 20, wherein, the feature of Drawing Object is upgraded in above-mentioned renewal (c), and above-mentioned feature is selected from following character: high, wide, color, transparency, shape, angle, texture, motion and sound.

28. method as claimed in claim 20, wherein, above-mentioned providing (a) also provides a Drawing Object to be used for representing intuitively the time-out or the congestion situations of computer processes.

29. a computer program comprises:

The media that a kind of computing machine can be used, on computer-readable code is arranged, be used for a computer system supervisory control comuter process.

The readable code of aforementioned calculation machine comprises:

The first computer-readable program code equipment, this equipment are configured and make a computing machine provide Drawing Object effectively for computer processes and the attribute of being monitored thereof;

The second computer-readable program code equipment, this equipment are configured and make a computing machine obtain data corresponding to the computer processes attribute of being monitored effectively;

The 3rd computer-readable program code equipment, this equipment are configured and make a computing machine upgrade Drawing Object effectively according to the data of being obtained; And

The 4th computer-readable program code equipment, this equipment are configured the computer processes that a computing machine will be shown as effectively, intuitively through the Drawing Object that upgrades monitored and the 3-D view of attribute thereof.

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