APPLICATION PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC DISCOVERY AND EXTENSION

摘要

An application performance management system is disclosed. Operational elements are dynamically discovered and extended when changes occur. Programmatic knowledge is captured. Particular instances of operational elements are recognized after changes have been made using a fingerprint/signature process. Metrics and metadata associated with a monitored operational element are sent in a compressed form to a backend for analysis. Metrics and metadata from multiple similar systems may be used to adjust/create expert rules to be used in the analysis of the state of an operational element. A 3-D user interface with both physical and logical representations may be used to display the results of the performance management system.

主权项

1. An application performance management system comprising:
a communication interface, configured to communicate with an agent deployed within a target computing system; and a processing system coupled with the communication interface, configured to:
command the agent, through the communication interface, to perform a discovery operation on the target computing system, wherein the agent, in response to the discovery command:
automatically identifies a plurality of operational elements associated with at least one application running on the target computing system;determines a plurality of software sensors to monitor corresponding ones of the plurality of operational elements; andsends a request for the plurality of software sensors to the processing system; andin response to the request for the plurality of sensors from the agent, send the plurality of software sensors to the agent through the communication interface, wherein the agent, in response to receiving the plurality of software sensors, installs the plurality of software sensors within the target computing system to monitor the plurality of operational elements.