Streaming state data for cloud management

摘要

A cloud manager uses streams to monitor state of the cloud. A cloud state streaming policy specifies state data to stream, along with one or more initial operators for processing the streams. An archive mechanism allows archiving the streamed data when specified data in the streams exceeds one or more defined thresholds. A user interface allows adjusting the streaming of cloud state data to focus on data of interest to a user. The cloud manager thus allows a user to determine state of a cloud via the streamed state data.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for managing a networked computer system, the method comprising:
initializing a first plurality of streams on a plurality of virtual machines, the first plurality of streams comprising state data for the plurality of virtual machines; initializing a second plurality of streams on a plurality of host computer systems, the second plurality of streams comprising state data for the plurality of host computer systems; and creating a plurality of operators to operate on at least one stream in the first and second plurality of streams, wherein the state data comprises network packets, representation state transfer (REST) application programming interface (API) calls and responses, logs, task management resources, user accounts, and expiration policies.