公开(公告)号：DE602005002953D1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-29

申请号：DE602005002953

申请日：2005-04-06

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CHILDRESS RHONDA ,  KUMHYR DAVID BRUCE ,  PENNELL NEIL RAYMOND

IPC: G06F11/34

Abstract: A monitoring program contains a method for detecting a load imbalance in a group of servers and providing notification so that corrections can be made. An embodiment of the invention reads from the address resolution protocol (ARP) cache to determine which server addresses are present, then clears the ARP cache. The address resolution protocol will repopulate the cache from traffic it snoops and from new requests. By performing this query and clear operation periodically, the tracking program can form a picture of the activity levels of the servers. When a significant imbalance exists, the program notifies a control console for human intervention to solve the problem. The tracking program will periodically write its results to a log file, allowing reports for various time periods to be produced as needed. By this mechanism, not only can an imbalance be quickly detected, but underutilization can be picked up by comparing known capability of a resource to its actual usage.

公开(公告)号：CA2562362A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-20

申请号：CA2562362

申请日：2005-04-06

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： PENNELL NEIL RAYMOND ,  KUMHYR DAVID BRUCE ,  CHILDRESS RHONDA L

IPC: G06F11/34

Abstract: A monitoring program contains a method for detecting a load imbalance in a group of servers and providing notification so that corrections can be made. An embodiment of the invention reads from the address resolution protocol (ARP) cache to determine which server addresses are present, then clears the ARP cache. The address resolution protocol will repopulate the cache from traffic it snoops and from new requests. By performing this query and clear operation pe~riodically, the tracking program can form a picture of the activity levels of the servers. When a significant imbalance exists, the program notifies a control console for human intervention to solve the problem. The tracking program will periodically write its results to a log file, allowing reports for various time periods to be produced as needed. By this mechanism, not only can an imbalance be quickly detected, but underutilization can be picked up by comparing known capability of a resourc e to its actual usage.

公开(公告)号：DE602005002953T2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-21

申请号：DE602005002953

申请日：2005-04-06

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CHILDRESS RHONDA ,  KUMHYR DAVID BRUCE ,  PENNELL NEIL RAYMOND

IPC: G06F11/34

Abstract: A monitoring program contains a method for detecting a load imbalance in a group of servers and providing notification so that corrections can be made. An embodiment of the invention reads from the address resolution protocol (ARP) cache to determine which server addresses are present, then clears the ARP cache. The address resolution protocol will repopulate the cache from traffic it snoops and from new requests. By performing this query and clear operation periodically, the tracking program can form a picture of the activity levels of the servers. When a significant imbalance exists, the program notifies a control console for human intervention to solve the problem. The tracking program will periodically write its results to a log file, allowing reports for various time periods to be produced as needed. By this mechanism, not only can an imbalance be quickly detected, but underutilization can be picked up by comparing known capability of a resource to its actual usage.

公开(公告)号：AT376214T

公开(公告)日：2007-11-15

申请号：AT05747783

申请日：2005-04-06

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CHILDRESS RHONDA ,  KUMHYR DAVID BRUCE ,  PENNELL NEIL RAYMOND

IPC: G06F11/34

Abstract: A monitoring program contains a method for detecting a load imbalance in a group of servers and providing notification so that corrections can be made. An embodiment of the invention reads from the address resolution protocol (ARP) cache to determine which server addresses are present, then clears the ARP cache. The address resolution protocol will repopulate the cache from traffic it snoops and from new requests. By performing this query and clear operation periodically, the tracking program can form a picture of the activity levels of the servers. When a significant imbalance exists, the program notifies a control console for human intervention to solve the problem. The tracking program will periodically write its results to a log file, allowing reports for various time periods to be produced as needed. By this mechanism, not only can an imbalance be quickly detected, but underutilization can be picked up by comparing known capability of a resource to its actual usage.

公开(公告)号：CA2601690A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-12

申请号：CA2601690

申请日：2006-03-17

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CHILDRESS RHONDA ,  CRAWFORD CATHERINE HELEN ,  KUMHYR DAVID BRUCE ,  PENNELL NEIL RAYMOND

IPC: G06F9/445

Abstract: Setting up management and monitoring programs on one or more servers is simplified. When a pre-selected monitoring/management vendor is to be used, a general-purpose agent is installed after the vendor agent is installed and can determine the contents of the server(s), then manage additional setup for the vendor agent, such as configurations, best practices, and license management. When the user has not yet determined which vendor or vendors to utilize, a vendor-neutral agent will determine the contents of the server(s) and can then choose between various vendor programs, utilizing weightings according to the strengths and weaknesses of each vendor, as well as user preferences, to determine the best vendor or vendors to select. Any needed vendor agents are then downloaded by the vendor-neutral agent and installed. The vendor-neutral agent also includes the capabilities of the general-purpose agent and manages other setup needs, such as configurations, best practices, and license management.