Christopher L Marsh

US Patent:

8301759, Oct 30, 2012

Filed:

Oct 24, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/258152

Inventors:

Paul Pietrek - Bellevue WA, US
Jose Bernabeu-Auban - Sammamish WA, US
Christopher Marsh - Kirkland WA, US
Vamshidhar Kommineni - Bellevue WA, US
Richard E. Wilbur - Bothell WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224, 709202, 709203, 709217, 709220

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for monitoring information passed from instances of role(s) of a service application installed on a distributed computing platform and for indexing and analyzing the information within a data store are provided. Monitoring involves a monitoring agent that is integrated within an operating system of computing devices that make up the distributed computing platform. In operation, the monitoring agent retrieves information from the role instances and converts the information into parameters that are assembled to documents. Generally, the parameters are assembled to a uniform-structured format in accordance with a schema imposed by the distributed computing platform. Accordingly, each of the documents across the platform have a common format that promotes processing and analysis without a need for reconfiguration. Accordingly, the health of the service application, although dispersed throughout the distributed computing environment, may be observed and evaluated in a consistent manner.

US Patent:

20130024564, Jan 24, 2013

Filed:

Sep 25, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/626170

Inventors:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA, US
Jose BERNABEU-AUBAN - Sammamish WA, US
Christopher MARSH - Kirkland WA, US
Vamshidhar KOMMINENI - Bellevue WA, US
Richard E WILBUR - Bothell WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for monitoring information passed from instances of role(s) of a service application installed on a distributed computing platform and for indexing and analyzing the information within a data store are provided. Monitoring involves a monitoring agent that is integrated within an operating system of computing devices that make up the distributed computing platform. In operation, the monitoring agent retrieves information from the role instances and converts the information into parameters that are assembled to documents. Generally, the parameters are assembled to a uniform-structured format in accordance with a schema imposed by the distributed computing platform. Accordingly, each of the documents across the platform have a common format that promotes processing and analysis without a need for reconfiguration. Accordingly, the health of the service application, although dispersed throughout the distributed computing environment, may be observed and evaluated in a consistent manner.