Stephen K Yu

US Patent:

8041807, Oct 18, 2011

Filed:

Nov 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/555855

Inventors:

Zhendong Bao - Marietta GA, US
Lisa W. Lewis - Marietta GA, US
Demethria J. Ramseur - Smyrna GA, US
Stephen Yu - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224, 4554561, 4554565

Abstract:

A method, system and program product for determining a number of concurrent users being served by a system at a given point-in-time is provided. The method includes running, at a pre-determined point-in-time, a collection script for collecting user data from one or more target systems, the user data collected including a number of concurrent users logged into each of the target systems at the pre-determined point-in-time. The method further includes generating one or more electronic transmissions for transmitting the user data collected, loading the one or more electronic transmissions generated into a monitoring system, and creating an output file containing the user data. Further, the loading step includes parsing the user data loaded, storing the user data collected and parsed into a database and updating the stored user data. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the output file from the monitoring system to one or more monitoring system clients.