Patent ID: 7401142
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for monitoring system performance and communicating acceptable parameters of system operation via an enhanced graphical user interface, comprising: obtaining system performance data at set intervals according to a system configuration to determine a current performance status of a system; determining a type of display graphic for the system performance data; calculating service level agreement boundaries of acceptable system operation using contractual data in a service level agreement for the type of display graphic, wherein the service level agreement boundaries represent the service level agreement at a current time, and wherein the service level agreement boundaries change according to predefined time periods specified the service level agreement; updating system performance status markers, which indicate system performance at particular points in time, based on the current performance status of the system; displaying the updated system performance status markers and the service level agreement boundaries of acceptable system operation within a target-type management vector display having a vertical axis and horizontal axis, wherein the target-type management vector display includes regions representing levels of system performance, wherein a target performance state of the system is a point where the vertical axis and horizontal axis meet on the target-type management vector display, wherein positions of the system status performance markers reflect system performance at particular points in time, and wherein a position of a current system performance status marker in relation to the service level agreement boundaries indicates whether current system performance adheres to the service level agreement; responsive to a determination that the current system performance does not adhere to the service level agreement, determining if the current system performance status marker is located outside of a current orchestration action threshold; and responsive to a determination that the current system performance status marker is located outside of a current orchestration action threshold, autonomically reallocating system resources to adjust the current system performance to the target performance state of the system.