Patent ID: 8543923

Claim:
An apparatus to display health, the apparatus comprising: a computer readable program stored on a computer readable storage medium; a processor executing the computer readable program, the computer readable program comprising: a status module recording a health status for each of a plurality of components at a plurality of temporal instances, wherein each component comprises a virtual tape server, a tape library, and a hierarchical storage manager, the health status instances are recorded in a history file, and each health status instance comprises a percentage of full capacity of the component; an interconnection module recording interconnection relationships for the plurality of components in a resource file; and a display module displaying a system graphical representation comprising a graphical representation for each of the components, each interconnection relationship for the components, a health status for each component, and a transitional health for each component, wherein the system graphical representation is for a first specified temporal instance and the transitional health portrays a change in health status over the plurality of temporal instances, the transitional health portraying a diminishing health status with a first simulated motion and portraying an improving health status with a second simulated motion, the display module further paging through graphical representations for the plurality of instances to a second specified temporal instance at a specified time and date in response to a command.