Patent Document ID: 9208051
Application ID: 13727017
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: creating, by a microprocessor of a computing device, a model of a set of relationships between a set of parent virtual machines and a corresponding set of child hosts, over a time period; displaying, on a display of the computing device, a user interface graphing the model in a single view to illustrate the set of relationships over the time period; in response to receiving an indication to present historical data corresponding to at least one child host, generating for the user interface, an updated view of an updated model for a portion of the set of relationships, the updated view including: a plurality of parent virtual machines serviced by the at least one child host during intervals over the time period; and graphical data that indicates a status for a relationship between each of the plurality of parent virtual machines and the at least one child host during the intervals, the graphical data indicating one or more changes in status corresponding to one or more parent virtual machines switching from receiving services from the at least one child host in a first interval to receiving services from another child host in a second interval, the switching being based on the at least one child host determined to be associated with a warning status or a critical status during the first interval; and displaying the updated view overlaid as a layer over the single view in the user interface of the computing device.