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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
Theodore Patrick Lyons, Jr., Apex, NC (US);
Christopher Johan Schaubach, Cary, NC (US);
Carrie Weaver Searcey, Cary, NC (US);
Hong S. Zhang, Cary, NC (US);
Theodore Patrick Lyons, Jr., Apex, NC (US);
Christopher Johan Schaubach, Cary, NC (US);
Carrie Weaver Searcey, Cary, NC (US);
Hong S. Zhang, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for visually rendering resource policy usage information are provided. The system and method make use of policy performance data and relative weighting values of policies to generate, for each system resource, a graphical representation of the system resource with regard to the affect of policies on their behavior within the IT infrastructure. The resulting visual depiction of the IT infrastructure provides a visual representation that quickly communicates to the user which resources have the most/least policies guiding their behavior and the frequency of evaluation of these policies. For example, a large graphical element with a negative color may alert the user that the system resource is heavily affected by policies but that the policies are not being evaluated frequently enough.