VDI Log Level Portal for Feature Dependency Troubleshooting
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Solution Overview
Problem
In virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments, existing log management systems face challenges in efficiently setting log levels for specific features, leading to increased reporting latency, resource usage, and difficulty in identifying the root cause of issues due to insufficient granularity and dependency issues among components and features.
Innovation Solution
A centralized log management portal allows users to set and manage log levels per feature or component, utilizing configuration files to determine log level dependencies and ensure consistent log settings across the VDI environment, enabling efficient log collection and troubleshooting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If log levels are set at the component level rather than feature level, then log collection is simpler to manage, but troubleshooting precision deteriorates because multiple features cannot be isolated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments log level management from component-level to feature-level granularity. Each feature within a VDI component can have its own log level setting, allowing administrators to collect logs for specific features (e.g., USB redirection, drive redirection) independently. This segmentation enables precise isolation of problematic features while maintaining manageable complexity through a structured configuration file system that defines feature dependencies and log level relationships.
2Measurement precision
If detailed logs are collected for multiple features simultaneously, then troubleshooting accuracy improves, but resource usage and reporting latency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables partial log collection by allowing administrators to select only the specific features requiring log analysis rather than collecting logs for all features. The configuration file system identifies which features are relevant to the issue at hand, and log collection is performed only for those selected features and their dependencies. This partial action approach maintains high troubleshooting accuracy for the specific problem area while significantly reducing resource consumption and reporting latency compared to collecting logs for the entire component.
3Measurement precision
If log levels are configured manually for each feature, then logging granularity improves, but system complexity and configuration difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring feature dependency relationships and log level mappings in structured configuration files before runtime. These configuration files define which features depend on which other features and what log levels should be applied. When an administrator selects a feature for log collection, the system automatically processes the pre-configured dependency information to determine the complete set of features requiring logs, eliminating the need for manual configuration of each individual feature's log level and reducing configuration complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure provides a method of log level setting at a first component in a remote computing environment. The method generally includes receiving a requested log level for one or more requested features, wherein the one or more requested features comprise a subset of features of the first component, obtaining a configuration file for the one or more requested features, parsing the configuration file obtained for the one or more requested features to create a log level dependency map, and setting a log level for one or more of the features of the first component based on the requested log level and the log level dependency map, wherein setting the log level comprises setting the log level for at least the one or more requested features.