DETERMINING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPONENTS IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT TO FACILITATE ROOT-CAUSE ANALYSIS

Determining relationships between components in a computing environment to facilitate root-cause analysis is disclosed. A logfile comprising a plurality of logfile records that were originated by a plurality of components is accessed. The logfile records identify a time associated with the logfile record and a component of the plurality of components that originated the logfile record. Each respective logfile record is parsed to identify the time associated with the logfile record and the component that originated the logfile record. A plurality of respective time window records is generated based on the at least some of the plurality of logfile records. Each respective time window record identifies the components that originated the logfile records during a time window that corresponds to the respective time window record. A directed graph that identifies dependencies among the plurality of components is generated based on the plurality of time window records.