Controlled monitoring based on root cause analysis recommendations

A root cause analysis (RCA) engine of a hardware computer, the RCA engine comprising:

• a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores computer program instructions that are executed by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an alarm on an entity;
• fetching correlation domains based on the correlation domains each having been associated with the entity and in which the alarm is part of a policy applied to the correlation domains;
• determining if the alarm is for a root cause of failure for an entity associated with one of the correlation domains;
• responsive to determining that the alarm is being for the root cause of failure for the entity associated with the one of the correlation domains:
• transmitting, via a network interface used by the RCA engine, a message to registered monitoring systems for the one of the correlation domains, the message comprising instructions for the registered monitoring systems to stop monitoring symptom conditions associated with the root cause of failure for the entity associated with the one of the correlation domains;
• and
• transmitting, through a network, an indication of a failure of the entity associated with the one of the correlation domains that is the root cause of failure;
• receiving a clear indication for a second alarm on a second entity;
• determining if the second alarm is for a second root cause of failure for the second entity associated with one of second correlation domains;
• and
• responsive to determining that the second alarm is for the second root cause of failure for the second entity:
• determining if the second root cause of failure has been cleared;
• and
• responsive to determining that the second root cause of failure has been cleared, transmitting, through the network interface, a second message to the registered monitoring systems for the one of the second correlation domains, the second message comprising instructions for the registered monitoring systems to restart the monitoring symptom conditions associated with the second root cause of failure.

A monitoring system comprising:

• a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores computer program instructions that are executed by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• transmitting a registration request to a root cause analysis (RCA) engine for monitoring instructions for entities monitored by the monitoring system;
• monitoring the entities;
• receiving, from the RCA engine, a message comprising an instruction to stop monitoring the entities listed in the message;
• and
• stop monitoring the entities listed responsive to receiving the message.