Dynamic management of monitoring tasks in a cloud environment

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that provide instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform operations comprising:

• (a) causing instantiation of a monitoring element operative to monitor an activity of one or more application units which are part of a network;
• (b) obtaining a first usage status of resources which are to be used by the monitoring element when in operation, wherein the resources are shared between the monitoring element and the one or more application units;
• (c) setting one or more configuration parameters of the monitoring element based upon the first usage status of the resources;
• (d) scheduling the monitoring element based upon the first usage status of the resources with the objective of avoiding contention on the resources that will be used by the monitoring element and the one or more application units when the monitoring element is in operation, wherein the scheduling the monitoring element causes the monitoring element to start monitoring the one or more application units at a predetermined start time;
• (e) obtaining a second usage status of the resources;
• (f) determining whether to update the monitoring element based upon the second usage status of the resources;
• and
• (g) responsive to determining that the monitoring element is to be updated, performing at least one of the following:
• (i) updating the one or more configuration parameters of the monitoring element based upon the second usage status of the resources, and
• (ii) rescheduling the monitoring element based upon the second usage status of the resources.

A network device for resource-aware dynamic monitoring of application units, the network device being configured to:

• (a) cause instantiation of a monitoring element operative to monitor an activity of one or more application units which are part of a network;
• (b) obtain a first usage status of resources which are to be used by the monitoring element when in operation, wherein the resources are shared between the monitoring element and the one or more application units;
• (c) set one or more configuration parameters of the monitoring element based upon the first usage status of the resources;
• (d) schedule the monitoring element based upon the first usage status of the resources with the objective of avoiding contention on the resources that will be used by the monitoring element and the one or more application units when the monitoring element is in operation, wherein the scheduling the monitoring element causes the monitoring element to start monitoring the one or more application units at a predetermined start time;
• (e) obtain a second usage status of the resources;
• (f) determine whether to update the monitoring element based upon the second usage status of the resources;
• and
• (g) responsive to determining that the monitoring element is to be updated, perform at least one of the following:
• (i) update the one or more configuration parameters of the monitoring element based upon the second usage status of the resources, and
• (ii) reschedule the monitoring element based upon the second usage status of the resources.