Status sharing in a resilience framework

A method for enhancing resiliency of a distributed computing environment, the method comprising:

• using one or more first mechanisms as one or more managed beans (MBeans) associated with an MBean server, to monitor a plurality of metrics, wherein each metric of the plurality of metrics is a value of a different quality or property of a computer resource that is individually non-critical to operation of the computer resource of the computing environment;
• combining at least two of the plurality of metrics as a metrics group that represents a single critical metric to the operation of the computing resource;
• setting status information based, at least in part, on the metrics group;
• making, by the first mechanisms, the status information automatically discoverable by a second mechanism accessing the MBean server;
• making, by the second mechanism, the status information available to computing resources of the computing environment, wherein the first mechanism is not directly coupled to the computing resources and the second mechanism coordinates communications between the first mechanism and the computing resources;
• and
• selectively implementing a responsive functionality, quiescing, or unquiescing of a first computing resource of the computing resources in accordance with the status information.

An apparatus for enhancing resiliency of a distributed computing environment, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable for:
• using one or more first mechanisms as one or more managed beans (MBeans) associated with an MBean server, to monitor a plurality of metrics, wherein each metric of the plurality of metrics is a value of a different quality or property of a computer resource that is individually non-critical to operation of the computer resource of the computing environment;
• combining at least two of the plurality of metrics as a metrics group that represents a single critical metric to the operation of the computing resource;
• setting first status information based, at least in part, on the metrics group;
• making, by the first mechanisms, the status information automatically discoverable by a second mechanism accessing the MBean server;
• making, by the second mechanism, the status information available to computing resources of the computing environment, wherein the first mechanism is not directly coupled to the computing resources and the second mechanism coordinates communications between the first mechanism and the computing resources;
• and
• selectively implementing a responsive functionality, quiescing, or unquiescing of a first computing resource of the computing resources in accordance with the status information.