Health-based management of a network

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a system comprising a hardware processor, metrics and events from communication nodes in a network, wherein the events are generated by the communication nodes based on local processing of the metrics at the communication nodes;
• storing, by the system, the metrics and the events in a first database having a first schema;
• in response to an event comprising an alert relating to an issue in the network:
• triggering, by the system, one or more communication nodes in the network to collect additional metric data;
• performing, by the system, dynamic runtime mapping of metadata associated with the metrics and the events in the first database having the first schema with corresponding metadata in a second database having a second schema different from the first schema, wherein the second database contains information of a topology of the network;
• and
• initiating, by the system, a management action to address the issue based on the dynamic runtime mapping.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable on the processor to:
• store metrics and events received from communication nodes in a network in a first database having a timeseries schema;
• in response to an event comprising an alert relating to an issue in the network:
• trigger one or more communication nodes in the network to collect additional metric data;
• perform dynamic runtime mapping of first metadata associated with the metrics and the events in the first database having the timeseries schema with corresponding second metadata in a second database having a second schema different from the timeseries schema, wherein the second database contains information of a topology of the network, the first metadata comprising tags included in the metrics and the events, and the second metadata comprising keys included in the second database;
• and
• initiate a management action to address the issue based on the dynamic runtime mapping.