Process for monitoring a plurality of object types of a plurality of nodes from a management node in a data processing system by distributing configured agents

A process for monitoring from a management node in a data processing system a plurality of object types of a plurality of nodes comprising:

• configuring and then distributing monitoring functions in a filtered way from the management node to at least one autonomous agent installed on each node to be monitored, each autonomous agent comprising a plurality of monitoring modules specific to different object types or to a particular domain, wherein after said distributing step said at least one agent operates independently without direct control from the management node
• providing intertype correlation to an autonomous agent to locally process the different object types or all of the objects of a domain defined as a global object or to feed back information to be displayed to a graphical interface of the management node,
• measuring, by each specific monitoring module, static and dynamic parameters particular to the object type that the specific monitoring module monitors,
• collecting the measurements, said collecting being performed by said autonomous agents;
• testing conditions on said dynamic parameters relative to predefined thresholds, said testing being performed by said autonomous agents;
• initiating actions associated with said tested conditions, which parameters, conditions and actions can be modified by a user of the management node.