Intelligent performance monitoring based on resource threshold

A data processing system for selectively monitoring transactions in a distributed computing system, the data processing system comprising:

• a bus;
• a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device contains computer usable code;
• at least one managed device connected to the bus;
• a communications unit connected to the bus;
• and
• a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code, in response to receiving a new transaction at an entry point, to check a monitoring policy to determine if the monitoring policy indicates that the new transaction that traverses a system resource identified in the monitoring policy should be monitored;
• determine, in response to determining that the new transaction should be monitored based on the identified system resource, whether the system resource traversed by the transaction is operating at a predetermined system condition defined in the monitoring policy;
• and receive monitoring information about the new transaction, wherein the new transaction is selectively monitored at the identified system resource if the system resource traversed by the transaction is operating at the predetermined system condition defined in the monitoring policy, and wherein the new transaction is allowed to continue as an unmonitored transaction if the system resource traversed by the transaction is not operating at the predetermined system condition.

A computer program product for selectively monitoring individual transactions in a distributed computing system, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer usable program code stored thereon, the computer usable program code for execution by a computer, comprising:
• computer usable program code for checking, in response to receiving a new transaction at an entry point, a monitoring policy to determine if the monitoring policy indicates that the new transaction that traverses a system resource identified in the monitoring policy should be monitored;
• computer usable program code for determining, in response to determining that the new transaction should be monitored based on the identified system resource, whether the system resource traversed by the transaction is operating at a predetermined system condition defined in the monitoring policy;
• computer usable program code for receiving monitoring information about the new transaction, wherein the new transaction is selectively monitored at the identified system resource if the system resource traversed by the transaction is operating at the predetermined system condition defined in the monitoring policy, and wherein the new transaction is allowed to continue as an unmonitored transaction if the system resource traversed by the transaction is not operating at the predetermined system condition.