METHOD FOR MONITORING APPLICATIONS IN A NETWORK WHICH DOES NOT NATIVELY SUPPORT MONITORING

摘要

A system and method for providing non-invasive monitoring capability for systems and applications not designed for integrated monitoring. According t o an exemplary embodiment, a Watcher application is tasked with accessing data relating to the system or application, analyzing the data to determine the existence of a monitoring event, and notifying a monitoring system of said monitoring event. In exemplary embodiments, a Watcher 110 monitors data in a n application or system database, monitors an execution environment of the application or system, or accesses the system or application directly via an application programming interface.