Patent ID: 7509416

Claim:
A processor-implemented method for updating system monitoring policy parameters for at least one monitored system, comprising: transmitting a first policy update event report from a configuration tool to an event server in response to user input data that specifies the policy update, wherein the configuration tool is coupled to the event server via a network; transmitting the first policy update event report from the event server to a subcomponent manager in response to the subcomponent manager having registered to receive a policy update event report, wherein the subcomponent manager executes on the monitored system and is coupled to the event server via a network; in response to receipt of the first policy update event report by the subcomponent manager, determining a first one of a plurality of subcomponents for which the policy update is to be applied, each subcomponent having a respective execution thread on the monitored system and configured to monitor status of the monitored system, suspending the execution thread of the first one of the subcomponents, updating monitoring policy parameters of the first one of the subcomponents with data from the first policy update event report, and resuming the execution thread of the first one of the subcomponents after updating the policy data; transmitting a system status event report from the first one of the subcomponents to the event server in response to violation of the monitoring policy parameters detected by the first one of the subcomponents; and transmitting the system status event report from the event server to a display tool, wherein the display tool is coupled to the event server via a network.