Automating placement of instrumentation in applications

In this paper, we present an architecture that provides the functionality to place customized and automated instrumentation. We determine the components that are needed for this purpose, services offered by each of these components and the algorithms showing the steps taken. Using this architecture, the time and effort needed to develop instrumentation toolsets can be reduced. Consequently, the time and effort needed to place instrumentation in distributed applications, to make them manageable, can be greatly reduced. We also describe the current state of the prototype, our conclusions and future directions.