A computer and method for problem detection and determination for
automated system management in a system, wherein the method comprises
monitoring system state, workload, and performance parameters of the
system; comparing the monitored parameters against normal system
performance behavior of the system, wherein the normal system performance
behavior is maintained as a mapping of a system state and
workload-to-performance parameters; summarizing performance abnormalities
at a specified layer in the system as computation and data-processing
attributes, wherein the performance abnormalities comprise deviations
from the normal system performance behavior; correlating the performance
abnormalities across multiple layers in the system using an
attribute-based framework; and communicating a root-cause of the
performance abnormalities.