The present invention provides a method and system for inferential monitoring of a resource. The method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises selecting a given resource, the selected given resource including one or more monitorable parts and at least one unmonitorable part, and performing one or more tests on the one or more monitorable part to determine a status of the one or more monitorable parts. Results from the one or more tests of the one or more monitorable parts is correlated with the at least one unmonitorable part to determine a status of the unmonitorable part on the basis of the correlation.