1. A system, comprising: a hardware platform that comprises resources, one of the resources including a system memory; a virtual machine monitor (VMM) layer to partition and allocate resources of the hardware platform; at least one run time test process that comprises a first run time test process that includes at least a first virtual machine and a first application instance under observation; and a second virtual machine that includes one or more monitoring functions that monitor calls made by one of the first application instance or the first virtual machine directly to the hardware platform circumventing operations with a first operating system instance that is supporting the first virtual machine and the first application instance under observation.