Default Parameters for MSSQLAThreadTest

This test monitors the I/O and non-I/O thread usage in the query and processing thread pools, and alerts administrators to excessive/abnormal thread utilization in any of the pools. Additionally, the test also tracks the jobs in the queue of every pool, thus revealing if the pools are sized commensurate to the workload. Administrators are notified if the job queue length keeps increasing, thereby revealing a dearth of idle threads in the pool.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the MSSQLAThreadTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• The name of a specific SQL Analysis Services Server instance to be monitored. The default value of this parameter is default. However, if the Microsoft SQL Server hosting SSAS uses named instances, then do the following:

  • Configure the Instance parameter with the name of the SQL Server instance that hosts SSAS.
  • Do not change the default value of the Port parameter.

• Specify the SSAS version being monitored. By default, 11 is displayed here, indicating that version 11 of SSAS is monitored by default.

• Once the above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.