Default Parameters for NutClusFileServTest

This test auto-discovers the file servers in the target Nutanix Acropolis Prism Element and for each file server, reports the number of file shares, SMB connections initiated and the file server VMs. The count of files that were scanned and quarantined by the ICAP server from the file server throws light on the file server that is frequently prone to malicious attacks. The I/O operations performed on the file servers are periodically monitored and the file server that is taking too long to perform I/O operations is identified. The space utilization of the file servers are also periodically monitoredand the file sserver that is running out of space is identified. This way, administrators can isolate those file servers that are problematic and initiate troubleshooting at the earliest.

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

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

• In the HOST text box, specify the host for which the test is to be configured.

• To connect to the Nutanix Prism Element and collect metrics from it, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a Prism Element user with the Viewer role in the NUTANIX PRISM ELEMENT USER and NUTANIX PRISM ELEMENT PASSWORD text boxes and confirm the nutanix Prism Element password by retyping it in CONFIRM PASSWORD text box. The steps for creating such a user are detailed in the Pre-requisites for Monitoring Nutanix Prism Element topic.

• By default, the Nutanix Prism Element server is SSL-enabled. Accordingly, the SSL flag is set to Yes by default. This indicates that the eG agent will communicate with the Prism Element server via HTTPS by default.

• By default, the Nutanix Prism Element server listens on port 9440. This implies that while monitoring a Nutanix AHV server via the Prism server, the eG agent connects to port 9440.

• 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.