Agents Administration - Tests
 

Configuration of 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 IP address of the host for which the test is being configured.

  • In the PORT text box, specify port at which the specified host listens. By default, this is 9440.

  • 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.

  • Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 6:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every sixth time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD FREQUENCY.

  • To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

    The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

    • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability

    • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

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

When changing the configuration for specific servers, a “*” beside the text box corresponding to the parameter signifies that these values have to be manually configured by the user. The parameter values that require to be configured will typically be prefixed with a “$” or contain a series of “*”. A value of “none” in the parameter value indicates that the corresponding parameter value can be changed if required.