Default Parameters for NfsLinuxMountTest

This test executes on an NFS client, auto-discovers all NFS-mounted directories, and reports in real-time the availability and space usage of each of these directories.

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

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

• In the TIMEOUT text box, specify the maximum duration (in seconds) for which the test will wait for a response from the server. The default timeout period is 30 seconds.

• In the EXCLUDE FILE SYSTEMS text box, provide a comma-separated list of file systems andd/or file system patterns to be excluded from monitoring. A file system pattern can be of the format *expr*, *exp, or expr*. A leading ‘*’ signifies any number of leading characters, while a trailing ‘*’ signifies any number of trailing characters. For instance, your specification can be: shares,*dev*,/User*,*prod. In this case, the following file systems will be excluded from monitoring:

  • File system named shares
  • File systems with names containing the string dev
  • File systems with names that begin with /User
  • File systems with names that end with prod

  By default, this is set to none, indicating that all file systems will be monitored by default.

• This test reports a set of measures for every NFS-mounted directory auto-discovered on a target NFS client - this implies that the discovered directory names will appear as descriptors of this test in the eG monitoring console. By selecting an option from the REPORT BY FILE SYSTEM list, you can indicate how you want to display these directory names in the eG monitoring console. By default, the Remote Filesystem option is chosen; this indicates that, by default, the eG monitoring console will refer to each directory using the complete path to that directory in the remote file system - typically, this would include the name of the remote file system. For instance, if the shares directory on a remote host with IP 192.168.10.1 is being monitored, then the corresponding descriptor will be: //192.168.10.1/shares.

  If you choose the Local Filesystem option instead, then, the eG monitoring console will display only the name of the local file that is mapped to the remote directory - for example, if the //192.168.10.1/shares directory is locally mapped to the file /mnt, then the descriptor will be /mnt.

  Alternatively, you can have both the remote file system path and the local file mapping displayed in the eG monitoring console, by selecting the Both option from this list. In such a case, the descriptor will be of the format: //192.168.10.1/shares (/mnt).

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will 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.