Default Parameters for PepAppServiceTest

If the server process is down or is not ready to handle any requests, then all services it handles will also be unavailable; this can severely hamper request processing by the server. Moreover, if even a single service processes requests slowly, user experience with the application server will be adversely impacted. Using the PepAppServiceTest test, administrators can quickly detect such anomalies and initiate measures to correct them, so that requests are serviced promptly. Additionally, the test also periodically reports the count of requests handled by each service, thus highlighting the most popular/busiest services delivered by the application server domain.

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

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

• To collect metrics from a Tuxedo application server, this test runs PeopleSoft Server Administration (PSADMIN) commands on the target server. The first step towards this is to launch the psadmin.exe. To enable the test to run the psadmin.exe, you need to configure the test with the full path to the directory in which the psadmin.exe resides. Therefore, in the PSADMIN HOME text box, specify the location of the psadmin.exe. Typically, this will be the install directory of the Tuxedo application server. For instance, on Windows, your specification can be C:\ps\appsrv and on Unix, your specification can be: opt/ps/appsrv.

• An application server DOMAIN is the collection of server processes, supporting processes, and resource managers that enable connections to the database. A single application server machine can support multiple application server domains running on it. A server process is executable code that receives incoming transaction requests. The server process carries out a request by making calls to a service. Using a managed Tuxedo application server, you can monitor only those server processes and transactions that pertain to a single domain. This is why, the eG agent needs to be explicitly configured with the application server DOMAIN it needs to monitor.

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