Configuration of AspDotNetClrTest

This test auto-discovers the worker processes running in the ASP .NET server, and for every process, reports the following:

• The count of CLR exceptions that were thrown by that worker process;

• The heap memory usage of the worker process; in the event of excessive usage, you can also take a look at the garbage collection-related statistics reported by this test for that worker process to determine whether/not ineffective GC is causing heap memory usage to soar.

• The count of classes loaded and class loading failures;

• The rate of thread contentions in the worker process;

• The count of waiting threads;

• The time spent in performing runtime Code Access Security (CAS) checks;

• The count of runtime checks performed.

These metrics provide useful pointers to the source of performance degradations experienced by applications.

The default parameters associated with this test are:

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

• Specify host name of the server for which the test is to be configured, in the HOST text box.

• Enter the port to which the specified HOST listens, in the PORT text box.

• If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

• 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.