Default Parameters for IfxUnUsedIdxTest

Using this test, administrators can quickly determine the number of unused indexes in each database, and also understand how badly that index impacts database performance.

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

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

• In the INSTANCE text box, specify the Informix server instance being monitored.

• In the DBLOCALE text box, specify the language/locale in which your database is installed. This will allow you to return the query in the language supported by your database. By default this attribute is set to “none”, which means that by default, queries are returned in the English locale.

• In the CLIENTLOCALE text box, specify the language/locale in which the eG agent is running. Normally, when you use an internal agent to monitor Informix, the CLIENTLOCALE and DBLOCALE will be same. However, the CLIENTLOCALE may differ when you are monitoring the Informix tests using a remote agent (agentless monitoring). By default, the CLIENTLOCALE is set to “none”, indicating that the eG agent runs in the English locale, by default.

• Enter a valid Informix user name in the USER text box.

• The password of the specified user should be entered in the PASSWORD text box.

• Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• 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.