eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by SybProcessWaitTest

The test monitors each type of wait events on the Sybase database server and reports key performance statistics pertaining to every event type. For execution, this test requires the enable monitoring and process wait events configuration parameters to be enabled.

 The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
No_of_waits Indicates the number of events of this wait event type during the last measurement period. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to view the complete details of the wait events and to figure who and which process initiated the event.
Avg_wait_time Indicates the average wait time of events of this type. MillSec If this measure value is high for a particular event type when the value of the Number of waits measure is low, it could indicate that one/more events of that type have been waiting for a long time. The DBA might have to ensure that such wait events are minimal.