eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by BTFTPRecTest

The FTP receive adapter enables you to move data from an FTP server to BizTalk Server.

Key features of the FTP receive adapter are:

  • Pulling files from the FTP server on demand
  • Running polls based on a configurable schedule
  • Polling the FTP server and sending data directly to BizTalk Server
  • Specifying the FTP server as an IP address, port, password, and host name
  • Guaranteed file delivery

The FTP receive adapter also works with the BizTalk Administration console and BizTalk Explorer to configure and administer each receive function, which is composed of the following configuration items:

  • Poll interval to run an FTP command (for example, 60 minutes).
  • Information with which to route the document to a specific BizTalk send port or receive location.

The FTP receive adapter does not support receiving files from a partitioned data set.

This test measures the current load on the FTP receive adapter for each host instance of the BizTalk server, and isolate bottlenecks in load processing.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Bytesreceived Indicates the total number of bytes received by the FTP receive adapter on this host instance. Bytes The counter is incremented after a message is completely read by the FTP receive adapter from the FTP server.
BytesreceivedSec Indicates the rate at which the bytes are received by the FTP receive adapter on this host instance. Bytes/Sec The counter applies only to messages that have been completely read by the FTP receive adapter from the FTP server.
Messagesreceived Indicates the number of messages received by the FTP receive adapter on this host instance. Number The counter applies only to messages that have been completely read by the FTP receive adapter from the FTP server.

This measure is a good indicator of the load on the FTP receive adapter.

MessagesreceivedSec Indicates the rate at which the messages are received by the FTP receive adapter on this host instance. Msgs/sec The counter applies only to messages that have been completely read by the FTP receive adapter from the FTP server.

Ideally, a value of this measure should be high. A low value indicates that the FTP receive adapter is experiencing delays while moving files and data from the FTP server to the BizTalk server. Further investigation may be required to diagnose the root-cause of the slowdown.