Measures reported by TuxBBDetailsTest

The BEA Tuxedo system uses the TUXCONFIG file to set up a bulletin board (BB) on each server machine in a Tuxedo domain. When a Tuxedo server process becomes active, it advertises the names of its services in the bulletin board. Some information in the bulletin board is global and is replicated on every server machine in the Tuxedo domain (for example, the names and locations of all servers offering a particular service). Other information is local and is visible only on the local bulletin board (for example, the actual number and type of client requests currently waiting on a local server request queue).

The bulletin board provides location and namespace transparency within a Tuxedo domain. Location transparency means that Tuxedo client and server processes do not have to be aware of the location of a resource within the Tuxedo domain. Namespace transparency means that Tuxedo client and server processes can use the same naming conventions (and namespace) to locate any resource in the Tuxedo domain.

Using this test, you can determine how many servers, services, and interfaces are registered with the BB, and what percentage of these elements are currently in use and not.