Default Parameters for SSRSCacheTest

This test monitors cache usage and reports the count of cache hits and misses, thus revealing whether more reports were serviced by the cache or by the report server itself. This way, the test sheds light on ineffective cache usage. The test also monitors the usage of in-memory cache and reports irregularities (if any). These timely revelations prompt administrators to quickly investigate and determine the reasons for poor cache usage - for instance, you can figure out if frequent cache flushes is the reason for cache misses. By rapidly fixing the bottlenecks to effective cache usage, administrators can improve the speed and efficiency with which report requests are serviced.

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

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

• Specify the name of a specific SQL Report server instance that is to be monitored in the INSTANCE text box. The default value of this parameter is “default”. However, if the Microsoft SQL Server hosting the SQL Reporting Server database uses named instances, then do the following:

  • Configure the INSTANCE parameter with the name of the SQL Server instance that hosts the SQL Report Server database.

  • Do not change the default value of the PORT parameter.

• If the value for the ISPASSIVE parameter is chosen as Yes, then the Microsoft SQL server (hosting the SQL report server database) under consideration is a passive server in a SQL cluster. No alerts will be generated if the server is not running. Measures will be reported as “Not applicable” by the agent if the server is not up.

• Once the above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to 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.