The BackupProcessTest reports a variety of CPU and memory statistics pertaining to a specified process pattern. This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the BackupProcessTest.

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

• In the PROCESS text box, enter a comma separated list of names:pattern pairs which identify the process(es) associated with the server being considered. processName is a string that will be used for display purposes only. processPattern is an expression of the form - *expr* or expr or *expr or expr* or *expr1*expr2*... or expr1*expr2, etc. A leading '*' signifies any number of leading characters, while a trailing '*' signifies any number of trailing characters. For example, for an iPlanet application server (Nas_server), there are three processes named kcs, kjs, and kxs associated with the application server. For this server type, in the PROCESS text box, enter "kcsProcess:*kcs*, kjsProcess:*kjs*, kxsProcess:*kxs*, where * denotes zero or more characters. Other special characters such as slashes (\) can also be used while defining the process pattern. For example, if a server’s root directory is /home/egurkha/apache and the server executable named httpd exists in the bin directory, then, the process pattern is “*/home/egurkha/apache/bin/httpd*”.

  To determine the process pattern to use for your application, on Windows environments, look for the process name(s) in the Task Manager -> Processes selection. To determine the process pattern to use on Unix environments, use the ps command (e.g., the command "ps -e -o pid,args" can be used to determine the processes running on the target system; from this, choose the processes of interest to you).

• 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.

Note:

An optional "-wide <true/false>" parameter can be provided to ProcessTest (by editing the <EG_INSTALL_DIR>/manager/config/ eg_specs.ini file). This parameter is valid on Solaris systems only. If the value of the "wide" parameter is true, the eG agent will use "/usr/ucb/ps" instead of "/usr/bin/ps" to search for processes executing on the host. On Solaris, /usr/ucb/ps provides a long output (> 80 characters), whereas /usr/bin/ps only outputs the first 80 characters of the process path and its arguments.