The iPlanet messaging server instance message store contains a database (Berkley DB) that stores information about the mailboxes on the server and stores quota information about the mailboxes. The state of DB-locks is held by different server processes. These database locks can affect the performance of the message store. The IMSStoreLockTest monitors the behaviour of the database locks. This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the the IMSStoreLockTest.

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

• In the SERVERROOT text box, specify the path to the directory into which all servers of a given server group (i.e., all servers managed by a given Administration Server) are installed. For example, in Windows environments, the path can be expressed as: C:\iplanet\server5. In Unix platforms, the path can be specified in the following format: /usr/iplanet/server5. A server group may include other iPlanet servers in addition to the messaging server.

• In the COUNTERREGISTRY, enter the full path to the the counter registry to use. By default, the path to the counter registry will be: IPLANET_MESSAGING_SERVER_ROOT_DIR/SERVER_INSTANCE/counter/counter. Here, SERVER_ROOT_DIR will be the value of the SERVERROOT parameter above, and the SERVER_INSTANCE is the name of the instance of the iPlanet messaging server specified during installation. For example, in Windows environments, the path specification can be: C:\iPlanet\Server5\msg-egtes\counter\counter, and in Unix environments, it can be: usr/iplanet/server5/msg-sun08/counter/counter.

• Once the necessary values have been entered, 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:

While installing the eG agent on an iPlanet messaging server in an Unix environment, ensure that the eG user (specified during agent installation) is the same as the iPlanet messaging server user (created at the time of the server installation).