Agents Administration - Tests
 

Default Parameters for SmAzTest

The SmAzTest reports statistics pertaining to the user authorizations to the policy server. This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the SmAzTest.

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

  • In the AGENTNAMES text box, provide a comma-separated list of agent names. The detailed diagnosis capability, if enabled, will provide details of the authentication rejects for the specified list of agents only.

  • Currently, this test collects measures by parsing the log files. Therefore, specify "logFile" as the LOGOPTION. Future versions of eG may include support for database logging.

  • The full path to the log file has to be specified in the PATH text box. For example, "D:\Progra~1\Netegrity\SiteMinder\Log\smaccess.log".

    • Note: In order to ensure that the SmAzTest functions effectively, audit logging has to be enabled for the SiteMinder policy server. To achieve this, do the following:

    1. Open the "SiteMinder Policy Server Management Console" using the Start -> Programs -> Site Minder -> SiteMinder Policy Server Management Console menu sequence.
    2. Click on the Settings tab to open it.
    3. In the Audit Logging section present at the bottom of this tab, click on the Audit User Activity and Audit Administrative Activity check boxes.
    4. Then, select the Text File option, and specify the full path to the log file that is to be used for audit logging. Ensure that the same path is specified against the PATH parameter of the SmAdminTest.
    5. Finally, click the OK button to apply the changes.

  • Once the necessary value has been been 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.