This test monitors specific directories for files that are older than a configured duration.

The default parameters associated with this test are as follows:

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

• In the HOST text box, the host name of the server for which the test is to be configured has to be specified.

• In the PORT text box, specify the port at which the specified HOST listens. By default, this is NULL

• The DIRECTORY_LIST text box takes a comma seperated list of directory paths that are to be monitored. For example, if you want to monitor a directory called temp in the C drive, then you need to specify, c:\temp. If you would like to monitor a directory named root which is a sub-directory of temp, then your specification should be: c:\temp\root. To monitor both the temp and root directories in our example, specify the following in the DIRECTORY_LIST text box: c:\temp,c:\temp\root. Alternatively, your specification can also be of the following format: DisplayName@DirPath. For instance, to monitor the c:\temp directory, your specification can be: Temp@c:\temp. In this case, the DisplayName Temp will appear as the descriptor of the test. You can also monitor multiple directories using the same format. For instance, to monitor the temp and root directories in the C drive, your specification can be: Temp@c:\temp,Root@c:\root. In this case, Temp and Root will be the descriptors of the test.

• This test reports the number of old files in the configured directories. In the HOURS_OLDER text box therefore, you need to specify how old the files in the specified directory have to be, so that they are considered for monitoring by this test. For example, if the DIRECTORY_LIST contains c:\temp, and the HOURS_OLDER text box contains the value 2, then the test will report the number of files in the temp directory that were last modified over (i.e., greater than) 2 hours before. For every directory specification in the DIRECTORY_LIST, you can specify a corresponding value in the HOURS_OLDER text box - i.e., if 3 directories are configured in the DIRECTORY_LIST, then the HOURS_OLDER can also contain a comma-separated list of 3 values - say, 2,3,4. In this case, the test will report the following:

  • For the first directory in the DIRECTORY_LIST, the test will report the number of files in the directory that were last modified over 2 hours ago.
  • For the second directory in the DIRECTORY_LIST, the test will report the number of files in the directory that were last modified over 3 hours before.
  • For the third directory in the DIRECTORY_LIST, the test will report the number of files in the directory that were last modified over 4 hours ago.
  Alternatively, you can also specify a single value in the HOURS_OLDER text box. This value will automatically apply to all the directories configured in the DIRECTORY_LIST. In other words, the number of values that you specify in the HOURS_OLDER text box should either be 1 or should be equal to the number of directories configured in the DIRECTORY_LIST. Note that you can provide a value less that 1 hour in the HOURS_OLDER text box. If you wish to consider the files that were modified before 15 minutes, then your specification should be 0.25 in this text box.

• To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise suite embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

  The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:
  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
• Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the Update button will register the changes made.

When changing the configuration for specific servers, a “*” beside the text box corresponding to the parameter signifies that these values have to be manually configured by the user. The parameter values that require to be configured will typically be prefixed with a “$” or contain a series of “*”. A value of "none" in the parameter value indicates that the corresponding parameter value can be changed if required.