Agents Administration - Tests
 

Tests pertaining to the Microsoft System Management Server (SMS).

This page depicts the list of tests associated with the Microsoft System Management Server (SMS). They are:

  • The DataDiscoveryTest monitors the Discovery data manager of SMS.

  • The SmsThreadTest reports the state of the SMS threads.

  • The InvLoadTest reports metrics pertaining to the Inventory Data Loader of SMS.

  • The MgmtPointHwInvTest reports metrics pertaining to the Hardware Inventory Manager.

  • The MgmtPointPolicyTest reports the results of the client requests to the SMS Policy Manager.

  • The MgmtPointPolicyMgrTest measures the responses of SMS Policy Manager to policy requests from clients.

  • The MgmtPointSwInvTest reports metrics pertaining to the reports generated by the Software Inventory manager of SMS.

  • The MgmtPointStatusMgrTest reports metrics pertaining to the Status Manager of SMS.

  • The SwInvProcTest reports metrics pertaining to the Software Inventory Processor of SMS.

  • The SwMeteringTest monitors program usage on client computers.

  • The MgmtPointDataLoaderTest reports metrics pertaining to the Management Point Data Loader object, which monitors the SMS interactions with the database.

  • The SmsStatusMsgsTest tracks the status messages handled by the SMS_STATUS_MANAGER.

  • The MemoryQueueTest monitors the health of the SMS memory queue.

The required tests can be selected by enabling the check boxes available beside the tests. The CONFIGURE DEFAULT button beside each test enables user to configure the default parameters pertaining to the test. The parameter values for the tests can be modified for specific servers using the CONFIGURE / COMPONENT button. The UPDATE button as always helps the users to register the changes made.