This test reports the current status of the threshold manager process, points you to threshold computation failures and where they occurred, and reveals slowdowns in threshold computation (if any).

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.

• Specify the port at which the JMX listens for requests from remote hosts in the JMX REMOTE PORT text box. In the <EG_MANAGER_INSTALL_DIR>\manager directory (on Windows; on Unix, this will be the /opt/egurkha/manager directory) of the eG manager, you will find a management.properties file. Set the port defined against the com.sun.management.jmxremote.port parameter of the file as the JMX REMOTE PORT.

• By default, JMX requires no authentication or security. Therefore, the USER, PASSWORD, and CONFIRM PASSWORD parameters are set to none by default.

• The JNDINAME is a lookup name for connecting to the JMX connector. By default, this is jmxrmi. If you have resgistered the JMX connector in the RMI registery using a different lookup name, then you can change this default value to reflect the same in the JNDINAME text box.

• This test reports a Successful threshold tests measure, which indicates the number of tests for which the threshold manager successfully computed thresholds. The detailed diagnosis of this measure, if enabled, will by default list only the top-10 successful threshold tests, arranged in the descending order of the time taken by the threshold manager to compute thresholds on them. To arrive at this top-10 list, the test considers only those successful tests for which the threshold manager took more than 1 minute (by default) for threshold computation. This is why, the THRESHOLD DURATION OF TEST parameter is set to 1 (minute) by default. This default setting can be overridden by specifying a duration (in minutes) of your choice in the THRESHOLD DURATION OF TEST text box. For instance, if you specify 5 here, then, the detailed diagnosis will list the top-10 (by default) successful threshold tests for which the threshold manager took more than 5 minutes for threshold computation.

• To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG system 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 against DETAILED DIAGNOSIS. 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 bad and normal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

• If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

• 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.