Default Parameters for VDIBoxTcpPortTest

This test periodically checks and reports the availability and responsiveness of configured TCP ports on the vdimanager appliance.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the VDIBoxTcpPortTest.

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

• In the VDI IN A BOX HOST text box, the IP address of the vdimanager being monitored has to be specified.

• In the TARGETPORTS text box, specify either a comma-separated list of port numbers that are to be tested (eg., 80,7077,1521), or a comma-separated list of port name:port number pairs that are to be tested (eg., smtp:25,mssql:1433). In the latter case, the port name will be displayed in the monitor interface. Alternatively, this parameter can take a comma-separated list of port name:IP address:port number pairs that are to be tested, so as to enable the test to try and connect to Tcp ports on multiple IP addresses. For example, mysql:192.168.0.102:1433,egwebsite:209.15.165.127:80.

• In the TIMEOUT text box, specify the maximum duration (in seconds) for which the test will wait for a response from the server. The default TIMEOUT period is 60 seconds.

• If the ISPASSIVE parameter is set to YES, then it means that the server under consideration is a passive server in a cluster. No alerts will be generated if the server is not running. Measures will be reported as "Not applicable" by the agent if the server is not up.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, 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.