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Default Parameters for UnivDBAcGrLkTest

For each lock mode, this test reveals the number of active group locks in that mode. The detailed diagnostics provided by this test provide deep insights into these locks, and in the process, enables administrators to figure out:

  • Which processes are holding what type of lock?

  • Which process is holding a lock on which group of which file?

With the help of these details, administrators can identify processes that are unnecessarily holding a lock, and can unlock the files and groups so locked, so as to ease processing.

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

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

  • This test uses UniVerse shell commands to pull the desired metrics from the server. To enable the test to run these commands, provide the path to the bin folder of the UniVerse install directory. For example, for a Windows installation of UniVerse, the UNIVERSE SHELL PATH can be: C:\U2\UV. For a Unix installation, your specification can be: \usr\uv

  • U2 DBTools include Eclipse-based tools for programming and administration. Eclipse is an integrated development environment (IDE). It contains a base workspace and an extensible plug-in system for customizing the environment. Eclipse is written mostly in Java and its primary use is for developing Java applications. Where Eclipse IDE is installed, the eG agent should be configured to use the Eclipse environment for executing the UV shell commands. In this case therefore, type the full path to the Eclipse home directory. By default however, the ECLIPSE PATH is set to none, indicating that by default, the eG agent runs the commands from the UniVerse shell only and not Eclipse.

  • This test reports detailed diagnostics for the interactiveSessions and backgroundSessions measures. By default, the details of these sessions - eg., the user who launched the sessions, the commands last executed in the sessions, and the terminal that the user logged in from, will be reported as part of detailed diagnosis. The login time of the user will however, not be reported as part of the detailed measures by default. This is why, the INCLUDE LOGGED IN TIME flag is set to No by default. To make sure that the detailed diagnosis includes the login time of the user as well, set this flag to Yes.

  • 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.