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Default Parameters for IfxWorkloadTest

This test auto-discovers the users who are connected to the Informix database server and reports the rate at which the data was read from and written on the database server by each user. In addition, this test also reveals the rate at which the read and write operations were performed on the database server. Using these metrics, administrator can figure out how quickly the data was read from and written on the database server and how many read and write operations were performed per second. This way, administrator can closely monitor the data transactions between the database server and each user and can figure out which user generating more load on the server.

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

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

  • In the INSTANCE text box, specify the Informix server instance being monitored.

  • In the DBLOCALE text box, specify the language/locale in which your database is installed. This will allow you to return the query in the language supported by your database. By default this attribute is set to "none", which means that by default, queries are returned in the English locale.

  • In the CLIENTLOCALE text box, specify the language/locale in which the eG agent is running. Normally, when you use an internal agent to monitor Informix, the CLIENTLOCALE and DBLOCALE will be same. However, the CLIENTLOCALE may differ when you are monitoring the Informix tests using a remote agent (agentless monitoring). By default, the CLIENTLOCALE is set to "none", indicating that the eG agent runs in the English locale, by default.

  • Enter a valid Informix user name in the USER text box.

  • The password of the specified user should be entered in the PASSWORD text box.
  • Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  • 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 normal and abnormal 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 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.