Default Parameters for WinUpdateStatusTest

This test continuously monitors the Windows system and reports the current status of the Windows updates on the system. Besides, this test indicates whether any update is pending on the system and whether the system is rebooted or not. In the process, this test also reports the total number updates to be installed for the system and the number of Windows updates of different types at regular intervals.

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

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

• In large environments where hundreds of Windows systems have been deployed, the frequent collection of detailed diagnosis information related to the update details of the systems may increase the processing overheads of the eG agent, and may even choke the eG database. To avoid this, by default, the DD FOR TOTAL UPDATES flag is set to No indicating that this test will not report the detailed diagnostics for the Tot_update measure. However, you can set this flag to Yes if you want to collect the detailed diagnostics of the Tot_update measure.

• The DD FREQUENCY refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD FREQUENCY.

• 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.