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Default Parameters for SIOSDKJobTest

This test auto-discovers the jobs created on the SIOS DataKeeper, and reports the current status of each job. This way, this test proactively is alerted to the administrators. In addition, this test also reveals the type of mirroring that each job performs and the disk space allocated for each job.

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

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

  • EM Command Path (EMCMD) is an utility that ships with SIOS DataKeeper provides users with a command line method to manipulate the mirror. The EMCMD scripts run in situations where the “normal”validation rules are not applicable. EMCMD utility does not perform the same kinds of sanity checks that the user would experience using the SIOS DataKeeper User Interface. EMCMD utility simply passes commands to the SIOS DataKeeper Replication service allowing the service to make any decisions. Sometimes,the eG agent may use the EMCMD to collect metrics from the mirrors. For this purpose, the eG agent auto-discovers the EMCMD.exe file in the SIOS DataKeeper install directory and report metrics. If the EMCMD.exe file is installed in a different location, then you can explicitly specify the exact location of the install directory here. For example,c:\programs\SIOSData.

  • 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 everytime 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 above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to 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.