Default Parameters for DFSReplStatusTest

This test continuously monitors the target Active Directory server and reports whether the DFS replication is completed successfully, incomplete or pending and also reveals the latency in the replication process. This way, administrators are proactively warned about the anomalies in the replication process and enabled to take corrective/control action in time.

For the Summary descriptor, this test reports the statistics related to the tests that were executed on the replication content set.

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

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

• Specify the location to store the DFS replication process report in REPORT LOCATION textbox. The location will be of the following format: \\Citrix.eginnovations.com\DFSNamespace\DFS

• By default, the SHOW COMPLETED TESTS DD flag is set to No, indicating that by default, the test does not generate detailed diagnostic for the Tests Completed measure. eG Enterprise provides this option to preserve the amount of storage space on the eG database. However, if you want the test to generate and store detailed measures for Tests Completed measure, set the Show Completed Tests DD flag to Yes.

• 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 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.