Default Parameters for SSRSMemTest

This test reports the current memory pressure state of the report server. By tracking this measure over time, administrators can figure out if memory pressure remains steady at a particular state or if it oscillates between states. In addition, the test also reports how often in the last second the report server requested for memory usage to be shrunk and how much memory was shrunk in the process. These are good indicators of how often the report server experienced a memory crunch. Using these useful pointers, administrators can easily figure out which configuration settings on the report server need to be tweaked so that requests are not dropped.

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

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

• Specify the name of a specific SQL Report server instance that is to be monitored in the INSTANCE text box. The default value of this parameter is “default”. However, if the Microsoft SQL Server hosting the SQL Reporting Server database uses named instances, then do the following:

  • Configure the INSTANCE parameter with the name of the SQL Server instance that hosts the SQL Report Server database.

  • Do not change the default value of the PORT parameter.

• If the value for the ISPASSIVE parameter is chosen as Yes, then the Microsoft SQL server (hosting the SQL report server database) under consideration is a passive server in a SQL cluster. No alerts will be generated if the server is not running. Measures will be reported as “Not applicable” by the agent if the server is not up.

• 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.