Default Parameters for SqlAzuSesActTest

This test monitors the sessions initiated by each application on the SQL Azure server, and reports the level of activity each application has imposed on the server.

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

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

• The test uses a database on the monitored SQL Azure server. Specify the name of the database in the DATABASE NAME text box.

• To monitor SQL Azure database server, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user with the VIEW SERVER STATE role. Specify the name of user in the USER text box.

• The eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user to monitor SQL Azure database server. Specify the password of the specified user in the PASSWORD text box.

• Confirm the Password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• If the SQL Azure server being monitored is an SSL-enabled layer, then set the SSL flag to Yes. If not, then set the SSL flag to No.

• If ‘Windows only’ authentication has been enabled, specify the Windows domain in which the managed SQL Azure server exists in the DOMAIN text box. By default, none is displayed in the text box.

• In some Windows networks, NTLM (NT LAN Manager) may be enabled. NTLM is a suite of Microsoft security protocols that provides authentication, integrity, and confidentiality to users. NTLM version 2 (“NTLMv2”) was concocted to address the security issues present in NTLM. Set this flag to Yes if NTLMv2 is enabled on the target host.By default, the ISNTLMV2 flag is set to No.

• Specify the list of informations that you wish to exclude from monitoring in a comma-seperated list in the EXCLUDE INFO text box. By default this is set to none.

• 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.

• To view the number of top-n records in the detailed diagnosis, specify any number of your choice in the TOP-N SESSION text box. By default this is set to 10 indicating that the detailed diagnosis of this test will list only the top-10 sessions based on the elapsed time of the sessions.

• 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.