The ProcActivityTest reports statistics related to the number and size of processes executing on a system. This test works on Solaris, Linux, HPUX, and AIX platforms only. This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the ProcActivityTest.

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

• In the PROCESS text box, enter a comma separated list of names:pattern pairs which identify the process(es) executing on the server under consideration. processName is a string that will be used for display purposes only. processPattern is an expression of the form - *expr* or expr or *expr or expr* or *expr1*expr2*... or expr1*expr2, etc. A leading '*' signifies any number of leading characters, while a trailing '*' signifies any number of trailing characters. For example, the PROCESS parameter can contain the following value: Java:*java*. Here, Java is the pattern name that will be displayed in the eG monitor interface as the info (descriptor) of the ProcActivityTest. The Java pattern in our example will monitor those processes, the names of which embed the string 'java'.

• Once the necessary value has been entered, 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.