Enabling/Disabling Descriptors

In the eG terminology, a descriptor represents a unique attribute that identifies a set of measurements returned by a test. For example, the different disk partitions on a system are different descriptors of the DiskSpaceTest. Likewise, the different tablespaces used by an Oracle database instance are descriptors of the OraTableSpacesTest.

This page allows the administrator to enable or disable specific descriptors pertaining to a test. Clicking on the Enable/Disable button corresponding to a test in the TEST DESCRIPTORS page results in this page. Here, the list of descriptors pertaining to the selected test is available.

The eG manager provides administrators the capability to selectively turn on or off specific test descriptors, thereby controlling the operation of individual tests.  When a test descriptor is disabled, the eG manager instructs the agent to stop reporting any further measurements for this test descriptor. All the prior measurements stored in the eG database for this test descriptor are also removed at this time. Using this page, at any later time, the administrator can choose to enable data collection for a descriptor that had been disabled earlier. To do so, the administrator needs to check the box against it. On the other hand, deselecting the check box renders the descriptor disabled. 

The Back button enables the administrator to go to the previous page and the Update button helps to register the changes made.