Configuration of WindowshareTest

This test periodically connects to remote Windows hosts in the target environment, verifies whether shared folders configured for monitoring exist on those hosts, and also reports whether/not configured users have at least ‘read-only’ access to those folders.

The default parameters associated with this test are as follows:

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

• In the HOST text box, the host name of the server for which the test is to be configured has to be specified.

• Specify the port at which the specified host listens in the PORT text box. By default, this is set to NULL.

• To view/configure the shared folders for monitoring, the eG administrative interface embeds a special configuration page. To access this page, click on the Click here hyperlink against the SHARENAME parameter in the test configuration page. In the Windows shared folders configuration pop up window that appears next, specify the following:

  • Provide the display name of the shared folder to be monitored in the Display Name text box. This Display Name will appear as the descriptor of the test.

  • Specify the exact path to the shared folder in the Share Name text box. For instance, the Share Name can be: \\192.168.10.72\Logs.
  • Provide the name of the user who is authorized to access the configured shared folder, in the Username text box.
  • In the Domain name text box, specify the name of the domain to which the user specified in the Username text box belongs to. If the user does not belong to any domain, then specify none in the Domain name text box.
  • Enter the password corresponding to the specified Username in the PASSWORD text box.
  • Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.
  • To add more shared folders, click on the Click here hyperlink in this page. This will allow you to add one more shared folder specifications.
  • To clear all the shared folder specifications, simply click the Clear button.
  • To save the specification, just click on the Update button. This will lead you back to the test configuration page.

• By default, this test uses the net share command to report metrics. In some environments, the net share command may falsely alert you to the unavailability of a shared folder - i.e., it may report that a shared folder is unavailable, when in fact, it is available. In such environments therefore, you may want to use the dir command instead to report metrics. To use the dir command, set the USE DIR flag to Yes. By default, this flag is set to No.

• If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the Update button will register the changes made.

When changing the configuration for specific servers, a “*” beside the text box corresponding to the parameter signifies that these values have to be manually configured by the user. The parameter values that require to be configured will typically be prefixed with a “$” or contain a series of “*”. A value of "none" in the parameter value indicates that the corresponding parameter value can be changed if required.