Default Parameters for OVMPoolTest

This test auto-discovers the server pools in the Oracle VM Manager and reports the number of registered Oracle VM servers in each pool, the servers that are currently running and those that are not running. Using this test, you can not only identify the Oracle VM servers that are in maintenance mode but can also figure out the VMs that are registered in each server pool and the numerical statistics of the VMs that are currently running. This way, adminsitrators can easily figure out the composition of each server pool and the load on the server pool.

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

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

• This test uses the web services API of the Oracle VM Manager to pull out metrics of interest. To obtain the required metrics, you need to configure the test with the credentials of a user with Admin rights to the Oracle VM Manager. Use the ORACLE VM MGR USER and ORACLE VM MGR PASSWORD parameters to configure these credentials. Finally, confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• By default, the Oracle VM Manager is SSL-enabled. Accordingly, the SSL flag is set to Yes by default. This indicates that the eG agent will communicate with the Oracle VM Manager via HTTPS by default.

• By default, the Oracle VM Manager listens on 7002. This implies that the eG agent, by default, connects to port 7002 of the Oracle VM Manager to pull out metrics. In some environments however, this default port may not apply. In such a case, against the WEBPORT parameter, you can specify the exact port at which the Oracle VM Manager in your environment listens so that the eG agent communicates with that port.

• 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.