Agents Administration - Tests
 

Configuration of SIOSDKJobTest

This test auto-discovers the jobs created on the SIOS DataKeeper, and reports the current status of each job. This way, this test proactively is alerted to the administrators. In addition, this test also reveals the type of mirroring that each job performs and the disk space allocated for each job.

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.

  • Specify the IP address of the HOST textbox for which this test is to be configured.

  • Specify the PORT at which HOST listens.

  • EM Command Path (EMCMD) is an utility that ships with SIOS DataKeeper provides users with a command line method to manipulate the mirror. The EMCMD scripts run in situations where the “normal”validation rules are not applicable. EMCMD utility does not perform the same kinds of sanity checks that the user would experience using the SIOS DataKeeper User Interface. EMCMD utility simply passes commands to the SIOS DataKeeper Replication service allowing the service to make any decisions. Sometimes,the eG agent may use the EMCMD to collect metrics from the mirrors. For this purpose, the eG agent auto-discovers the EMCMD.exe file in the SIOS DataKeeper install directory and report metrics. If the EMCMD.exe file is installed in a different location, then you can explicitly specify the exact location of the install directory here. For example,c:\programs\SIOSData.

  • 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 everytime 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 make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise suite embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option. The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

    • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability

    • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

  • 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.