eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by EsxWatchdogMonTest

A watchdog timer (or computer operating properly (COP) timer) is a computer hardware or software timer that triggers a system reset or other corrective action if the main program, due to some fault condition, such as a hang, neglects to regularly service the watchdog (writing a "service pulse" to it, also referred to as "kicking the dog", “petting the dog”, "feeding the watchdog" or "waking the watchdog"). The intention is to bring the system back from the unresponsive state into normal operation.

This test reports the health status of the watchdog of the ESXi / VDi server.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Status Indicates the health status of the watchdog. Number This measure reports the status of the watchdog as follows:

  • Unknown
  • Normal
  • Warning
  • Error

    • The numeric values that correspond to those states are as follows:

    State Numeric Value
    Unknown 0
    Normal 1
    Warning 2
    Error 3

    Note:

    By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned states while indicating the status of the watchdog. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states as mentioned in the table above.