eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by PrintSrvrTest

This test auto-discovers the print queues of a print server and continuously tracks various key metrics relating to the
availability and performance of each of the print queues.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Availability Indicates whether or not the Print server is currently available. Boolean If the value of this measure is 1, it indicates that the print server is available. The value 0 on the other hand, indicates that the print server is unavailable.
Jobs_serviced The rate at which users' jobs are being processed over a print queue Jobs/Sec The value of this metric is a key indicator of a print queue's workload.
Pages_printed The number of pages printed through a print queue during the last measurement period Number This is another key indicator of the workload of a print queue.
Print_traffic Indicates the rate at which data is transmitted to a print queue for printing KBytes/Sec  
Current_jobs Shows the current number of jobs in a print queue. Number Use this counter to identify excessive use of a print queue.
Print_errors The number of jobs to a print queue that resulted in errors during the last measurement period. Number This value includes the number of out of paper errors and printer not ready errors. Job errors can occur even if the connection to the printer has errors due to network problems.
Spooled_jobs The current number of spooling jobs in a print queue Number  
Paper_errors The total number of out of paper errors that occurred in a print queue during the last measurement period. Number  
Not_ready_errors The total number of out of printer not ready errors that occurred in a print queue during the last measurement period. Number