Measures reported by EgExecProcessInfoTest
Administrators can optionally configure the eG manager to run each of its critical functions - i.e., email alert management, threshold computation, trending, and database cleanup activities - as separate processes, so that additional memory is available for the core eG manager functions such as data reception and analysis, alarm correlation, and web-based access and reporting. Using this test, you can identify the manager functions that have been set to execute as separate processes. The test also sheds light on situations where more than one instance of a process may be running, so that you can conserve resources by terminating the unnecessary instances.
The measures made by this test are as follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| Process_Count |
Indicates the number of instances of this process that is currently running. |
Number |
The test will report this measure only if the value of the ‘Is EXEC process?’ measure is ‘Yes’.
The value 1 is desired for this measure. Any value above 1 is a sign that more instances of a process are unnecessarily running and draining resources. Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know the process ID of the additional processes, so that you can kill them to conserve resources. |
| Is_Exec_Process |
Indicates whether this critical manager function has been configured to execute as a separate process. |
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The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values have been listed in the table below:
| Measure Value |
Numeric Value |
| Yes |
1 |
| No |
0 |
It is recommended that the critical manager functions of email alert management, threshold computation, trending, and database cleanup activities are configured to run as separate processes. This is because, removing these key functions from the core eG manager process makes additional memory available for the core eG manager functions including data reception and analysis, alarm correlation, and web-based access and reporting. In addition, it also allows the eG manager to make better utilization of available server hardware resources and thereby offers enhanced scalability. In turn, this allows customers to get more leverage from their existing investment in the hardware that hosts the eG manager.
Note:
By default, the test reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate whether a function has been set to run as a separate process or not. In the graph of this measure however, the same is represented using the numeric equivalents only. |
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