Agents Administration - Tests
 

Configuration of VmgOSMemoryTest

This test tracks critical metrics corresponding to the System PTEs and the pool areas of kernel memory of each Windows virtual guest of a host operating system.

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. 

  • In the HOST text box, the host name of the server for which the test is to be configured has to be specified.

  • Specify the port at which the specified HOST listens in the PORT text box . By default, this is NULL.

  • Specify the domain within which the virtual guests reside in the DOMAIN text box. Since the Solaris LDoms server supports only Solaris and Linux guests, this parameter should always be set to none.

  • This test connects to each virtual guest and collects status and resource usage statistics from the guest. In order to do so, the test must be configured with user privileges that allow a remote connection to the virtual guest from the Solaris host. If a single user has access to all the guest domains on the Solaris server, specify the name of that user against ADMIN USER, and specify his password against ADMIN PASSWORD. On the other hand, if the user credentials vary from one guest to another, then multiple ADMIN USERs and ADMIN PASSWORDs might have to be specified for every Solaris LDoms server being monitored. To help administrators provide these user details quickly and easily, the eG administrative interface embeds a special configuration page. To access this page, simply click on the Click here hyperlink that appears just above the parameters of this test in the test configuration page.

  • The password of the ADMIN USER needs to be provided in the ADMIN PASSWORD.

  • Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD tex box.

  • The 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 every time 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 system 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, by default, for a particular server, choose the On option against DETAILED DIAGNOSIS. 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 bad and normal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

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.