SWS Web Applications Test

This test auto-discovers the web applications deployed on the virtual servers across all the nodes where a specific configuration has been deployed, and monitors the uptime of and session activity on each web application.

Target of the test : An Oracle iPlanet Web Server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each virtualserver_webapplication pair auto-discovered from the server configuration being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter	Description
Test period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The host for which the test is to be configured.
Port	The port number at which the specified Host listens to.
User	Specify the name of the administrator of the administration server to which the target web server is registered.
PasswdFile	The eG agent connects to the administration server to which the target web server is registered to extract the required metrics. To enable the eG agent to communicate with this administration server, you first need to create a password file containing the administrator password for accessing the server; this password file should be created in the install directory of the web server. Specify the name of this file in the PasswdFile text box; by default, this is admin.passwd.
AdminServer	Specify the IP address of the administration server to which the target web server is registered.
AdminPort	Indicate the port at which the administration server listens.
Config	In Web Server 7.0, all configurable elements of a server instance like web applications, configuration files, and search collection indexes are logically grouped and termed as a Configuration. To enable the test to locate the web server instance to be monitored, you need to mention the Configuration that applies to the instance. In the Config text box therefore, specify the name of the Configuration which the target web server instance uses.
Node	Node is a network resource, such as a server or a host. Instance refers to the environment of a web server daemon on a given node, including its configuration, log files and other runtime artifacts such as lock databases, caches and temporary files. To enable the test to identify the exact web server instance to be monitored, you need to specify the name of the Node on which the instance executes. The test will thus monitor only that web server instance that operates on the given Node and which uses the specified Config.
SSL	Set this flag to Yes if the administration server is SSL-enabled; if not, set it to No.
WebServerDir	Here, specify the Oracle iPlanet web server installation directory.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
No of JSPs loaded	Indicates the number of JSPs that were loaded on to this application during the last measurement period.	Number
No of JSPs reloaded	Indicates the number of JSPs reloaded during the last measurement period.	Number
No. of sessions serviced	Indicates the number of sessions that were created on the web application during the last measurement period.	Number	This is a good indicator of the session load on the web application.
No of sessions active	Indicates the number of currently active sessions on this web application.	Number
Peak sessions	Indicates the peak active sessions.	Number
No of sessions rejected	Indicates the number of sessions rejected by this web application during the last measurement period.	Number	A very high value of this measure could indicate a problem; further investigation is recommended.
No of sessions expired	Indicates the number of sessions that expired during the last measurement period.	Number
Average alive time	Indicates the average lifetime of all sessions that have expired.	Secs
Peak alive time	Indicates the longest lifetime of all sessions which have expired.	Secs