Inter Changes Received Test

BizTalk messaging service enables the administrator to send, receive, parse, and verify the integrity of the documents, track interchanges and documents, and provide secure methods for exchanging documents with trading partners and applications. This test tracks the performance of the messaging service while receiving interchanges from the BizTalk server.

Target of the test : A BizTalk server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every BizTalk server being monitored

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters	Description
Test period	This indicates how often should the test be executed.
Host	The IP address of the machine where BizTalk has been installed.
Port	The port at which the host listens to. This parameter is not applicable to this test, so set this to NULL.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Decode rate	This measure indicates the number of interchanges being decoded per second by the runtime process.	Intchanges/Sec	A value of –1 for this measure implies that the BizTalk messaging service or Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) or XLANG Schedule Restart Service may not be running. In case of an unusually low value, verify the status of the interchange in the suspended queue using the BizTalk server administration.
Decrypt rate	This measure indicates the number of interchanges being decrypted per second by the runtime process.	Intchanges/Sec	A value of –1 for this measure implies that the BizTalk messaging service or Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) or XLANG Schedule Restart Service may not be running. If the value of this measure is unusually low, then it indicates that the certificate might have expired. Verify the validity of the certificate in the Certificate Microsoft Management Console Snap-in.
Receive rate	This measure indicates the number of interchanges received by the BizTalk messaging service between trading partners.	Intchanges/Sec	A value of –1 for this measure implies that the BizTalk messaging service or Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) or XLANG Schedule Restart Service may not be running. If the value of this measure is unusually low, then it indicates that the transport mechanism (HTTP/MSMQ/FTP) used may not be functioning.