Job Summary Test

Jobs are placed in a job controller and run when resources are available. If the jobs in the job queue are not processed quickly, it would result in an overload condition characterized by long-winding job queues thus leading to the slowdown of the Commvault Backup server. In the event of such abnormalities, administrators will have to instantly figure out the count of jobs that are pending / queued / waiting. The Job Summary test helps administrators in this regard.

This test reports the total number of jobs executing on the target Commvault Backup server. In addition, this test reveals the number of jobs that are pending / waiting and those that are queued. Administrators can use this test to further analyze on why the jobs are pending / waiting in queue for a duration longer than usual.

Target of the test : A Commvault Backup Server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the target Commvault Backup server that is to be monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The IP address of the target Server that is being monitored.
Commvault ID and Commvault Password	By default, the eG agent executes CLI Commands on the target Commvault Backup server to collect the required metrics. For the eG agent to execute the CLI commands, a special user with monitoring privilege is required. Specify the credentials of such a user in the Commvault ID and Commvault Password text boxes.
Confirm Password	Confirm the password by retyping it here.
Base Installed Location	By default, the CLI commands that need to be executed by the eG agent will be located within a folder called 'Base' within the install directory of the target Commvault Backup server. For the eG agent to execute the commands, specify the full path to the Base folder against the Base Installed Location parameter. For example, the full path to the Base folder can be specified as: C:\\Program Files\\Commvault\\Contentstore\\Base.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Running jobs	Indicates the number of jobs that are currently running on the backup server.	Number
Pending jobs	Indicates the number of jobs that are currently pending on the backup server.	Number	A high value indicates that the backup server is unable to process the jobs. This may be due to performance issues, endlessly running jobs etc.
Waiting jobs	Indicates the number of jobs that are waiting for another job to complete on the backup server.	Number	A high value for this measure is an indication of an endlessly running job which needs to be terminated failing which there may be a performance bottleneck.
Queued jobs	Indicates the number of jobs that are queued for execution.	Number	Queued jobs could be run immediately or may be scheduled to run at a later time.
Suspended jobs	Indicates the number of jobs that were suspended.	Number
Total jobs	Indicates the total number of jobs in the Backup server.	Number