Informix Physical Logs Test

This test collects and reports measures related to the physical logs of an Informix database server.

Target of the test : An Informix Dynamic server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the Informix 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 Informix Dynamic server.

Port

The port number at which the specified host listens to.

Instance

The Informix server instance being monitored.

User

A valid Informix user name.

Password

The password corresponding to the above user.

Confirm Password

Confirm the Password by retyping it here.

DBLocale

Specify the language/locale in which your database is installed. This will allow you to return the query in the language supported by your database. By default this attribute is set to “none”, which means that by default, queries are returned in the English locale.

ClientLocale

Specify the language/locale in which the eG agent is running. Normally, when you use an internal agent to monitor Informix, the ClientLocale and DBLocale will be same. However, the ClientLocale may differ when you are monitoring the Informix tests using a remote agent (agentless monitoring). By default, the ClientLocale is set to “none”, indicating that the eG agent runs in the English locale, by default.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Physical log buffer writes

The rate at which pages were written to the physical log buffer.

Pages/Sec

 

Physical log writes

The rate at which physical log buffers were written to the physical log files.

Writes/Sec

 

Checkpoints

The number of checkpoints occurred.

Checkpoints/Sec

 

Checkpoint waits

The number of times the threads waited for a checkpoint to finish to enter a critical section during a checkpoint.

Waits/Sec