Windows Sessions Test

This test reports various session-related statistics for a Microsoft File server.

Target of the test : A Microsoft File server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the file server that is being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters Description

Test period

This indicates how often should the test be executed.

Host

The host for which the test is to be configured.

Port

Refers to the port used by the File server.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Logons

Rate of logons to the server

Reqs/sec

This measure reports the rate of all interactive, network, and service logons to an MS File server. The measure includes both successful and failed
logons.

Logon errors

Number of logons in the last measurement period that had errors

Number

This measure reports the number of failed logon attempts to the server during the last measurement period.  The number of failures can indicate whether password-guessing programs are being used to get into the server.

Current sessions

The number of sessions currently active in a server

Number

This measure is one of the indicators of current server activity.

Sessions with errors

The number of sessions in the last measurement period that were closed to unexpected error conditions

Number

Sessions can be closed with errors if the session duration reaches the autodisconnect timeout.

Sessions forced off

The number of sessions in the last measurement period that have been forced to logoff

Number

This value indicates how many sessions were forced to logoff due to logon time constraints.

Sessions logged off

The number of sessions in the last measurement period that were terminated normally

Number

Compare the number of sessions logged off to the number of sessions forced off, sessions with errors, or those that timed out. Typically, the percentage of abnormally terminated sessions should be low.

Sessions timed out

The number of sessions that have been closed in the last measurement period due to their idle time exceeding the AutoDisconnect parameter for the server

Number

The number of session timed out gives an indication of whether the AutoDisconnect setting is helping to conserve server resources