Office Server Search Schema Plugin Test

The Search feature of the MOSS 2007 not only makes it possible to search through content, documents, and people within the SharePoint sites, but also through external sources such as Windows file shares, public Microsoft Exchange server folders, and standard web sites. This is what makes MOSS 2007 that much more valuable to users.

The Archival and Schema plugins are internal components of the MOSS Search engine, typically responsible for processing the metadata of indexed documents. By monitoring these components, administrators can efficiently evaluate how well the MOSS search feature is functioning, identify irregularities early, and fine-tune the MOSS server to ensure peak performance of the search engine. 

The Office Server Search Schema Plugin test focuses on the schema plugin component, and helps assess its processing ability.

Target of the test : A Microsoft SharePoint Server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the Microsoft SharePoint 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	The port at which the host server listens.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Aliases mapped	Indicates the total number of aliases which have been currently mapped to the schema.	Number
Duplicate aliases	Indicates the number of aliases that the schema currently ignored as they are duplicates.	Number
Refresh count	Indicates the number of aliases that have been refreshed from the database, currently.	Number
Error documents	Indicates the number of documents that have currently returned errors from the plug-in.	Number	Ideally, this value should be 0.