SMS Status Messages Test

The SmsStatusMsgs test tracks the status messages handled by the SMS_STATUS_MANAGER.

Target of the test : A Microsoft SMS

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Microsoft SMS server monitored

Parameters Description

Test period

How often should the test be executed

Host

The host for which the test is to be configured

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

High priority

Indicates the number of SMS status messages replicated to the parent site at high priority by the Status Manager.

Number

 

Low priority

Indicates the number of SMS status messages replicated to the parent site at low priority by the Status Manager.

Number

 

Normal priority

Indicates the number of SMS status messages replicated to the parent site at normal priority by the Status Manager.

Number

 

Report app evt log

Indicates the number of SMS status messages reported by the Status Manager to the Windows NT Application Event Log on the site server.

Number

 

Database writes

Indicates the number of SMS status messages queued by the Status Manager to be written to the SMS site database.

Number

This number equals the number of status messages actually written to the database, unless Status Manager cannot write to the database (because it is full, for example), in which case the number of queued messages (shown by this counter) will increase even though no messages are being written to the database. (Queued messages are stored as .SQL files in \SMS\Inboxes\Statmgr.box\Retry.) When the database becomes writable again, the queued messages will rapidly be written to it, and this counter will again reflect the actual number of messages written to the database.