Oracle 9i Web Modules Test

This test reports the performance metrics related to every web module in every instance of the Oracle9i application server.

Target of the test : An Oracle 9i Application Server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every web module on every instance of the Oracle 9i AS monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter	Description
Test period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The host for which the test is to be configured.
Port	In the Port text box, it is recommended that you provide the port at which the OPMN (Oracle Process Manager and Notification) process of the Oracle application server instance listens. To know at which port OPMN listens, click on the Ports tab in the following URL: http://<oraHttpServerIP>:<OraHttpServerport>. This tab lists the port numbers that were assigned to the services executing on the Oracle application server. The port number displayed against the Oracle notification server request port entry is the OPMN port, and the same should be specified in the Port text box.
HomeDir	The absolute path of the directory in which the Oracle 9i application server has been installed.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Requests active	Indicates the current number of threads servicing web requests.	Number	A high value of this measure indicates a heavy load on the web module. An increase in requests running may indicate an increase in user workload. Alternatively, a slowdown of the application server may also cause the requests that are simultaneously executing to increase.
Requests completed	Indicates the average time spent servicing web requests during the last measurement period.	Secs	A very high value for this measure indicates that the web module is handling many requests.
Avg request process time	Indicates the average time spent servicing web requests during the last measurement period.	Trans/Sec	An increase in this value may be indicative of a problem in the application server. This increase could also be attributed to a problem in database tier provided the application is using the database for servicing the request.
Max request process time	Indicates the high water mark indicating the maximum time spend servicing a web request	Secs
Avg context resolve time	Indicates the average time spent to create/find the servlet context during the last measurement period.	Secs	A very high value is an indication of heavy load on the web module.
Avg request parse time	Indicates the average time spent to read/parse requests during the last measurement.	Secs	Comparing the total request processing time with the context resolution time and request parsing time, can provide an indication of where a request is spending time in the O9i AS instance.