F9i Response Test

This test measures the responsiveness of the Oracle Forms 9i server to user requests.

Target of the test : An Oracle Forms Server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Oracle Forms server 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	The port number at which the specified Host listens to.
FormworkDir	The path to the install directory of the Oracle Forms 9i server. Typically, this will be the <ORAHOMEDIR>/Forms90/.
FormsRuntime	The value, "ifweb90.exe", is displayed here. This is the Forms server runtime executable.
OraHomeDir	The install directory of the Oracle 9i server. This specification becomes more important when more than one Oracle 9i AS installation exists on a host.
TrcCleanupTime	For Oracle 9i Forms monitoring, eG requires tracing to be enabled for the server. The trace files corresponding to completed sessions are automatically cleaned by the eG agent. The frequency with which these files are to be cleared from the server is to be specified in the TrcCleanupTime textbox. The default value displayed in the TrcCleanupTime text box is 30 minutes.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Forms request rate	Indicates the rate of requests processed by the Forms server during the last measurement period.	Reqs/Sec	A high value may indicate that there is a heavy load on the Forms server
Database request rate	Indicates the rate of requests from the Forms server to the database server during the last measurement period	Reqs/Sec	A high value may indicate that there is a heavy load on the database server
Client/network response time	Indicates the average time spent by requests in the last measurement period waiting for responses from the client. This measure includes the client think time and the network latency.	Secs	A sudden increase in response time could indicate a heavy network traffic.
Forms server response time	Indicates the average processing time of requests at the Forms server.	Secs	A sudden increase in response time is indicative of a potential performance bottleneck on the Forms server.
Database response time	Indicates the average response time of the database server for servicing requests passed to it from the Forms server.	Secs	A sudden increase in response time is indicative of a potential performance bottleneck on the database server.