Atc Requests Test

This test monitors the requests placed with the authentication service.

Target of the test : The TP server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of outputs for the TP server being 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

Refers to the port at which the specified host listens to.
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Active requests to the ATC

Indicates the number of requests that are actively executing.

Number

 

Current requests to the ATC

Indicates the total number of requests upon the service.

Number

 

Current signoff requests

Indicates the number of sign off requests that are currently being executed.

Number

 

Current signon requests

Indicates the number of sign on requests that are currently being executed.

Number

Occasional spikes in this value are OK, as long as it is able to recover and this value returns to the normal level. However, a consistent increase in this value should be investigated, as it indicates a bottleneck elsewhere in the system (typically, the host or the database).

Avg. request wait time in ATC

Indicates the average time for which the requests that began active execution in the past second had to wait.

Secs

 

Signon execution time in ATC

Indicates the average time it took to execute signon requests which completed in the past minute. This time includes time authenticating against backend host and updating some of the user information.

Secs

 

Signon requests to ATC

Indicates the total number of signon requests received since the last measurement period.

Number

 

Signoff requests to ATC

Indicates the total number of signoff requests received since the last measurement period.

Number

 

Waiting requests for ATC

Indicates the number of requests that are waiting to begin active execution.

Number

This value should be close to 0.

Requests timed out in the ATC

Indicates the number of requests that timed out in the past second while waiting to become active.

Number