Wins Test

This test reports general statistics pertaining to the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS).  

Target of the test : A Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every WINS server 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 WINS server listens to.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Queries	The total number of queries received by the WINS server	Queries/sec	This indicates the server workload. It is useful for capacity planning and to detect unusual usage situations.
Failed queries	Total number of failed queries/sec	Failures/sec	The percentage of failed queries should be low. An unusually high number of failed queries can indicate a configuration problem, or a fault in the WINS server.
Releases	The rate at which release requests are received and processed by the WINS server	Releases/sec
Failed releases	The rate of release failures	Failures/sec	Release failures could result in many names being unused for a period of time, and hence, should be minimized.
Conflicts	The total rate of conflicts seen by the WINS server. This value includes both Unique and Group conflicts.	Conflicts/sec
Renewals	The total rate of renewal requests received by the WINS server. This value includes both Unique and Group renewals.	Renewals/sec