Computer Asset - OS Test

Computer assets refer to the individual hardware components, such as CPU sockets, cores, memory modules, disks, NICs, and GPUs, that collectively define a system’s computing capacity and workload support capabilities. If the number of these assets is insufficient, misconfigured, or underperforming, it can lead to system performance degradation, application failures, or a poor user experience. Monitoring the count of these assets helps ensure that systems are adequately provisioned and aligned with expected workloads. It also plays a critical role in capacity planning by highlighting gaps in current resource availability. This test monitors and reports the number of CPU sockets, processor cores, logical processors, memory, disks, NICs, and video controllers available on the system. Additionally, it indicates whether the system is a virtual or physical machine. With this insight, administrators can proactively detect under-resourced systems and take corrective action before performance is impacted.

Target of the test : A Windows Systems Group

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Windows system.

Configurable parameters for the test:
Parameter Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed. By default, this parameter is set to 1hr.

Host

The nick name of the Windows Systems Group component for which this test is to be configured.

Port

The port at which the specified Host listens. By default, this is NULL.

Inside View Using

To obtain the 'inside view' of performance of the systems - i.e., to measure the internal performance of the systems - this test uses a light-weight eG VM Agent software deployed on each of the systems. Accordingly, this parameter is by default set to eG VM Agent.

Report By User

This flag is set to No by default. This implies that the Windows systems in environments will always be identified using the system name. In other words, this test will, by default, report measures for every systemname. On the other hand, if you want this test to report the measures for every user on a system, then set this flag to Yes. In such a case, this test will report the measures for every username_on_systemname.

Report Powered OS

By default, this flag is set to Yes, then the 'inside view' tests will report measures for even those Windows systems that do not have any users logged in currently. The systems will be identified by their name and not by the username_on_systemname. On the other hand, if this flag is set to No, then this test will not report measures for those systems to which no users are logged in currently.

Is Cloud VMs?

This flag is set to Yes by default. The value of this flag cannot be changed. This implies that the cloud-based Windows systems in environments will always be identified using the login name of the user. In other words, in cloud environments, this test will, by default, report measures for every username_on_systemname.

DD Frequency

Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. For instance, if you set to 1:1, it means that detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem.

Detailed Diagnosis

To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG suite embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability

  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measures reported by the test:
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Is this a virtual machine?

Indicates whether the system is a virtual machine or not.

 

The values that this measure can report and its corresponding numeric equivalents are listed in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
No 0
Yes 1

Note:

By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate whether this system is a virtual machine. In the graph of this measure however, the same is represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Use the detailed diagnosis to find out the system informations such as System Manufacturer, System Model, Chassis Description, RAM(GB), Virtual Machine Type, etc.

Total memory

Indicates the total amount of memory on the system.

GB

 

Sockets

Indicates the number of physical CPU sockets on the system.

Number

 

Cores

Indicates the number of CPU cores across all sockets.

Number

 

Logical processors

Indicates the number of logical processors available on the system.

Number

 

Video controllers

Indicates the number of GPU controllers in the system.

Number

 

Disks

Indicates the number of physical or virtual disks attached to the system.

Number

 

NICs

Indicates the number of network interface cards present in the system.

Number