vCloud Organization Tasks

For each vCloud organization, this test reports the number and names of tasks that completed successfully and failed, reveals the tasks that are taking too long to complete, and turns the spotlight on the outstanding tasks.

Target of the test : A vCloud Director Cell

Agent deploying the test : An internal/remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each organization.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The host for which the test is being configured.

Port

Specify the port at which the specified host listens in the Port text box. By default, this is NULL.

vCloud Director User

Specify the name of the user with Administrator access to the target vCloud Director Cell.

vCloud Director Pass

Enter the password of the specified vCloud Director User.

Confirm password

Confirm the password by retyping it here.

SSL

By default, the vCloud Director Cell is SSL-enabled. Accordingly, the SSL flag is set to Yes by default.

Detailed Diagnosis

To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise 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.
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Started tasks

Indicates the number of tasks started during the last measurement period.

Number

 

Completed tasks

Indicates the number of tasks that were completed during the last measurement period.

Number

 

Canceled tasks

Indicates the number of tasks that were cancelled during the last measurement period.

Number

 

Successful tasks

Indicates the number of tasks that were successfully completed during the last measurement period.

Number

Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to view the tasks that were successfully completed.

Failed tasks

Indicates the number of tasks that failed during the last measurement period.

Number

Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to view the tasks that failed.

Percent of failures

Indicates the poercentage of tasks that failed to execute.

Percent

Ideally, this value should be low. A high value would require an investigation.

Avg. completion time

Indicates the average time taken by the tasks to complete the execution in this organization.

Secs

Ideally, this value should be low.

Max completion time

Indicates the maximum time taken by the tasks in this organization to complete execution.

Secs

 

Outstanding tasks

Indicates the number of outstanding tasks in this organization during this measurement period.

Number

A large number of outstanding tasks could indicate a bottleneck. Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which are the outstanding tasks.