Down Time Report; Measuring Agent Performance; Setting Up An External Monitor Domain - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

2 Click the type of agent for which you want to set up a Trend report.
3 Specify a unique name for the Trend report.
4 Select the MIB variables that you want to collect values for over time, then click Add Trend.
The Trend report appears in the Agent Trends list.
5 Click the Trend report to view the graphs.

65.3.12 Down Time Report

The Down Time report graphically illustrates how much time each GroupWise agent has been down
during the day.
In the Monitor Agent Web
1 Click Reports > Down Time.
NOTE: The Down Time report cannot be generated at the Windows
console.

65.4 Measuring Agent Performance

To test the performance of the agents in your GroupWise system, you can send performance test
messages from a specially configured Monitor domain to target domains anywhere in your
GroupWise system. The Monitor Agent measures the amount of time it takes for replies to return
from the target domains, which lets you ascertain the speed at which messages flow through your
GroupWise system.
Perform the following steps to set up agent performance testing:
Section 65.4.1, "Setting Up an External Monitor Domain," on page 1052
Section 65.4.2, "Selecting an MTA to Communicate with the Monitor Agent," on page 1053
Section 65.4.3, "Configuring the Monitor Agent for Agent Performance Testing," on
page 1054
Section 65.4.4, "Viewing Agent Performance Data," on page 1055
Section 65.4.5, "Viewing an Agent Performance Report," on page 1055
Section 65.4.6, "Receiving Notification of Agent Performance Problems," on page 1055

65.4.1 Setting Up an External Monitor Domain

Before you can use the GroupWise Performance Testing dialog box to configure and enable
GroupWise performance testing, you must create a specially configured Monitor domain and select
an MTA to receive performance test messages from the Monitor Agent. The Monitor Agent uses an
external GroupWise domain as part of measuring performance.
In ConsoleOne:
1 Create an external GroupWise domain.
For information about external GroupWise domains, see
"Connecting to Other GroupWise
Guide. By creating an external domain, you enable the Monitor Agent to approximate the
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console:
Systems" in the
Monitor Agent server
"Creating an External
GroupWise 8 Multi-System Administration
Domain" in