Viewing Agent Performance Data; Viewing An Agent Performance Report; Receiving Notification Of Agent Performance Problems; Collecting Gateway Accounting Data - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

65.4.4 Viewing Agent Performance Data

The information gathered by the Monitor Agent through performance test messages is recorded in
the Monitor history log.
At the Windows Monitor Agent server console
1 Click Log > View History Files.
2 Select a history log file, then click View.

65.4.5 Viewing an Agent Performance Report

A performance testing report enables you to measure how long it takes messages to travel through
your GroupWise system. The performance testing report lists each domain that a performance test
message was sent to, when it was sent by the Monitor Agent, and the number of seconds between
when it was sent and when the Monitor Agent received a response from the tested agent.
At the Windows Monitor Agent server console
1 Click Reports > Performance Testing.
2 Select All Domains to generate a performance testing report for all domains in your GroupWise
system.
or
Select one domain to generate a performance testing report for it.
3 Click Run to generate the performance testing report.

65.4.6 Receiving Notification of Agent Performance Problems

If you want the Monitor Agent to notify you if system performance drops to an unacceptable level,
you can create a threshold to check the mtaLastResponseTime and mtaAvgResponseTime MIB
variables. The average response time is a daily average that is reset at midnight. See
"Customizing Notification Thresholds," on page 1019

65.5 Collecting Gateway Accounting Data

To gather gateway accounting data for a gateway, you set up a specially configured Monitor domain.
The Monitor Agent then measures the traffic that passes through the gateway.
Perform the following steps to set up gateway accounting:
Section 65.5.1, "Setting Up an External Monitor Domain," on page 1056
Section 65.5.2, "Selecting an MTA to Communicate with the Monitor Agent," on page 1056
Section 65.5.3, "Setting Up an External Post Office and External User for Monitor," on
page 1057
Section 65.5.4, "Receiving the Accounting Files," on page 1058
Section 65.5.5, "Viewing the Gateway Accounting Report," on page 1058
or Monitor Agent Web console:
or Monitor Agent Web console:
for setup instructions.
Section 63.5.2,
Using GroupWise Monitor 1055