Advisor Status - Field Help

Current Statistics

To refresh the list at any time, click Refresh Statistics

Advisor Name

The name of the advisor.

Port number

The number of the port that the advisor is monitoring.

Log file name

The name of the advisor log file.

Server Statistics:

A list of currently active clusters from which the advisors are obtaining load values. The servers associated with those clusters and their load are also listed.
Note: If you are currently in standby and using High Availability, no servers are listed in this field. Advisors do not operate in standby state.

Configuration Settings

Edit any of the values Configuration Settings tab, then click Update Configuration.

Update interval (seconds)

How often (in seconds) the advisor queries the servers for information.

Timeout (seconds)

The number of seconds that the manager considers the information from this advisor as valid. If the manager finds that the advisor information is older than this timeout period, the manager does not use that information in determining weights for the servers on the port that the advisor is monitoring. An exception to this timeout is when the advisor has informed the manager that a specific server is down. The manager uses that information about the server even after the advisor information has timed out. Choose either Unlimited or enter the number of seconds. The default is Unlimited.

Connect Timeout (seconds)

The amount of time an advisor waits before reporting that a connect has failed.

Receive timeout (seconds)

The amount of time an advisor waits before reporting that a receive has failed.

Maximum retries

The maximum number of times the advisor will retry a connection before marking a server down. The advisor will not mark a server down until the server query has failed the number of retries you set, plus 1. It is recommended that the retry value should be not be larger than 3.

Advisor logging level

The level at which the advisor logs its activities. The range is None to Verbose, with None meaning nothing is logged and Verbose meaning everything is logged. The default value is Minimal. The following values can be selected:

• None
• Minimal
• Basic
• Moderate
• Advanced
• Verbose

Maximum advisor log size (bytes)

A maximum number of bytes logged in the advisor log file. Choose either Unlimited or enter the number of bytes. The default value is 1048576 bytes.