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Ping Tests

The ping test monitors the amount of time required to perform a network-level ping of a server. It enables you to determine whether the system is running and has network connectivity.

Options and Arguments

Ping tests require the following specific options and arguments:

• Destination. The hostname of the system to ping.

  Note: IPv6 addresses can be used, but they must be embedded in brackets, for example [0aff::230:6eff:fe4b:51db]:8080. Here 0aff::230:6eff:fe4b:51db represents the IPv6 address and 8080 represents the port number.

• Payload. (Optional) The size of the packet sent in the ping. The default packet size is 64 bytes.

Specify these options and arguments when you create or modify tests.

Example

Use this example to create a test that tests the system at server.yourdomain three times every 60 seconds and waits up to 5 seconds for a successful response. It calculates response time and availability statistics over the last 3600 seconds (1 hour).

To create a new test in a policy

1. Click + (New) on the Test Monitors toolbar.

   The New test pane appears.

2. From the Test Type list, select Ping.
3. In the Description field, specify server.yourdomain_ping.
4. In the Test Name field, specify Ping Test.
5. In the Test Interval field, specify 60.
6. In the Test Timeout field, specify 5.
7. In the Samples Per Interval field, specify 3.
8. In the Statistics Window field, specify 3600.
9. In the Destination field, specify server.yourdomain.com.
10. In the Payload field, accept the default packet size of 64 bytes.
11. Accept defaults for all other fields.
12. Click Save Test.

When you commit your changes, SRM adds an entry similar to the following to the svcrsp.cf file:

{ 
index=45 
type=ping
desc="server.yourdomain_Ping" 
dest="server.yourdomain.com" 
args="payload=64" 
interval=60 
samples=3 
timeout=5 
window=3600 
tos=0 
limit=0 
status=active 
name="Ping Test"
class=""
context=""
flags="100"
loglevel=2
}

For information about errors you may encounter when running Ping tests, see Ping Test Error Codes.