Netscape NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR, Administrator'S Manual

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Overview of the Directory Server Management Information Base
Chapter 13 Monitoring Directory Server Using SNMP 425
Interaction Table
The Interaction Table provides statistical information about the interaction of this
Directory Server with peer Directory Servers. This table:
• Contains statistical information for the last five Directory Servers with which
this Directory Server has attempted to communicate.
• Provides useful information about how the interaction with peer Directory
Servers affects the performance of this Directory Server.
Table 13-3 describes the managed objects stored in the Interaction Table of the
netscape-ldab.mib
file.
Table 13-3 Interaction Table - Managed Objects and Descriptions
Managed Object Description
dsIntTable
Each row of this table contains some details related to the history of
the interaction of the monitored Directory Servers with their
respective peer Directory Servers.
dsIntEntry
The entry containing interaction details of a Directory Server with a
peer Directory Server.
dsIntIndex
Together with
applIndex
it forms the unique key to identify the
conceptual row which contains useful information on the
(attempted) interaction between the Directory Server (referred to by
applIndex
) and a peer Directory Server.
dsName
The distinguished name (DN) of the peer Directory Server to which
this entry belongs.
dsTimeOfCreation
The value of
sysUpTime
when this row was created. If the entry was
created before the network management subsystem was initialized,
this object will contain a value of zero.
dsTimeOfLastAttempt
The value of
sysUpTime
when the last attempt was made to contact
this Directory Server. If the last attempt was made before the
network management subsystem was initialized, this object will
contain a value of zero.
dsTimeOfLastSuccess
The value of
sysUpTime
when the last attempt made to contact this
Directory Server was successful. This entry will have a value of zero
if there have been no successful attempts or if the last successful
attempt was made before the network management subsystem was
initialized.