Test Management

A device is monitored using tests. Use the Test Management page to add, edit and delete tests.

• Users can search, filter, add and edit multiple tests within their own department.
• Administrators can search, filter, add and edit tests across multiple departments.
• Devices are typically provisioned with the most appropriate tests during Discovery. They can also be imported or added manually.
• Each test provided by Traverse uses a specific monitor type to execute the test. Most monitor types support a broad range of tests.
• Credentials are usually required to access a device to conduct a test.

  

Search and Filter Options

Use the filter icon in the far left of the titlebar to display filter options.

• Enter a free-form Search string to filter by Test Name.
• Select values by filter facet. For example, by Action Profile.
• Your selected filter criteria displays just below the title bar.
• Filter settings are remembered when you leave this page and return to it.

Manage Perspectives

Use the perspective icon to select or save a filter by name.

• Click the Create New Perspective... to save the currently selected filter criteria to a new name.
• Click the filter icon to modify the perspective, then click the Save icon to resave the perspective.
• Use a selected perspective's options icon to Clone or Delete the perspective.
• Perspectives cannot be shared between users.

Adding a Single Test

1. Navigate to the Administration > Devices page.
2. Click the options icon on any row and select the Create New Standard Tests option.

Edit a Single Test

• Navigate to Administration > Tests. The Test Management page displays.
• Click the edit icon on any row to display the Update Test page for that test.

Edit Multiple Tests

1. Check multiple rows.
2. Click the edit icon in the page title bar.
3. Update any of the following drop-down lists.
   • Suspend/Resume
     • When tests are suspended, polling and data collection for those tests are suspended. All actions and notifications associated with suspended tests are not generated.
     • Time is not included in total downtime reports since it is considered a planned outage.
     • Devices can also be suspended.
     • When you resume a suspended test, the test is rescheduled to run on the monitor. If you visit the Test Summary page for the device that the test is on, you may see an unknown (question mark) icon in the status column. This indicates that the test has been rescheduled, but that its status is not yet known because it hasn't yet run. After the test runs, the unknown icon is replaced with the appropriate status icon.
   • Modify Test - Update, Suspend, Delete, Resume, Suppress
   • Action Profile - An action profile with an asterisk indicates a default action profile created by an adminstrator.
   • Test Schedule - Selecting a schedule limits testing by time of day or by weekday.
   • Warning Threshold
   • Critical Threshold
   • Test interval
   • Flap Prevention Wait Cycles - Sets the number of cycles to show the TRANSIENT state when a test changes states. For example, if flap-prevention cycle is configured to be 2, and a ping test is configured for 3 minute interval, when the ping test switches from OK state to WARNING, until the test remains in the new state for 2 additional cycles (6 min), on the Web application the test will be shown in TRANSIENT state.
   • Unit
4. Check each property you want update and enter a value.
5. Click Apply.

Delete Tests

Warning: Deleting a test will remove all information about that test from the database, including all historical records. Deletions are not reversible. Suspending a test may be preferable because there is no loss of data.

1. Check multiple rows.
2. Click the delete icon.
3. Click Delete.