Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

Attribute Description
lower the number of page evicts the better.
dbfilename-number The name of the file. number provides a
sequential integer identifier (starting at 0) for
the file. All associated statistics for the file are
given this same numerical identifier.
dbfilecachehit-number The number of times that a search result
resulted in a cache hit on this specific file.
That is, a client performs a search that
requires data from this file, and the directory
obtains the required data from the cache.
dbfilecachemiss-number The number of times that a search result
failed to hit the cache on this specific file. That
is, a search that required data from this file
was performed, and the required data could
not be found in the cache.
dbfilepagein-number The number of pages brought to the cache
from this file.
dbfilepageout-number The number of pages for this file written from
cache to disk.
Table 13.11. Directory Server Monitoring Attributes
5. Monitoring Database Link Activity
It is possible to monitor the activity of database links from the command line using the
ldapsearch command-line utility to return the monitoring attributes that are required. The
monitoring attributes are stored in the cn=monitor,cn=database_link_name, cn=chaining
database,cn=plugins,cn=config.
For example, the ldapsearch
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command-line utility can be used to retrieve the number of add
operations received by a particular database link. For example, this command monitors a
database link called DBLink1:
ldapsearch -h directory.example.com -p 389 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w
password -s sub -b
"cn=monitor,cn=DBLink1,cn=chaining database,cn=plugins,cn=config"
"(objectclass=*)" nsAddCount
Table 13.12, “Database Link Monitoring Attributes” lists the database link monitoring attributes
which can be monitored.
Monitoring Database Link Activity
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