9.9 WINSConflict

Use this Knowledge Script to monitor conflict activity on the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server. This script raises an event if the number of group and unique conflicts per second exceeds the threshold you set.

Group conflicts per second is the rate at which group registrations received by the WINS server resulted in conflicts with records in the database. Unique conflicts per second is the rate at which unique registrations and renewals received by the WINS server resulted in conflicts with records in the database

9.9.1 Resource Object

WINS service object

9.9.2 Default Schedule

The default interval for this script is Every 10 minutes.

9.9.3 Setting Parameter Values

Set the following parameters as needed:

Parameter

How to Set It

Event?

Set to y to raise an event when the number of conflicts per second exceeds the threshold. The default is y.

Collect data?

Set to y to collect data for charts and reports. If enabled, data collection returns the number of unique conflicts and group conflicts per second. The default is n.

Total conflicts per second maximum threshold

Specify the maximum number of group and unique conflicts that can occur per second before an event is raised. The default is 4 conflicts per second.

Event severity level

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the number of group and unique conflicts exceeds the threshold. The default is 8 (red event indicator).