Agent Pool Control page content

Figure 3–4 displays the Agent Pool Control page. The page displays data relevant to your current WebSpeed workload and allows you to add or reduce the number of WebSpeed agents currently running.

Use this page to add agents when agent requests are high. You can add agents to the maximum number of agents that your license recognizes. Also, use this page to reduce the agent count during a lag in agent requests. Using the trim feature, you can reduce agents down to the minimum agents property setting.

Figure 3–4: Agent Pool Control page example

The Agent Pool Control page is comprised of these sections:

The changes that you make through add/trim activities can affect the data displayed in these summary tables. The Agent pool summary also allows you to kill a specific agent process. See the "Killing a WebSpeed agent process" section for the detailed steps.

See the "Adding or trimming agents" section for details about how to add or trim agents.

Agent pool initial configuration section

The Agent pool initial configuration section identifies WebSpeed broker configuration properties set in the ubroker.properties file. These values display in read-only mode.

Table 3–4 identifies and describes each field that displays in the Agent pool initial configuration section.

Table 3–4: Agent pool initial configuration field definitions
This property field . . .
Identifies . . .
Initial number of agents to start
The value OpenEdge Management references when the WebSpeed broker starts agents. Depending on your license agreement and your strategy for setting up your configuration information in the ubroker.properties file, this value may be the same as the value displayed in the Licensed agents field.
Minimum agents
The minimum number of agents that must be simultaneously running before the WebSpeed broker will start additional agents. The broker strives to maintain this specified minimum. If at any time the number of agents falls below the specified minimum, the broker will automatically start the additional agents necessary to maintain this minimum.
 
If you set a trim value that would require OpenEdge Management to trim the number of agents below the number specified for this field, OpenEdge Management displays a message.
Maximum agents
The maximum number of WebSpeed processes that can be running simultaneously. OpenEdge Management will not fulfill add requests you initiate that exceed this specified maximum. OpenEdge Management will display a message to state this condition so that you can reconsider your request and, if necessary, initiate a new request.
Licensed agents
The number of agents that a broker can recognize and start as determined by your license agreement.

Agents state section

The Agents state section provides a snapshot of the total number of agents currently associated with a specific agent state. The details related to agents and the number of agents reported reflect real-time data. This data can fluctuate due to changes in the agents' workflow and changes you initiate using the add and trim feature.

Table 3–5 describes each field presented in the Agents state section.

Table 3–5: Agents state field definitions 
This agent state . . .
Identifies the number of agents currently . . .
Active agents
Running.
Busy agents
Serving ABL client requests.
Locked agents
Servicing a bound connection.
Available agents
Available to handle broker requests.

Agent pool summary section and the kill process option

The Agent pool summary section provides:


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