Hi all,We are creating a custom agent that will be scheduled to run every hour on the Domino Server and will synchronize Contact/ App/ To-Do data between the users Lotus Notes and our CRM system.
We are trying to see how we can make the Agent keep running under conditions of Slow Server response.
My question is:
If the Domino server becomes very slow (due to heavy load) or the utilization increases above a threshold limit:
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Will the Scheduled Agents on the Domino Server still keep running?
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Or Will the execution of the Scheduled Agents be disabled till the load on the Server reduces?
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Is there are way or setting to configure the server to either run OR skip agents in such a scenario?
Any responses are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sameer
Subject: Some answers
The agents will continue running.
What is “slow” response? It maybe different for different customers.
There are some tools that you can use that will help you set up alerts for the administrator
so they can take some action. I am posting a link to an article with some tips on the tools
and tips on determining what is causing the slowness.
What can admin do?
- the tools can help you determine when the peak times are, and what the worse
agents are. You can restrict them from running at certain times (via agent schedule
on per agent basis) or you can stop agent manager from running at certain times
in the server record.
- if you want more throughput in agents, when some take too long, you can increase
more concurrent agents in the server record.
There used to be a feature which would pause agents if total agent execution took more than certain
percentage of time in a given hour, but that feature was removed based on customer feedback.
(The fields that controlled it are visible but marked obsolete)
Helpful articles:
Troubleshooting application performance
Part 1: IBM - United States
Part2: IBM Developer