cn=monitor

The cn=monitor entry is an instance of the extensibleObject object class. For cn=monitor configuration attributes to be taken into account by the server, this object class, in addition to the top object class, is present in the entry. The cn=monitor read-only attributes are presented in this section.

Read-only monitoring information is stored under the cn=monitor entry.

backendMonitorDN

DN for each Directory Server backend.

For further database monitoring information, refer to dse.ldif(4).

bytesSent

Number of bytes sent by Directory Server.

cache-avail-bytes

The number of bytes available for caching.

connection

List of open connections given in the following format:

connection=31:20010201164808Z:45:45::cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config:LDAP

• 31 is number of the file descriptor used by the server in handling the connection

• 20010201164808Z is the date the connection was opened

• 45 is the number of operations received

• 45 is the number of completed operations

• cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config is the bind DN

connectionPeak

Maximum number of simultaneous connections since server startup.

currentConnections

Number of current Directory Server connections.

currentTime

Current time usually given in Greenwich Mean Time, indicated by GeneralizedTime syntax Z notation, for example 20010202131102Z.

dTableSize

Size of the Directory Server descriptor table.

entriesSent

Number of entries sent by Directory Server.

nbackEnds

Number of Directory Server backends.

opsCompleted

Number of Directory Server operations completed.

opsInitiated

Number of Directory Server operations initiated.

request-que-backlog

The number of requests waiting to be processed by a thread. Each request received by the server is accepted, then placed in a queue until a thread is available to process it. The queue backlog should always be small, 0 or close to 0. If the queue backlog is large, use the nsslapd-threadnumber attribute to increase the number of threads available in the server.

readWaiters

Number of connections where some requests are pending and not currently being serviced by a thread in Directory Server.

currentpsearches

Number of persistent searches currently running on the server. You can set a maximum number of persistent searches on the server by using the command dsconf set-server-prop max-psearch-count:number.

startTime

Directory Server start time.

threads

Number of operation threads Directory Server creates during startup. This attribute can be set using the nsslapd-threadnumber attribute under cn=config. The nsslapd-threadnumber attribute is not present in the configuration by default, but can be added.

totalConnections

Total number of Directory Server connections.

version

Directory Server version and build number.