What is the Toolkit plug-in's behavior starting Netprobe GA3.0.22

Asynchronous Logic

Example A

• Sample interval is 10 seconds
• Script finishes after 5 seconds

• 1st sample
• Toolkit sampler executes the script

@01:00:05 - Toolkit sampler sends the update to the Gateway. Toolkit dataview gets updated.

@01:00:10

• 2nd sample
• Toolkit sampler checks the status of the script;
  • If the script is done, the sampler executes the script again. (This is what happens during this sample.)
  • If the script is not yet done, the sampler the sampler does not do anything.

Example B

• Sample interval is 10 seconds
• Script finishes after 15 seconds

@01:00:00

• 1st sample
• Toolkit sampler executes the script

@01:00:10

• 2nd sample
• Toolkit sampler checks the status of the script;
  • If the script is done, the sampler executes the script again.
  • If the script is not yet done, the sampler the sampler does not do anything. (This is what happens during this sample.)

@01:00:15 - Toolkit sampler sends the update to the Gateway. Toolkit dataview gets updated.

@01:00:20

• 3rd sample
• Toolkit sampler checks the status of the script;
  • If the script is done, the sampler executes the script again. (This is what happens during this sample.)
  • If the script is not yet done, the sampler the sampler does not do anything.

Separate Thread

• The Toolkit plugin is executed separately from other non-Toolkit plugins.
• If there are 3 Toolkit plugins (Toolkit A, Toolkit B, Toolkit C) in a Netprobe, these Toolkit plugins are run sequentially by default. Hence, Toolkit A needs to finish before Toolkit B can be executed. There is setting found in the Advanced Tab of the Netprobe that allows Toolkit plugins to run simultaneously. The setting is maxToolkitProcesses. See below:

This maxToolkitProcesses was introduced in Netprobe version GA3.0.23.