{"id":29922,"date":"2023-02-24T04:29:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T09:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/?p=29922"},"modified":"2023-02-25T05:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T10:04:27","slug":"using-nerdio-manager-to-deploy-eg-enterprise-for-avd-monitoring-a-quick-start-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/using-nerdio-manager-to-deploy-eg-enterprise-for-avd-monitoring-a-quick-start-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Nerdio Manager to Deploy eG Enterprise for AVD Monitoring: A Quick Start Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seamless Integration of eG Enterprise with Nerdio Manager<\/h2>\n

\"\"eG Enterprise is designed to be deployed automatically at scale within IaC type workflows<\/a> and by products such as Nerdio Manager<\/a> that facilitate automation. Deployment of eG Enterprise<\/a> can be automated with or without Nerdio Manager. Many of our customers do choose Nerdio Manager to automate other workflows and to create and manage images for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)<\/a> deployments.<\/p>\n

The secure architecture, auto-discovery and auto-deployment technologies built into eG Enterprise allow your AVD infrastructure to be simply deployed by automation tools including Nerdio Manager.<\/p>\n

Today, I\u2019ll cover how to use Nerdio Manager to deploy eG Enterprise. You can now find the step-by-step instructions for deploying eG Enterprise via Nerdio Manager in a new guide, see: eG Integration with Nerdio Manager<\/a>. This new quick-start guide covers three scenarios:<\/p>\n

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  1. Create a new AVD host pool from a master (golden) desktop image that includes an eG agent;<\/strong> In this case, the eG agent will be automatically installed on all session hosts in the host pool. This is perfect if you are starting a new AVD deployment or creating new host pools.<\/li>\n
  2. Single-click eG Agent Installation on an AVD Host Pool.<\/strong> A quick and non-invasive way to retrospectively deploy eG Enterprise into existing AVD environments.<\/li>\n
  3. Single-click Installation of eG Agent on individual AVD Session Hosts.<\/strong> An option for those who may want to try eG Enterprise out as a smaller PoC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    We recommend that you follow the master image route for new session hosts because once your image is created, this method requires zero on-going manual effort and hosts provisioned by auto-scaling will automatically be monitored without any human intervention. eG Enterprise\u2019s secure auto-detection technologies will automatically detect deleted hosts as deployments are manually or automatically scaled-down as well.<\/p>\n

    Pre-requisites and How to Get a Free Trial of eG Enterprise<\/h2>\n

    If you are not an existing eG Enterprise user, you can get started with a 30-day free trial via our website, see: IT Performance Monitoring Trial | eG Innovations.<\/a> eG Enterprise can be deployed on-premises, in cloud or you can use our managed SaaS service<\/a>. The SaaS service is a quick and easy way to see if the product is for you.<\/p>\n

    If you are an existing customer of eG Enterprise, you can use your existing eG Manager installation to collect, analyze and report on the metrics collected from agents you deploy on your AVD session hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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    The eG Enterprise deployment for AVD is simple. Just deploy agents on your AVD session hosts. There is no need to deploy any collector, monitor or additional service on every Azure resource pool. The eG agents on the session hosts communicate directly with an eG Manager using HTTPS without the need for any intermediate Azure hosted components that could be additional points of failure.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Customers who choose to use an Azure hosted manager for co-location benefits may like to configure a backup manager outside of Azure to ensure visibility on Azure outages.<\/p>\n

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    To learn how eG Enterprise complements Nerdio Manager, please see our Solution Brief: Using eG Enterprise and Nerdio Manager to monitor AVD.<\/a><\/p>\n

    Monitoring that Understands Autoscaling<\/h3>\n

    eG Enterprise\u2019s sophisticated auto-discovery mechanism ensures that session hosts are auto-discovered when they are provisioned and monitoring is started automatically. When a session host is shut down by autoscaling<\/a>, eG Enterprise auto-discovers this. At the same time, IT admins have access to reports on all session hosts, including ones that may have been automatically powered off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Creating a New AVD Host Pool from the Master Image Containing the eG Agent<\/h2>\n

    This approach is ideal if you want eG agents to be automatically installed on all AVD session hosts that are created using the same master desktop image.<\/p>\n

    The broad steps to achieve this are as follows:<\/p>\n

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    1. Create the agent installation script.<\/li>\n
    2. Attach the agent installation script to a master desktop image managed by Nerdio – this can be an existing image or a new one.<\/li>\n
    3. Use Nerdio Manager to assign the master desktop image to an existing or new AVD host pool.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n