{"id":7071,"date":"2018-08-06T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2023-07-05T07:37:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T11:37:59","slug":"what-is-citrix-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/what-is-citrix-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Citrix Director:  What It Is and How To Use It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read Part 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/citrix-director-monitoring\/\">Is Director Sufficient for End-to-End Citrix Monitoring?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Citrix_Director\"><\/span>What is Citrix Director?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/supported-technologies\/citrix-monitoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citrix Director<\/a> is a web-based monitoring console for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (XenApp and XenDesktop virtualization platforms) that allows administrators to control and monitor virtual applications and desktops. Starting with version 7, Director is the default management tool, replacing the erstwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/supported-technologies\/citrix-monitoring\/edgesight\">Citrix EdgeSight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog, we will look at the key capabilities of Director, what it does, how far it goes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/factors-driving-the-increased-focus-on-citrix-performance-monitoring\/\">Citrix monitoring<\/a>. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/citrix-director-monitoring\/\">subsequent post<\/a>, we will go into analyzing when and for what use cases you may need to look beyond Director for your performance monitoring needs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/white-paper\/citrix-infrastructure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/key-considerations-whitepaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/key-considerations-whitepaper.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/key-considerations-whitepaper-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/key-considerations-whitepaper-768x181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/key-considerations-whitepaper-800x188.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/key-considerations-whitepaper-310x73.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/key-considerations-whitepaper-140x33.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Use_Director_for_Citrix_Monitoring\"><\/span>Why Use Director for Citrix Monitoring?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Because it&#8217;s free: Director is built-into Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (previously called XenApp and XenDesktop).<\/li>\n<li>It doesn&#8217;t require any external agents to be deployed: Director uses instrumentation built into the Citrix FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA). No additional agents need to be deployed for it to work.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/glossary\/netscaler\">It integrates with Citrix ADM (NetScaler MAS)<\/a>. Director mainly provides insights into server and session performance. If an administrator is interested in network-level visibility into Citrix traffic and has ADM (NetScaler MAS) already in place, they can see NetScaler MAS metrics in the Director console itself.<\/li>\n<li>It can be used for monitoring both on-premises deployments of Citrix workspaces as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/supported-technologies\/citrix-monitoring\/citrix-cloud\">Citrix Cloud deployments<\/a>. The actual console in the two cases may be different but administrators can benefit from a similar look and feel of the user interface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tips-box\" style=\"padding: 2% 3%; background: #f1f1f1;\"><a class=\"tweet-box\" style=\"height: 132px;\" href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ac\/EQX0h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read this blog to understand the functions of #CitrixDirector and how it can be useful in #Citrix #XenApp and #XenDesktop deployments.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tweet.png\" alt=\"Click to Tweet\" width=\"89\" height=\"18\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Does_Citrix_Director_Offer\"><\/span>What Does Citrix Director Offer?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Starting off as mainly a helpdesk tool, Director has enhanced in capabilities over subsequent releases of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7.x.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">The key capabilities in Director include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monitoring of Real User Logons and Breakdown of Logon Times:<\/strong> From the Director console, administrators can track the logon times that users are experiencing and see which parts of the logon process are causing slowness \u2013 from brokering to interactive session. Director pulls these metrics from the Delivery Controller.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7076 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-real-user-logons.jpg\" alt=\"Monitoring of Real User Logons \" width=\"615\" height=\"131\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-real-user-logons.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-real-user-logons-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-real-user-logons-310x66.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-real-user-logons-140x30.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monitoring of Citrix Connection Failures:<\/strong> Different types of user, desktop and machine connection failures can be tracked from the Director console. (Refer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2014\/03\/25\/director-dashboard-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2014\/03\/25\/director-dashboard-explained\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7078 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-citrix-connection.jpg\" alt=\"Citrix Director \u2013 monitoring Citrix connection failures\" width=\"616\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-citrix-connection.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-citrix-connection-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-citrix-connection-310x126.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-citrix-connection-140x57.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7080 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/machine-connection-failures.jpg\" alt=\"Monitoring Machine Connection Failures with Citrix Director\" width=\"617\" height=\"185\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/machine-connection-failures.jpg 617w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/machine-connection-failures-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/machine-connection-failures-310x93.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/machine-connection-failures-140x42.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monitoring of Server Resources:<\/strong> Key server resources such as CPU and memory of the server OS can be tracked from the Director console. For environments configured with NVIDIA GPUs, Director also can track GPU utilization. (Refer: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX223925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX223925<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monitoring of Application Failures:<\/strong> Different types of application failures are also reported from the Director console. (Refer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2017\/08\/23\/application-related-session-failure-reporting-in-citrix-director-7-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2017\/08\/23\/application-related-session-failure-reporting-in-citrix-director-7-15\/<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7084 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-application-failures.jpg\" alt=\"Monitoring of Application Failures\" width=\"616\" height=\"151\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-application-failures.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-application-failures-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-application-failures-310x76.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-application-failures-140x34.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monitoring of Sessions:<\/strong> By searching for a specific user, administrators can drill down into a user\u2019s session. The details of the user\u2019s session, endpoint information and virtual channel details are all accessible to the administrator, providing visibility into the complete list of processes being executed by the user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7087 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-sessions.jpg\" alt=\"Monitoring sessions with Citrix Director\" width=\"615\" height=\"343\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-sessions.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-sessions-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-sessions-310x173.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monitoring-sessions-140x78.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7089 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hdx-system-report.jpg\" alt=\"Monitoring processes with Citrix Director\" width=\"470\" height=\"453\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hdx-system-report.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hdx-system-report-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hdx-system-report-310x299.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hdx-system-report-140x135.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Control Actions:<\/strong> From the Director console, administrators can control a user\u2019s session. Actions that can be taken include logging off a session, disconnecting it, sending a message to a user, shadowing a session, etc. Helpdesk personnel may find these actions quite useful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7091 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/control-actions-machine-details.jpg\" alt=\"Control Actions\" width=\"615\" height=\"207\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/control-actions-machine-details.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/control-actions-machine-details-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/control-actions-machine-details-310x104.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/control-actions-machine-details-140x47.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Active Application Probes:<\/strong> Recently, Director, as part of XenApp &amp; XenDesktop 7.18, included the capability to initiate active synthetic tests against the Citrix StoreFront servers to determine if applications are available or not. Given a StoreFront URL, an active probe initiates a check at a pre-defined time to determine if an application is working or not. One thing to note that this probing functionality is only available for published applications and not desktops. This is also a Platinum license feature and not available to other Citrix customers. (Refer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2018\/06\/18\/application-probing-your-proactive-application-monitoring-solution-from-citrix-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2018\/06\/18\/application-probing-your-proactive-application-monitoring-solution-from-citrix-director\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alerting:<\/strong> Starting with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops\u00a0 (CVAD)\u00a0 7.7, threshold policies can be set for metrics and email alerts initiated to inform administrators about abnormal conditions. Alerting is only enabled with Platinum license and is not available to other CVAD license levels. (Refer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2016\/01\/13\/configuring-managing-alerts-and-notifications-using-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2016\/01\/13\/configuring-managing-alerts-and-notifications-using-director\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trending:<\/strong> Trending capabilities in Director provide graphical analytics of historical performance over time. But only 7 days\u2019 worth of historical data is typically stored. For longer data retention periods, Citrix customers must be on Enterprise (1-month storage) or Platinum (1-year storage). Data retention for Director on Citrix Cloud is 90 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7082 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/director-trending-capabilities.jpg\" alt=\"Monitoring of Application Failures\" width=\"615\" height=\"211\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/director-trending-capabilities.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/director-trending-capabilities-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/director-trending-capabilities-310x106.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/director-trending-capabilities-140x48.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director also has predictive capabilities, which might be helpful for capacity planning and forecasting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7094 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/capacity-planning-forecasting.jpg\" alt=\"Citrix Director for capacity planning and forecasting\" width=\"615\" height=\"255\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/capacity-planning-forecasting.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/capacity-planning-forecasting-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/capacity-planning-forecasting-310x129.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/capacity-planning-forecasting-140x58.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_is_Director_Licensed\"><\/span>How is Director Licensed?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7098 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/citrix-director-licensed.jpg\" alt=\"Citrix Director Licensed\" width=\"140\" height=\"80\" border=\"0\" \/>Director is available with all editions of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. Basic functionalities of Director are available for Citrix Advanced license customers. However, additional functionalities like alerting, application probing, desktop usage reporting, NetScaler MAS integration for HDX Insight data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/glossary\/microsoft-scom\">SCOM integration<\/a>, long-term <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/citrix-director-monitoring\/\">historical reporting<\/a> are available only with XenApp and XenDesktop Platinum license. (Refer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2016\/08\/10\/citrix-director-features-by-edition-and-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/blogs\/2016\/08\/10\/citrix-director-features-by-edition-and-version\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>To summarize, this blog provided insights into what Director can do, its features and licensing information. As a built-in tool available with Citrix workspace deployments, Director is certainly good for high-level monitoring of user session information. But, how far does Director really go for delivering deep performance visibility, detailed drilldowns, and facilitating triage and troubleshooting of complex performance problems? We will discuss this in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/citrix-director-monitoring\/\">next post<\/a> and analyze how third-party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/supported-technologies\/citrix-monitoring\">Citrix monitoring<\/a> tools can complement Director and extend monitoring capabilities to beyond the Citrix tiers and deliver end-to-end performance insight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/citrix-director-monitoring\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/citrix-director.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read Part 2: Is Director Sufficient for End-to-End Citrix Monitoring? What is Citrix Director? Citrix Director is a web-based monitoring console for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (XenApp and XenDesktop virtualization platforms) that allows administrators to control and monitor virtual applications and desktops. Starting with version 7, Director is the default management tool, replacing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":7111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,387,366,362],"tags":[1626,65,446,456,1797,941,79,1061,1796,975,683,136,1625,976,978,988,977,989],"class_list":["post-7071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-citrix-monitoring","category-digital-workspace-monitor","category-end-to-end-monitoring-e2e","category-vdi-monitoring","tag-appprobing","tag-citrix","tag-citrix-cloud","tag-citrix-director","tag-citrix-health","tag-citrix-latency","tag-citrix-monitoring","tag-citrix-vdi","tag-citrix-vdi-status","tag-controlup","tag-director","tag-edgesight","tag-eg-innovations-citrix","tag-goliath-technologies","tag-liquidware","tag-solarwinds-citrix","tag-systrack","tag-uberagent"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Citrix Director &amp; How Does it Work? | eG Innovations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is Citrix Director? 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