Virtual Machines - Citrix Test

This test reports the number and names of citrix virtual desktops (on the cloud) for which the VM agents reported metrics during the last hour. Additionally, the test also reveals those VMs that are currently powered-on, and those VMs that have users logged into them presently. This way, administrators can quickly identify the powered-off VMs and those that are not in use currently.

Target of the test : A Citrix Desktop Group

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the Citrix Desktop Group being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The nick name of the Citrix Desktop Group component for which this test is to be configured.
Port	Refers to the port at which the specified host listens to. By default, this is NULL.
Inside View Using	To obtain the 'inside view' of performance of the desktops - i.e., to measure the internal performance of the cloud-based citrix virtual desktops - this test uses a light-weight eG VM Agent software deployed on each of the desktops. Accordingly, this parameter is by default set to eG VM Agent.
Report Powered OS	If this flag is set to Yes (which is the default setting), then the 'inside view' tests will report measures for even those desktops that do not have any users logged in currently. Such desktops will be identified by their name and not by the username_on_desktopname. On the other hand, if this flag is set to No, then this test will not report measures for those desktops to which no users are logged in currently.
Report By User	This flag is set to Yes by default. The value of this flag cannot be changed. This implies that the virtual machines in VDI environments will always be identified using the login name of the user. In other words, in VDI environments, this test will, by default, report measures for every username_on_virtualmachinename.
Is Cloud VMs	Since this test runs for 'Citrix Desktop Group' component which is a cloud-hosted desktop group, this flag is set to Yes by default.
DD Frequency	Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. For instance, if you set to 1:1, it means that detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem.
Detailed Diagnosis	To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG suite embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option. The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled: The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Total VMs reported in the last one hour	Indicates the number of Citrix virtual desktops (on the cloud) that reported metrics during the last hour.	Number	To know which virtual desktops reported metrics, use the detailed diagnosis of this measure.
Currently powered on VMs	Indicates the number of VMs that are powered-on currently.	Number	If the value of this measure is the same as that of the Total VMs reported in the last one hour measure, it means that all Citrix virtual desktops are presently in a powered-on state. On the other hand, if the value of this measure is lesser than the value of the Total VMs reported in the last one hour measure, it implies that some virtual desktops are powered-off currently. The value 0 for this measure indicates that none of the VMs that reported in the last hour are powered-on currently.
VMs with users	Indicates the number of Citrix virtual desktops to which users are currently logged in.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know to which virtual desktops users have logged in currently.
VMs without users	Indicates the number of Citrix virtual desktops to which no user is currently logged in.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know to which virtual desktops no user is presently logged in.

Using the detailed diagnosis of the Total VMs reported in the last hour measure to you can learn the name, IP address, and the OS of the reporting VMs.

Figure 1 : The detailed diagnosis of the Total VMs reported in the last hour measure

Use the detailed diagnosis of the VMs with users measure to know which Citrix virtual desktops (on the cloud) have users logged in currently and the name of the user who is logged in.

Figure 2 : The detailed diagnosis of the VMs with users measure