XM App Launches Test

This test auto-discovers the applications configured on the XenMobile and reports the number of successful and failed launches per application.

For this test to run and report metrics, the XenMobile server should be configured to create a Syslog file in a remote Syslog server, where the details and status of all user interactions with the XenMobile server will be logged. To know how to configure a remote Syslog server for the use of the XenMobile server, refer to Page Configuring Syslog server of this document.

Target of the test : A Citrix XenMobile

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent deployed on the Syslog server

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every application configured on XenMobile

Configurable parameters for the test

  1. Test period - How often should the test be executed
  2. Host - The host for which the test is to be configured.
  3. port – The port at which the host listens. By default, this is 4443.
  4. log file path – This test reports metrics by parsing a Syslog file. Specify the full path to the Syslog file here. To know how to configure the Syslog server where the XenMobile will be creating this file, refer to page Configuring Syslog server of this document. 
  5. sEARCH STRING – By default, the Syslog file may contain information relating to a number of servers that are inter linked with the target XenMobile. In order to obtain the metrics of the target XenMobile alone, specify the hostname or the IP address of the target XenMobile server for which the logs are to be read from the syslog file, in the SEARCH STRING text box. Using this search string the information in the Syslog file may be parsed and metrics may be collected.
  6. SEARCH STRING INDEX – Here, specify the cursor position after which the eG agent should search for the specified SEARCH STRING (or the position up to which the eG agent should ignore while searching for the specified SEARCH STRING) in the syslog file. For example, if the specified search string appears in the syslog file at the 17th position, then you may need to specify the SEARCH STRING INDEX as 16.
  7. DD FREQUENCY – Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against dd frequency.

  8. DETAILED DIAGNOSIS - To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise 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 abnormalfrequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Successful launches

Indicates the number of times this application was launched successfully during the last measurement period.

Number

Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to view the names of the users who successfully launched the application, when they launched, and the client/receiver each user used.

Failed launches

Indicates the number of times this application was launched unsuccessfully during the last measurement period.

Number

Compare the value of this measure acros applications to know which application failed very often.

Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to view the names of the users for whom application launches failed, when they attempted to launch, and the client/receiver that was used for the attempt.