Desktop OS Machines Test

Citrix Director 7.x supports two types of Delivery Agents: one for Windows Server OS machines and one for Windows Desktop OS machines. Desktop OS Machines are VMs or physical machines based on the Windows Desktop operating system used for delivering personalized desktops to users, or applications from desktop operating systems.

Delivery groups consist of virtual desktops and applications that are pooled, pre-assigned, or assigned on first use. Each group can contain only one type of desktop or application.

To track the status of desktop OS machines in each delivery group configured in a site, use the Desktop OS Machines test.

Target of the test : A Citrix Director 7.x

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each delivery group containing desktop OS machines in the site

Configurable parameters for the test
Test period - How often should the test be executed Host - The host for which the test is to be configured. port – The port number at which the specified HOST listens to. By default, this is 80. controller ip address – Specify the IP address of the delivery controller (i.e., broker) in the site with which the eG agent should communicate for collecting performance metrics. controller port – Specify the port number of the delivery controller (i.e., broker) in the site with which the eG agent should communicate for collecting performance metrics. USERNAME and password – To connect to a delivery controller and pull out metrics from it, the eG agent requires Farm Administrator rights. In order to configure the eG agent with Farm Administrator privileges, specify the credentials of the Farm Administrator in the username and password text boxes. CONFIRM PASSWORD – Confirm the PASSWORDby retyping it here. fully qualified DOMAIN name – Here, specify thefully-qualified name of the domain to which the specified controller belongs. ssl – Indicate whether/not the controller used for metrics collection is SSL-enabled. By default, this flag is set to Yes. show total machines dd – By default, this flag is set to No. This indicates that, by default, the test will not report detailed metrics for the Total machines measure. To enable the test to collect detailed metrics for the Total machines measure, set this flag to Yes. show poweredoff machines dd - By default, this flag is set to No. This indicates that, by default, the test will not report detailed metrics for the Powered off machines measure. To enable the test to collect detailed metrics for the Powered off machines measure, set this flag to Yes. 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 abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Total machines:	Indicates the total number of machines in this group.	Number
Preparing machines:	Indicates the number of machines in this group that are currently preparing sessions for users.	Number
Pending update machines:	Indicates the number of machines managed by this delivery group to which updates are currently pending.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are awaiting updates.
Machines in maintenance mode:	Indicates the number of machines in this group that are currently under maintenance.	Number
Powered on machines:	Indicates the number of machines in this desktop group that are currently powered on.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are currently powered on.
Machines with suspended power state:	Indicates the number of machines in this delivery group that are currently in the Suspended state.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are currently in the Suspended state.
Powered off machines:	Indicates the number of machines in this delivery group that are currently powered off.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are currently in the powered off.
Machines with unknown power state:	Indicates the number of machines in the following power states: Unavailable Unmanaged Unknown	Number	A low value is desired for this measure. The detailed diagnosis of this measure will reveal the complete details of the unavailable machines, such as, the machine name, IP address, the machine type, the delivery group and catalog to which the machine belongs, the hosting server on which the machine operates, the name of the hypervisor and the controller on which the machine operates, the user who is active on the session, the location at whih the changes made by the user is stored, the provision type of the machine, and the application published on the machine, if the machine is a XenAPP server.
Assigned machines:	Indicates the number of machines that are assigned to users in this delivery group.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are assigned to users.
Unassigned machines	Indicates the number of machines in this delivery group that are not assigned to users.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are not assigned to users.
Resuming machines	Indicates the number of machines in this group that are in the Resume state currently.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are in the Resume state.
Total sessions	Indicates the total number of user sessions to this delivery group.	Number
Percentage of assigned machines	Indicates the percentage of machines that are assigned to users in this delivery group.	Percent
Unregistered machines	Indicates the number of machines that are configured in this delivery group but are in an unregistered state with the controller.	Number	If a machine is in an unregistered state, it means that registration has not successfully completed for that machine. The value 0 is hence desired for this measure. In case the measure reports a non-zero value, you may want to enable the detailed diagnosis for this measure, so that you can view which machines in the group are unregistered.
Percentage of unregistered machines	Indicates the percentage of machines that are configured in this delivery group but are in an unregistered state.	Percentage	A low value is desired for this measure.
Percentage of maintenance mode enabled machines	Indicates the percentage of machines in this group for which maintenance mode has been enabled.	Percentage