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Virtual Desktop Sessions Details Test
A user logged into a virtual desktop does not imply active usage of that desktop. In a VDI infrastructure, it is common for users to just log into desktops, and leave them unused for long time periods. Such desktops are a huge resource drain, as they continue to consume resources, regardless of the level of activity on them. Idle users themselves are unproductive resources. Besides, since these users unnecessarily hold on to desktops, users with genuine needs may not have any desktops to work with. If administrators can quickly identify these idle users and the desktops they are logged into, they can rapidly pull the desktops from such users and assign them to users who can use them effectively. The Virtual Desktop Sessions Details test turns the spotlight on these idle users. For each user session on a virtual desktop, this test reports the total duration of the session and the percentage of time for which the session was active. The test also reports the total idle time during the session. From these statistics, administrators can accurately identify those users who are wasting the desktops assigned and resources allocated to them.
Target of the test : A Microsoft Hyper-V server
Agent deploying the test : An internal/remote agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for every user who is currently logged into a virtual desktop
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Measurement | Description | Measurement Unit | Interpretation | ||||||
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Total time in session: |
Indicates the time that has elapsed since this user logged into this desktop. |
Mins |
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Active time in last measure period: |
Indicates the percentage of time in the last measurement period during which this user actively used this desktop. |
Percent |
Ideally, the value of this measure should be 100%. A low value for this measure denotes a high level of inactivity recently. |
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Time since last activity: |
Indicates the time that has elapsed since this user performed an action on this desktop. |
Mins |
A high value for this measure indicates that the user has been idle for a long time. Compare the value of this measure across users to know which user has been idle for the longest time. |
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Is session idle in long time? |
Indicates whether/not the session has been idle beyond the time duration specified against the Idle Time parameter. |
The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are discussed in the table above:
Note: By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above. In the graph of this measure however, the value of this measure is represented using their numeric equivalents only. |
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Total idle time in session: |
Indicates the total time for which this user was idle during the session.
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Mins |
If the value of this measure is the same as the value of the Total time in session measure for a user, it means that the user has been idle throughout the session. If the value of this measure is close to the value of the Total time in session measure for a user, it implies that the user has been idle for a long time. If the value of this measure is much lesser than the value of the Total time in session measure for a user, it means that the user has been active for most part of the session. |