VDI Desktop Information Test
Virtual machines are used to run the operating systems which render the desktops. They are controlled by a hypervisor, such as Oracle VDI Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, and VMware Infrastructure. They cycle through traditional machine states such as powered off and running. This test auto-discovers the desktops configured on all desktop providers managed by the broker and reports the current 'machine state' of each desktop. This way, you can quickly isolate powered-off desktops and unknown desktops. In addition, the test captures the 'desktop state' for each desktop. Desktop states are used to accomplish the following:
- Implement the desktop lifecycle
- Synchronize Oracle VDI Core hosts and virtualization platform
- Serve as a tool for monitoring and analyzing the system state
Knowledge of desktop states enables you to determine which desktops are available, which ones are idle, and which are being used currently. Besides the above, the test also reveals the amount of memory and disk space that each desktop has been configured with.
Target of the test : An Oracle VDI Broker
Agent deploying the test : An internal/remote agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each desktop managed by the Oracle VDI broker being monitored.
Parameter | Description |
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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. |
SudoPath |
This test executes certain privileged VDA (Virtual Desktop Access) commands to pull out the desired metrics from the broker. To enable the test to run these commands, you first need to install a sudo package on the broker host. The procedure for installing this package is detailed in Pre-requisites for Monitoring the Oracle VDI Broker in an Agent-based Manner. Once the package is installed, you need to specify the full path to the install directory of the sudo package in the SudoPath text box. |
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:
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Machine state |
Indicates the current 'machine state' of this desktop.
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This measure reports one of the states listed below:
The table below discusses the numeric values that correspond to each of the states mentioned above:
Note: Typically, this measure will report the States indicated in the table above. However, in the graph of this measure, the machine state will be represented using the numeric equivalents only - i.e., 0 to 3. Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure for complete details of the desktop such as the user assigned to the desktop, the assignment type, the operating system and IP address of the desktop, the storage server name, the ZFS volume used by the desktop.. |
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Desktop state |
Indicates the current 'desktop state' of this desktop. |
Number |
This measure reports one of the states listed below:
The table below discusses the numeric values that correspond to each of the states mentioned above:
Note: Typically, this measure will report the States indicated in the table above. However, in the graph of this measure, the machine state will be represented using the numeric equivalents only - i.e., 1 to 5. |
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Ram allocated |
Indicates the total amount of memory allocated to this desktop. |
MB |
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Disk capacity |
Indicates the total amount of disk space allocated to this desktop. |
Number |
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Total video memory |
Indicates the total amount of video memory allocated to this desktop. |
Number |
Video memory is a term generally used in computers to describe some form of writable memory, usually RAM, dedicated to the purpose of holding the information necessary for a graphics card to drive a display device. |