App Volumes License Test

In large virtualized environments, the VMware App Volumes Manager is used to provision desktops/servers on the go to the users. The provisioning of the desktops/servers mainly depends on the number of licenses that are available. The licensing also depends on the number of users accessing the desktops through the App Volumes Manager in your environment. The validity and usage of these licenses needs to be tracked closely, so that any potential license shortage / expiry can be proactively detected and prevented. This is because, without adequate licenses, users will not be able to use the desktops/servers/applications hosted through the VMware App Volumes Manager. This is where the App Volumes License test helps!

This test reports the validity of the license, the count of user licenses allocated and the user licenses used. In addition, this test reports the count of terminal users, server and desktop licenses allocated and the usage of the terminal user licenses, server and desktop licenses in detail. On the basis of these usage values, the test also auto-computes and reports the overall individual license usage percentage, thus proactively alerting to any potential license shortage. Using this test administrators can easily detect an impending license expiry.

Target of the test : A VMware App Volumes Server

gent deploying the test : An internal/remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the target VMware App Volumes Manager being monitored

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The host for which the test is to be configured.
Port	The port at which the specified Host listens to. By default, this is set to 3443.
AppVol User	By default, the eG agent uses the RESTful APIs to collect the metrics from the target VMware App Volumes Manager. To be able to connect to the RESTful API, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user belonging to an active directory group that is vested with the Administrators (Read only) rights. Specify the credentials of such a user in this text box. To know how to assign the Administrators (Read only) role to an active directory group, refer to Enabling the Administrators (Read only) role.
AppVol Password	Specify the password that corresponds to the AppVol User.
Confirm Password	Confirm the password by retyping it here.
WebPort	By default, in most virtualized environments, the VMware App Volumes Manager listens on port 3443 irrespective of being SSL-enabled or not. This implies that while monitoring the target VMware App Volumes Manager , the eG agent, by default, connects to port 3443 of the VMware App Volumes Manager to pull out metrics. Accordingly, the WebPort parameter is set to 3443. In some environments however, the default port 3443 might not apply. In such a case, against the WebPort parameter, you can specify the exact port at which the VMware App Volumes Manager in your environment listens so that the eG agent communicates with that port.
SSL	Set the SSL flag to Yes, if SSL (Secured Socket Layer) is to be used to connect to the target VMware App Volumes Manager, and No if it is not.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Validity	Indicates the number of days for which the license is valid.	Number	If the license obtained is a perpetual license, then, this measure will report the value as Unlimited.
Total users	Indicates the total number of user licenses allocated.	Number
Used users	Indicates the number of user licenses that are currently in use.	Number	If the value of this measure is inching close to or is equal to the Total users measure, then, it indicates that the user licenses are exhausted. Administrators should either purchase new licenses or prohibit certain users from accessing the VMware App Volumes Manager.
User usage	Indicates the percentage of user licenses that is currently in use.	Percent	A value close to 100 indicates that the licenses are being exhausted rapidly.
Total concurrent users	Indicates the total number of concurrent user licenses that are allocated for use.	Number
Used concurrent users	Indicates the number of concurrent user licenses that are currently in use.	Number	If the value of this measure is inching close to or is equal to the Total concurrent users measure, then, it indicates that the user licenses are exhausted. Administrators should either purchase new licenses or prohibit certain users from accessing the VMware App Volumes Manager.
Concurrent users usage	Indicates the percentage of concurrent user licenses that is currently in use.	Percent	A value close to 100 indicates that the licenses are being exhausted rapidly.
Total terminal users	Indicates the number of terminal user licenses allocated for use.	Number
Used terminal users	Indicates the number of terminal user licenses that are currently in use.	Number	If the value of this measure is inching close to or is equal to the Total terminal users measure, then, it indicates that the user licenses are exhausted. Administrators should either purchase new licenses or prohibit certain users from accessing the VMware App Volumes Manager.
Terminal users usage	Indicates the percentage of terminal user licenses that is currently in use.	Percent	A value close to 100 indicates that the licenses are being exhausted rapidly.
Total concurrent terminal users	Indicates the total number of terminal user licenses that can be accessed concurrently.	Number	A concurrent connection is defined as the total number of terminal users accessing or using the App Volume Manager at any given time to maintain an Active Connection.
Used concurrent terminal users	Indicates the number of terminal user licenses that are concurrently in use.	Number	If the value of this measure is inching close to or is equal to the Total concurrent terminal users measure, then, it indicates that the user licenses are exhausted. Administrators should either purchase new licenses or prohibit certain users from accessing the VMware App Volumes Manager.
Concurrent terminal users usage	Indicates the percentage of terminal user licenses that are concurrently in use.	Percent	A value close to 100 indicates that the licenses are being exhausted rapidly.
Total servers	Indicates the total number of server licenses allocated.	Number
Used servers	Indicates the number of server licenses that are currently in use.	Number	If the value of this measure is inching close to or is equal to the Total servers measure, then, it indicates that the user licenses are exhausted. Administrators should either purchase new licenses or prohibit certain users from accessing the VMware App Volumes Manager.
Servers usage	Indicates the percentage of server licenses that is currently in use.	Percent	A value close to 100 indicates that the licenses are being exhausted rapidly.
Total concurrent servers	Indicates the total number of server licenses that can be accessed concurrently.	Number
Used concurrent servers	Indicates the number of server licenses that are concurrently in use.	Number	If the value of this measure is inching close to or is equal to the Total concurrent servers measure, then, it indicates that the user licenses are exhausted. Administrators should either purchase new licenses or prohibit certain users from accessing the VMware App Volumes Manager.
Concurrent servers usage	Indicates the percentage of server licenses that is currently in use.	Percent	A value close to 100 indicates that the licenses are being exhausted rapidly.
Total desktops	Indicates the total number of desktop licenses allocated for use.	Number
Used desktops	Indicates the number of desktop licenses that are currently in use.	Number	If the value of this measure is inching close to or is equal to the Total desktops measure, then, it indicates that the user licenses are exhausted. Administrators should either purchase new licenses or prohibit certain users from accessing the VMware App Volumes Manager.
Desktops usage	Indicates the percentage of desktop licenses that is currently in use.	Percent	A value close to 100 indicates that the licenses are being exhausted rapidly.
Total concurrent desktops	Indicates the number of desktop licenses that can be provisioned concurrently.	Number
Used concurrent desktops	Indicates the number of desktop licenses that are currently in use.	Number	If the value of this measure is inching close to or is equal to the Total concurrent desktops measure, then, it indicates that the user licenses are exhausted. Administrators should either purchase new licenses or prohibit certain users from accessing the VMware App Volumes Manager.
Concurrent desktops usage	Indicates the percentage of desktop licenses that is currently in use.	Percentage	A value close to 100 indicates that the licenses are being exhausted rapidly.