Horizon RDS Farms Test
Farms are collections of RDS hosts and facilitate the management of those hosts. Farms can have a variable number of RDS hosts and provide a common set of applications or RDS desktops to users. When you create an RDS desktop pool or an application pool, you must specify a farm. To know the composition of an RDS farm and track the status of the desktops and applications in the farm, take the help of the Horizon RDS Farms test. For each RDS farm on the target Omnissa Horizon Cluster/Pod, this test reports , type and source, the count of RDS hosts in the farm, the number and type of sessions active in that farm and the state of desktops and applications in that farm.
Target of the test : An Omnissa Horizon Cluster/Pod
Agent deploying the test : A remote agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each RDS farm managed by the Omnissa Horizon Cluster/Pod being monitored
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Test Period |
How often should the test be executed. |
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Host |
The host for which the test is to be configured. |
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Port |
Refers to the port used by the target Omnissa Horizon Cluster/Pod. By default, this is set to NULL. |
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Connection Server Name |
By default, this test connects to every Horizon Connection Server configured in the Omnissa Horizon Cluster/Pod remotely and collects the required metrics. For this, it is necessary to specify valid credentials of the Horizon Connection Servers. To help administrators provide these credentials quickly and easily, the eG administrative interface embeds a special configuration page. To access this page, simply click on the encircled '+' icon that appears alongside this parameter in the test configuration page. To know how to use this special page, refer to Configuring the Omnissa Horizon Connection Servers for Monitoring. |
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User Name, Password and Confirm Password |
By default, this test uses Omnissa Restful APIs to collect the required metrics from the target Omnissa Horizon Cluster/Pod. For this, the eG agent should be configured with read-only user privileges that will allow the agent to communicate with the Horizon Connection Server in a particular domain and extract statistics. Therefore, specify the credentials of the user who is authorized to access the Horizon Connection Server against the User Name, Password and Confirm Password text boxes. |
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Domain Name |
Specify the name of the domain to which the Horizon Connection Server belongs to. |
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Show RDS Host DD |
By default, this flag is set to No, indicating that this test will not report detailed diagnostics for the RDS Hosts measure. This means that the test, by default, will not capture and store the details of every RDS host in a farm, in the eG database. This default setting is ideal for large RDS farms characterized by hundreds of hosts, as it helps conserve space in the eG database and reduce the strain on the database. However, if your eG database is well-sized and you want to view the complete list of RDS hosts in a farm, enable the detailed diagnosis capability of the RDS hosts measure by setting this flag to Yes. |
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Total Session DD |
By default, this flag is set to No, indicating that this test will not report detailed diagnostics for the Total Sessions measure. This means that the test, by default, will not capture and store the details of every session initiated using the RDS host in a farm, in the eG database. This default setting is ideal for large RDS farms characterized by hundreds of hosts wherein thousands of sessions are initiated, as it helps conserve space in the eG database and reduce the strain on the database. However, if your eG database is well-sized and you want to view the complete list of sessions initiated using the RDS hosts in a farm, enable the detailed diagnosis capability of the Total Sessions measure by setting this flag to Yes. |
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Idle Duration Time (Mins) |
Specify the duration (in minutes) of inactivity beyond which a session is considered to be “idle” by this test. By default, this parameter takes the value 10 (minutes); this implies that by default, the test considers all sessions that have been inactive for beyond 10 minutes as idle sessions. |
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DD Frequency |
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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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RDS hosts |
Indicates the number of RDS hosts in this farm. |
Number |
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Application pools |
Indicates the number of application pools in this farm. |
Number |
Application pools let you deliver applications to many users. The applications in application pools run on a farm of RDS hosts. The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the application pools, the RDS farm associated to the application pool, the RDS hosts to which the application pool is associated to and the Enabled status of the application pool. |
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Total sessions |
Indicates the total number of remote sessions to desktops/applications in this farm. |
Number |
The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the user who initiated the session, the RDS farm to which the user is associated to, the start time of the session, the DNS name, the status of the session, the protocol through which the session was initiated and the IP address. |
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Connected desktop sessions |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are in active sessions and have active remote connections to a View client. |
Number |
The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the user who initiated the session, the RDS farm to which the user is associated to, the start time of the session, the DNS name, the status of the session, the protocol through which the session was initiated and the IP address. |
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Disconnected desktop sessions |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are in active sessions but are disconnected from the View client. |
Number |
A non-zero value is a cause for concern. The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the user who initiated the session, the RDS farm to which the user is associated to, the start time of the session, the DNS name, the status of the session, the protocol through which the session was initiated and the IP address. |
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Connected applications |
Indicates the number of applications in this farm that are in active sessions and have active remote connections to a View client. |
Number |
The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the user who accessed the application, the RDS farm to which the user is associated to, the start time of the session through which the application was accessed, the DNS name, the status of the session, the protocol through which the session was initiated and the IP address. |
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Disconnected applications |
Indicates the number of applications in this farm that are in active sessions but are disconnected from the View client. |
Number |
A non-zero value warrants close scrutiny. The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the user who accessed the application, the RDS farm to which the user is associated to, the start time of the session through which the application was accessed, the DNS name, the status of the session, the protocol through which the session was initiated and the IP address. |
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Is enabled? |
Indicates whether/not this farm is enabled. |
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This measure reports a value Yes if the farm is enabled and No, if otherwise. The numeric values that correspond to the above-mentioned states are as follows:
Note: By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned states while indicating the status of this farm. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states as mentioned in the table above. |
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Sessions via PCoIP |
Indicates the number of PCoIP sessions to the desktops/applications in this farm. |
Number |
The details of the PCoIP sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis. |
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Sessions via Blast |
Indicates the number of Blast sessions to the desktops/applications in this farm. |
Number |
The details of the Blast sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis. |
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Sessions via RDP |
Indicates the number of RDP sessions to the desktops/applications in this farm. |
Number |
The details of the RDP sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis. |
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Maximum connections |
Indicates the maximum number of connections that can be provided to the desktops/applications on this farm. |
Number |
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Farm type |
Indicates the type of this farm. |
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The numeric values that correspond to the above-mentioned states are as follows:
Note: By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values while indicating the type of this farm. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only. |
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Farm source |
Indicates the source of this farm. |
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The numeric values that correspond to the above-mentioned states are as follows:
Note: By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values while indicating the source of this farm. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only. |
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Farm image source |
Indicates the image source of this farm |
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The numeric values that correspond to the above-mentioned states are as follows:
Note: By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values while indicating the image source of this farm. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only. |
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Farm maximum session type |
Indicates the maximum session type configured for this farm. |
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The numeric values that correspond to the above-mentioned states are as follows:
Note: By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values while indicating the image source of this farm. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only. |
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Idle sessions |
Indicates the number of sessions that have been idle beyond the time duration specified against the Idle Duration Time (Mins) parameter. |
Number |
The value of this measure should be low. |
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Unknown sessions |
Indicates the number of sessions to the desktops/applications in this farm that are not recognized by the connection server. |
Number |
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Average farm load index |
Indicates the average percentage of load across all the desktops/applications in this farm. |
Percent |
The value of this measure helps administrators to decide whether additional resources are required to handle the load or load balancing across the desktops needs to be optimized. |
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Desktops with agent unreachable |
Indicates the number of desktops whose agents are not reachable. |
Number |
Horizon agents installed on the desktops in the farm become unreachable when Horizon Connection Server is unable to communicate with the agents. This in turn can prevent users from accessing their desktops and can cause disruptions and seriously impact user experience. |
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Provisioned desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops that are powered off and suspended in this farm. |
Number |
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Available desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops that are powered on and ready to be provisioned to the users from this farm. |
Number |
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Desktops with agent disabled |
Indicates the number of desktops on which the agents are currently disabled. |
Number |
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Desktops with invalid IPs |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are configured with invalid IPs. |
Number |
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Desktops where agent needs reboot |
Indicates the number of desktops whose agents require reboot. |
Number |
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Desktops with protocol failures |
Indicates the number of desktops that experienced protocol failures during the last measurement period. |
Number |
A non-zero value for this measure is a cause for concern. When the desktops in the farm encounter protocol failures due to network issues, misconfigurations, or compatibility problems., the users are unable to connect to their desktops using the configured display protocols, such as PCoIP, Blast or RDP. These failures can significantly affect user connectivity and experience. |
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Desktops with domain failures |
Indicates the number of desktops that experienced domain failures during the last measurement period. |
Number |
A non-zero value for this measure is a cause for concern. Domain failures are reported when the domain server is not accessible, or the domain authentication failed. These errors can prevent users from logging in and accessing their desktops, which in turn directly impacts user productivity and experience. |
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Already used desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops that are already assigned to the users from this farm. |
Number |
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Desktops with provisioning errors |
Indicates the number of desktops that experienced errors while being provisioned from this farm. |
Number |
The value of this measure should be very low. |
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Desktops with other errors |
Indicates the number of desktops that encountered other type of errors. |
Number |
The value of this measure should be very low. |
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Unassigned user connected desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops that are accessed by a user other than the assigned user. |
Number |
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Unassigned user disconnected desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops that are accessed and disconnected by a user other than the assigned user. |
Number |
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Desktops in unknown state |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are in unknown state. |
Number |
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Provisioning desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops that are being provisioned from this farm. |
Number |
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Customizing desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are being customized. |
Number |
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Waiting for agent desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops that are waiting for Horizon Connection Server to establish communication with Horizon Agents installed on them. |
Number |
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Deleting desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops that are marked for deletion in this farm. |
Number |
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Maintenance desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops that are currently in maintenance mode. |
Number |
Users cannot log in or use the desktops when they are under maintenance mode. |
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Desktops in startup state |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are currently in startup state. |
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A desktop in a farm moves to startup state when its Horizon Agent has started, but other required services such as the display protocol are still starting. |
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Desktops in startup progress state |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are currently in startup progress state. |
Number |
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Desktops in progress state |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are currently in progress state. |
Number |
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Desktops in disabled state |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are currently in disabled state. |
Number |
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Desktops in disabled progress state |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are currently in disabled progress state. |
Number |
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Desktops in validating state |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are currently in validating state. |
Number |
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Total problem machines |
Indicates the total number of desktops that encountered one or more problems. |
Number |
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Total unique user sessions |
Indicates the total number of unique user sessions established to the desktops in this farm. |
Number |
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