Monitoring the VMware Horizon Cluster/Pod
eG Enterprise offers a specialized VMware Horizon Cluster/Pod model, which periodically evaluates the service levels achieved by the VMware Horizon Connection Server instances, and proactively alerts administrators to potential performance troubles.
Figure 1 : Layer model of VMware Horizon Cluster/Pod
Each layer of the Figure 1 is mapped to a variety of tests that provide valuable insights into the overall health and performance of VMware Horizon Cluster/Pod. With the help of the metrics reported by these tests, you can find quick and accurate answers for the following queries:
- How many desktops exist in each desktop pool?
- Which desktop pools are currently disabled?
- Is any desktop idle in a pool? If so, which desktop pool is it?
- Are there too many inactive desktops in a pool? If so, which pool is it?
- Are all virtual desktops accessible over the network? Which desktop is not?
- How many desktops on each desktop pool were in Error state?
- How many desktops need to be maintained in each desktop pool?
- How many desktops can be accommodated in each desktop pool?
- What is the percentage of desktops that were actively used in each desktop pool?
- How many RDS Hosts exist in each application pool?
- Which application pools are currently disabled?
- What is the current status of each application pool?
- How many RDS hosts are available in each RDS farm?
- How many application pools are available in each RDS farm?
- Is each RDS farm enabled or not?
- How many sessions were initiated on the desktops/applications on each RDS farm using PCoIP, Blast and RDP protocols?
- What is the current status of each RDS host?
- How many connections can be provided to the desktops/applications on each RDS host simultaneously?
- How many VMware Horizon Connection Servers were enabled on the target VMware Horizon Cluster/Pod?
- How many VMware Horizon Connection Servers were disabled on the target VMware Horizon Cluster/Pod?
- How many sessions were initiated on the desktops/applications on each RDS host using PCoIP, Blast and RDP protocols?
The documentation of this monitoring model will focus on the layers of Figure 1 in detail.