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 RDS Farms test. For every RDS farm, this test reports 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 : A VMware Horizon Connection server
Agent deploying the test : An internal agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each RDS farm managed by the VMware Horizon Connection Server 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 VMware Horizon Connection Server. The default port number is NULL. |
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Connection Server name |
Specify the name of the target VMware Horizon Connection Server that is to be monitored. |
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User name |
By default, eG Enterprise uses a dual approach i.e., uses VMware PowerCLI and LDAP queries to collect metrics from the target VMware Horizon Connection Server 7 (or above). This dual approach ensures that the metrics are collected more faster than the LDAP query-only approach used for the prior versions of the VMware Horizon Connection Server. Administrators need to install the VMware PowerCLI on the target VMware Horizon Connection server and configure the eG agent to communicate with that CLI to pull the metrics. PowerCLI is a command-line and scripting tool built on Windows PowerShell, which enables easy management, configuration, and automation of vSphere and vCloud environments. With the help of this CLI, the eG agent collects metrics from the target server more quickly than the LDAP approach that was used to collect metrics from VMware Horizon Connection Server version 6 and below. In order to collect metrics using VMware PowerCLI, administrators need to specify the name of the user possessing read-only administrator role in the VMware Horizon Management Console. |
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Password |
Specify the password corresponding to the user here. |
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Confirm Password |
Confirm the password by retyping it here. |
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Domain Name |
Specify the name of the domain to which the VMware Horizon Connection Server belongs to. If the target VMware Horizon Connection Server does not belong to any domain, specify none here. |
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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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DD Frequency |
Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against 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. |
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Local sessions |
Indicates the number of local sessions to desktops/applications in this farm. |
Number |
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Remote sessions |
Indicates the number of remote sessions to desktops/applications in this farm. |
Number |
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Connected desktops |
Indicates the number of desktops in this farm that are in active sessions and have active remote connections to a View client. |
Number |
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Disconnected desktops |
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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Is enabled? |
Indicates whether/not this farm is enabled. |
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This measure 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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PCoIP Sessions |
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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Blast Sessions |
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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RDP sessions |
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. |
