Agents Administration - Tests
 

Configuration of CtxXcXAUserSesTest

Using this test, administrators can quickly check the CPU/memory/disk usage of each user's session as well as the latency experienced by each user. In the process, this test also sheds light on the rate at which the data was read/written during running different processes in each user's session. The detailed diagnosis provided by the test helps administrator to view details on what processes/applications the user is accessing and their individual resource usage. This information can be used to spot any offending processes/ applications.

The default parameters associated with this test are:

  • The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to choose how often should the test be executed. By default, this is set to 60 seconds.

  • In the HOST text box, specify the IP address of the Citrix XenApp server that is being monitored.

  • In the PORT text box, specify the port at which the specified host listens. By default, this is 1494.

  • By default, REPORT BY DOMAIN NAME flag is set to Yes. This implies that by default, the detailed diagnosis of this test will display the domainname\username of each user who accessed an application on the server. This way, administrators will be able to quickly determine which user logged into the server from which domain. If you want the detailed diagnosis to display only the username of these users, set this flag to No.

  • The 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.

  • The DETAILED DIAGNOSIS makes diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise suite 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:

    • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
    • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0

  • If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

  • Once the above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.