Default Parameters for VMViewAPPPoolTest

This test monitors the status of each application pool configured on the VMware Horizon Connection Server and also reports whether/not each application pool is enabled. In addition, this test also reports the number of RDS hosts that are using each application pool.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the VMViewAPPPoolTest test.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• In the CONNECTION SERVER NAME text box, specify the name of the target VMware Horizon Connection Server that is to be monitored.

• 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, the administrators need to specify the name of the user possessing read-only administrator role in the USER NAME text box in the VMware Horizon Management Console.

• Specify the password corresponding to the user in the PASSWORD text box.

• Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• Specify the name of the domain in the DOMIAN NAME text box to which the VMware Horizon Connection Server belongs to. If the target VMware Horizon Connection Server does not belong to any domain, specify none in the DOMIAN NAME text box.

• To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG 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.

• 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.