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Default Parameters for CtxXcXAEDTTest

When users have connected to Citrix XenApp servers via EDT protocol, administrators may often want to know how the experience of each user is. This is why, CtxXcXAEDTTest test auto-discovers the users who are connected to Citrix XenApp servers via the EDT protocol, and measures the bandwidth usage, packets transmission and reception, and latency of each user with the server. In the process, bandwidth-hungry, latent user sessions can be accurately isolated.

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

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

  • By default, the CITRIX HOME parameter is set to none indicating that the eG agent would automatically discover the location at which the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) is installed for collecting the metrics of this test. If the Virtual Delviery Agent is installed in a different location in your Citrix environment, then indicate that location in the CITRIX HOME text box.

  • By default, the REPORT BY DOMAIN NAME flag is set to Yes. This implies that by default, this test will report metrics for every domainname\username configured for this test. This way, administrators will be able to quickly determine which user logged in from which domain. If you want the TEST to report metrics for the username alone, then set this flag to No.

  • By default, REPORT BY CLIENT NAME flag is set to No. If set to Yes, this test will report metrics for each client machine from which users logged into the XenApp server - i.e., the host name of the client machines will be the descriptors of this test. In this case therefore, the User name column of the detailed diagnosis of this test will indicate the names of the users who logged into the XenApp server.

  • 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.

  • Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will 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.