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Default Parameters for VmgWinUpdteStatTest

This test continuously monitors the virtual desktops and reports the current status of the Windows updates for the Windows operating system hosted by the virtual desktops. Besides, this test indicates whether any update is pending for the operating system and whether the Windows system is rebooted or not. In the process, this test also reports the total number of updates to be installed for the operating system and the number of Windows updates of different types at regular intervals.

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

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

  • To obtain the ‘inside view’ of performance of the cloud-hosted Windows desktops - i.e., to measure the internal performance of the Windows virtual desktops - this test uses a light-weight eG VM Agent software deployed on each of the desktops. Accordingly, the INSIDE VIEW USING is by default set to eG VM Agent (Windows).

  • The REPORT POWERED OS flag is relevant only for those tests that are mapped to the Inside View of Desktops layer. If this flag is set to Yes (which is the default setting), then the ‘inside view’ tests will report measures for even those Windows virtual desktops that do not have any users logged in currently. Such desktops will be identified by their name and not by the username_on_virtualdesktopname. On the other hand, if this flag is set to No, then this test will not report measures for those Windows virtual desktops to which no users are logged in currently.

  • Since this test runs for a ‘Cloud Desktops’ component, the IS CLOUD VMS flag is set to Yes by default.

  • In large VDI environments where hundreds of Windows virtual desktops have been provisioned, the frequent collection of detailed diagnosis information related to the update details of the virtual desktops may increase the processing overheads of the eG agent, and may even choke the eG database. To avoid this, by default, the DD FOR TOTAL UPDATES flag is set to No indicating that this test will not report the detailed diagnostics for the Tot_update measure. However, you can set this flag to Yes if you want to collect the detailed diagnostics of the Tot_update measure.

  • 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.