eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by VMViewPoolDetTest

This test monitors the status and usage of each desktop pool configured on a VMware View server.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Pool_enabled Indicates whether this desktop pool is enabled or not.   This measure reports either Enabled or Disabled as the status of this desktop pool. The numeric values that correspond to the above-mentioned states are as follows:

State Numeric Value
Enabled 1
Disabled 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the status of this desktop pool. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states as mentioned in the table above.

Pool_type Indicates the pool type.   The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are listed in the table below:

Measure Value Description Numeric Value
RDS RDS desktop pools are not a collection of Windows machines, but instead, provide users with desktop sessions on RDS hosts. Multiple users can have desktop sessions on an RDS host simultaneously. 1
Manual Manual desktop pools are a collection of existing vCenter Server virtual machines, physical computers, or third-party virtual machines. In automated or manual pools, each Windows machine is available for one user to access remotely at a time. 2
Automated desktop pool Automated desktop pools use a vCenter Server virtual machine template or snapshot to create a pool of identical virtual machines. 3

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values while indicating the pool type. However, in the graph of this measure, the same will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Pool_entitled Indicates whether any users or groups have been entitled to access this pool or not.   This measure reports either Entitled or UnEntitled as the status of the user in this desktop pool. The numeric values that correspond to the above-mentioned states are as follows:

State Numeric Value
Entitled 1
UnEntitled 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the status of the user in this desktop pool. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states as mentioned in the table above.

Total_entitled_user Indicates the total number of entitled users presents in this pool. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure displays the details of entitled users present in this desktop pool.
Local_sessions Indicates the total number of local sessions to the desktops in this pool. Number The details of the local sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis.
Remote_sessions Indicates the total number of remote sessions to the desktops in this desktop pool. Number The details of the remote sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis.
Pcoip_session Indicates the number of PCoIP sessions to the desktops in this desktop pool. Number The details of the PCoIP sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis.
Blast_session Indicates the number of Blast sessions to the desktops in this desktop pool. Number The details of the Blast sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis.
Total_desktops Indicates the total number of desktops in this pool. Number  
Actv_desktops Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are in active sessions and have active remote connections to a View client. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure provides the details of the connected desktops.
Inactv_desktops Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are in active sessions but are disconnected from the View client. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure provides the details of disconnected desktops.
Idle_desktops Indicates the number of idle desktops in this pool. Number Identify the idle desktops by viewing the detailed diagnosis of this measure.
InactDesk_util Indicates the percentage of disconnected desktops in this pool. Percent A value close to 100% for this measure could indicate that almost all the desktops in the pool are disconnected from the View client. This is a cause for serious concern and requires immediate attention.
Desktop_util Indicates the percentage of desktops actively used in this pool. Percent Ideally, the value of this measure should be high.
Actv_app Indicates the number of applications in this pool that are in active sessions and have active remote connections to a View client. Number  
Inactv_app Indicates the number of applications in this pool that are in active sessions but are disconnected from the View client. Number  
Ready_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are in the READY state currently. Number  
Error_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are in the Error state currently. Number A non-zero value for this measure is a cause for concern, as it indicates that one/more desktops in the pool have experienced an unknown error.
Maintain_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are in the Maintenance mode presently. Number When a desktop is in the Maintenance mode, users cannot log in or use that desktop.
Delete_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in the Deleting state. Number A non-zero value for this measure indicates that one/more desktops in the pool have been marked for deletion, and will be deleted soon.
Customize_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are presently in the Customizing state. Number A non-zero value for this measure indicates that one/more desktops in an automated pool are being customized.
Clone_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in the Provisioning state. Number A non-zero value for this measure indicates that desktops in the pool are being provisioned.
Provision_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in the Provisioned state. Number A non-zero value for this measure indicates that one/more desktops in the pool are powered-off or suspended.
ErrClone_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently experiencing provisioning errors. Number A high value for this measure indicates that many errors occurred during desktop provisioning. This is worrisome and should be investigated.
Unknown_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in an Unknown state. Number Ideally, the value of this measure should be 0.
Avail_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in the Available state. Number This refers to the number of desktops that are powered on and ready for an active connection.
Unavail_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in the Already used state. Number If a desktop that is set to refresh on log off is reset, the desktop goes into the Already Used state.
ActEntiledUser Indicates the percentage of entitled users currently active in this pool, who are accessing View via PCoIP. Percent  
Spare_desk Indicates the number of spare (powered on) desktops that are to be maintained in this pool. Number  
Max_desk Indicates the maximum number of desktops that can be acccomodated in this pool. Number  
Min_desk Indicates the minimum number of desktops that are to be maintained in this pool. Number  
Rdp_session Indicates the number of RDP sessions to the desktops in this desktop pool. Number The details of the RDP sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis.
Pcoip_session Indicates the number of PCoIP sessions to the desktops in this desktop pool. Number The details of the PCoIP sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis.
Blast_session Indicates the number of Blast sessions to the desktops in this desktop pool. Number The details of the Blast sessions can be viewed in the detailed diagnosis.