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Measures reported by VmgBlastTest

The BLAST Session protocol allows files on a remote computer to be manipulated - i.e., to be deleted, renamed, or printed on the remote. Owing to the improved remote file management capabilities that Blast offers, VMware now supports the Blast protocol too for user communication with virtual desktops. Because of this, there is a need to know which users have connected to virtual desktops via Blast and how the experience of each user is. This is why, the VmgBlastTest test auto-discovers the users who are connected to virtual desktops via the Blast protocol, and measures the bandwidth usage, frames processing ability, throughput, and time taken to establish each user's session. In the process, bandwidth-hungry, latent sessions can be accurately isolated.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Bandhwidth Indicates the bandwidth usage of all sessions of this user. Kbps This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is below 7. Compare the value of this measure across users to know which user is consuming the maximum bandwidth.
Frames Indicates the rate at which frames are processed during this user's session. Frames/Sec This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is below 7. FPS is how fast your graphics card can output individual frames each second. It is the most time-tested and ideal measure of performance of a GPU. Higher the value of this measure, healthier is the GPU.
Round_trip Indicates the round trip latency between the virtual desktop and this user terminal. Seconds This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is below 7. Comparing the value of this measure across users will enable administrators to quickly and accurately identify users who are experiencing higher latency when connecting to a virtual desktop.
Throughput Indicates the network throughput of this user's session. Kbps This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is below 7. A poor network throughput could cause latencies in network communication.
Audio_rcvd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used while transmitting sound/audio to this user. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. Comparing these values across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive sound/audio files over Blast.
Audio_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used while transmitting sound/audio from this user. Kbps
Cdr_rcvd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used while receiving client drive redirection (CDR) data to this user. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. When the Horizon Client and Horizon Agent are deployed with client drive redirection and the Blast is enabled, folders and files are sent across a virtual channel with encryption. This ensures that the connections between clients and the View Secure Gateway, and the connections from the View Secure Gateway to desktop machines are secure. These measures help administrators to figure out the traffic statistics during the reception/transmission of CDR data.

Comparing these values across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive client drive redirection data over Blast.
Cdr_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used while transmitting client drive redirection data from this user. Kbps
Clpbrd_rcvd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used while receiving clipboard data by this user. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. Configuring the clipboard redirection on the client machine enables administrators to control users from redirecting clipboard data to and/or from the virtual desktop and the client machine during the session.

Comparing these values across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive clipboard redirection content during the session.
Clpbrd_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used while transmitting clipboard data from this user. Kbps
Mmr_rcvd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used while receiving HTML5 multimedia content to this user. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above.

To redirect HTML5 multimedia content from a remote desktop to the local client system, administrators need to enable the HTML5 Multimedia Redirection feature and install the Chrome browser on the remote desktop. Enabling the HTML5 Multimedia Redirection feature also allows administrators to specify the websites that can use this feature. These measures help administrators to easily find out the bandwidth utilized during each user's session for transmitting and receiving the HTML5 multimedia content to different websites. Comparing these values across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive multimedia files over Blast.
Mmr_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used while transmitting HTML5 multimedia content from this user. Kbps
Imagng_drty_frms Indicates the rate at which the dirty frames are processed during this user's sessions. Frames/sec This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. The value of this measure should be very low. A high value indicates that the image quality is potentially poor.
Imagng_poll_rate Indicates the image poll rate during this user's sessions. Number This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above.
Imagng_fbc_rate Indicates the number of image frames processed during this user's session. Number This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above.
Imagng_frms Indicates the rate at which the image frames are processed during this user's session. Frames/sec This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. This measure indicates how quickly the image frames are processed during the session. A lower value of this measure indicates that the frames are processed slowly and the administrator neeed to This measure will be reported only if the VMware Horizon View version is 7 and above.
Imagng_rcvd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used by this user when receiving imaging data. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. Comparing these values across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive images over Blast.
Imagng_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used this user when transmitting imaging data. Kbps
Rtav_rcvd_byts Indicates the rate at which the real-time audio/video data was received by this user. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. With the Real-Time Audio-Video feature, webcam and audio devices that are connected locally to the client system are redirected to the remote sessions. This allows the users to run Skype, Webex, Google Hangouts, and other online conferencing applications in their remote sessions. This feature also helps administrators to redirect video and audio data with a significantly lower bandwidth than can be achieved by using USB redirection.

Comparing these values across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive real-time audio/video data during the session.
Rtav_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the rate at which the real-time audio/video data was transmitted during this user's sessions. Kbps
Serial_prt_rcvd_byts Indicates the rate at which the serial port and scanner data was received during this user's sessions. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. With the serial port and scanner redirection feature, administrators can easily connect the scanner and phisical COM port devices with the virtual desktops.
Serial_prt_transmt_byts Indicates the rate at which the serial port and scanner data was transmitted during this user's sessions. Kbps
Sessn_rcvd_byts Indicates the rate at which the data was received during this user's sessions. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. Using the values of these measures help administrators to determine the data traffic during the session.
Sessn_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the rate at which the data was transmitted during this user's sessions. Kbps
Sessn_jittr Indicates the time delay encountered during this user's session. Seconds This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. A value of this measure should be low. A higher value indicates unintended deviation or inconsistency that degrades the quality of audio and video communications.
Sessn_rtt Indicates the round trip latency between the virtual desktop and this user terminal. Seconds This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. Comparing the value of this measure across users will enable administrators to quickly and accurately identify users who are experiencing higher latency when connecting to a virtual desktop.
Sessn_pckt_loss Indicates the percentage of packets lost during this user' session. Percent This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. A value of this measure should be very low. A high value for this measure is indicative of a bad network connection between the user terminal and the virtual desktop.
Sessn_estmtd_bndwth Indicates the maximum bandwidth that this user can consume during the Blast sessions. Kbps This measure appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above.
Skype_rcvd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used when this user received Skype data over the Blast channel. Kbps These measures appears only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. Comparing the values of these measures across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive Skype data over the Blast channel.
Skype_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used when this user transmitted Skype data over the Blast channel. Kbps
Thin_prnt_rcvd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used when this user received Thin-Print data over the Blast channel. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. Comparing the values of these measures across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive Thin-Print data over the Blast channel.
Thin_prnt_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used when this user transmitted Thin-Print data over the Blast channel. Kbps
Usb_rcvd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used when this user received USB data over the Blast channel. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. Comparing the values of these measures across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive USB data over the Blast channel.
Usb_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used when this user sent USB data over the Blast channel. Kbps
Windw_mmr_rcvd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used when this user received Windows media MMR data over the Blast channel. Kbps These measures appear only if the version of the VMware Horizon is 7 and above. Comparing the values of these measures across users will reveal which user is sending/receiving bandwidth-intensive Windows media MMR data over the Blast channel.
Windw_mmr_trnsmtd_byts Indicates the bandwidth used when this user transmitted Windows media MMR data over the Blast channel. Kbps