Measures reported by CtxSFToDDCConnTest

The Desktop Delivery Controller is the central management component of a site and is responsible for managing user access, brokering and optimizing connections. When a user submits credentials to the Citrix web site hosted on the Citrix StoreFront server, the credentials are verified directly to a Domain Controller, and the validation is passed over to the Desktop Delivery Controller to begin resource enumeration. The Desktop Delivery Controller then queries the site database for the Delivery Groups assigned to the user. The resources defined by the Delivery Groups are sent to the StoreFront server and presented to the user. Then, the user uses the allocated resources to start a desktop or application session.

This implies that the non-availability of the Desktop Delivery Controller can bring the resource enumeration process to a halt! The users may no longer be able to access the resources and consequently, will be denied access to the business-critical applications/services! To avoid this, administrators must periodically check if the Desktop Delivery Controller is available and promptly detect its unavailability. This is exactly what the CtxSFToDDCConnTest test does! This test continuously monitors all the Desktop Delivery Controllers that are in communication with the target StoreFront server and promptly reports the availability of each Desktop Delivery Controller.

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each Desktop Delivery Controller that communicates with the Citrix Storefront server being monitored.

The measures made by this test are as follows: