eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by XenGuestStatusTest

This test enables administrators to determine how many guests have registered with the XenServer, and how many of these are currently running. In addition, the test also indicates whether any guests have migrated to or from the virtual server. XenMotion is a feature using which virtual machines can be moved from server to server within a Citrix XenServer resource pool without service interruption, making zero-downtime server maintenance possible, and enabling administrators to move resource-hungry running applications to take advantage of available compute power. In short, the XenGuestStatusTest monitors the effectiveness of XenMotion.

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Added_guests Indicates the number of guests that were newly added to the XenServer during this measurement period Number The detailed diagnosis of these measures, if enabled, lists the virtual machines that were migrated by XenMotion to or from (as the case may be) the XenServer.
Removed_guests Indicates the number of guests that were newly removed from the XenServer during this measurement period Number
Registered_guests Indicates the total number of virtual machines that have been registered with the XenServer Number  
Running_guests Indicates the total number of virtual machines that are currently running Number  
Suspended_guests Indicates the total number of virtual machines that have been suspended Number You can suspend a XenVM, saving its state to a file. This allows you to shut down the physical XenServer host and later, after rebooting it, return the XenVM to its original running state.
Halted_guests Indicates the number of guests that were stopped Number  
Guests_with_users Indicates the number of powered on guests with users logged in. Number This measure is applicable only to Xen_desktop_server component.

To know which guests the users have logged into, use the detailed diagnosis capability of this measure (if enabled).
Guests_without_users Indicates the number of powered on guests with users logged in. Number This measure is applicable only to Xen_desktop_server component.
Dead_beef_guests Indicates the number of VMs that were in hung/dead state. Number The value of this measure should be zero. A non-zero value of this measure indicates that one or more VMs are crashed/hung/dead in the environment. These VMs will be unavailable for users until the VMs are rebooted.