Default Parameters for WVDUserTest

An Azure Virtual Desktop environment is a shared environment in which multiple users connect to a single session host / virtual desktop and access a wide variety of applications. When resources are shared, excessive resource utilization by a single user could impact the performance for other users. Therefore, continuous monitoring of the activities of each and every user on the server is critical. Towards this end, the WVDUserTest assesses the traffic between the user terminal and the chosen session host / Azure Virtual Desktop, and also monitors the resources taken up by a user's session on the AVD. The results of this test can be used in troubleshooting and proactive monitoring. For example, when a user reports a performance problem, an administrator can quickly check the bandwidth usage of the user's session, the CPU/memory/disk usage of this user's session as well as the resource usage of other user sessions. The administrator also has access to details on what processes/applications the user is accessing and their individual resource usage. This information can be used to spot any offending processes/ applications.

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

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

• By default, the REPORT BY DOMAIN NAME flag is set to Yes. This implies that by default, this test will report metrics for each domainname\username logged into the chosen Session Host / Azure Virtual Desktop. This way, administrators will be able to quickly determine which user logged in from which domain. If you want the test to report metrics for the username alone, then set this flag to No.

• By default, the USERNAMES parameter is set to all. This means that the test monitors all users who are logged into a chosen session host, by default. If you want the test to monitor only specific users, then provide a comma-separated list of user names to be monitored, here - for example, john,julie,joanne

• Specify the time duration (in minutes) of inactivity beyond which a session is considered to be “idle” by this test. By default, the IDLE TIME parameter is set to 30 (minutes). This implies that by default, the test counts all sessions that have been inactive for over 30 minutes as idle sessions.

• The DD FREQUENCY parameter 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 above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to 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.