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Default Parameters for PVSStoreTest

For every vDisk in a store, this test reports whether/not that vDisk is active, locked, and mapped to target devices. If mapped, the test additionally reports the number of devices to which that vDisk is mapped. This way, the test promptly alerts administrators to the abnormal state of a vDisk and also informs administrators as to how many devices will be affected by this abnormality. Additionally, the test also periodically reports the write cache size and type of every vDisk, thus quickly intimating administrators of unexpected growth in the write-cache size, and enabling them to rapidly initiate investigations.

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

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

  • This test executes commands using the Management Command Line Interface (MCLI) of the Provisioning server to collect the required metrics. To enable the test to execute the commands, the eG agent, by default, auto-discovers the full path MCLI.exe on the target Provisioning server. This is why, the MCLI PATH is set to none by default. If, for some reason, the eG agent is unable to auto-discover the MCLI path, then you will have to manually specify the path here using the following pointers:

    • Typically, in a 32-bit Windows system, the MCLI.exe will be available in the following location by default: <System_Root>\Program Files\Citrix\Provisioning Services Console
    • In a 64-bit Windows system on the other hand, the MCLI.exe will be available in the following location by default: <System_Root>\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Provisioning Services Console

  • To report farm-related metrics, this test should run using the credentials of a user who fulfills the following requirements:

    • Should belong to a Security group with ‘Farm Administrator’ access.

    • Should be assigned the Allow log on locally security privilege on the Provisioning server host.

    To know the steps for assigning such privileges to a user, click here.

    Once you assigned the aforesaid previleges to the user, then configure this test with the DOMAIN NAME, DOMAIN USER, and DOMAIN PASSWORD of the same user.

  • By default, the LOCAL HOST ONLY flag is set to Yes. This implies that, by default, the test reports metrics for the target server that is being monitored. Setting the flag to No ensures that the test auto-discovers all the servers that are part of the PVS farm, and reports metrics for each server in the PVS farm.

  • Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the Update button will 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.