Default Parameters for CtxXcXAUserDevTest

With the help of this test, administrators can identify the Citrix Receivers that are in use, determine which user is logging into the Citrix environment using which Receiver, and in the process, figure out if any Receiver-related issues are contributing to a user’s unsatisfactory experience with Citrix.

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

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

• A Citrix XenApp server (v6.5) can run in the controller mode or the worker mode. In the controller mode, the XenApp server can perform all farm management tasks. However, in the worker mode, a XenApp server can only host user sessions.

  By default, the DOMAIN NAME, DOMAIN USER, DOMAIN PASSWORD, and CONFIRM PASSWORD parameters are set to none. If the XenApp server being monitored is the controller in a farm, then this default value will automatically apply. In other words, in this case, you can leave the values of these parameters as none. On the other hand, if the target XenApp server is a worker in the farm, then first, you will have to configure the name of the domain in which the XenApp server operates in the DOMAIN NAME text box. Then, you need to configure the test with the credentials of a user with Citrix Farm Administrator rights, using the DOMAIN USER and DOMAIN PASSWORD text boxes. Finally, you will have to confirm the DOMAIN PASSWORD by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  Note:

  If the XenApp server is a worker in the farm, then, in addition to configuring the DOMAIN NAME, DOMAIN USER, DOMAIN PASSWORD parameters, the following pre-requisites should also be fulfilled for this test to report metrics:

  • Make sure that the Citrix XenApp Commands Remoting service is running in the Controller server.

  • The port 2513 must be open on the Controller server in the farm.

• By default, the REPORT BY DOMAIN NAME flag is set to Yes. This implies that by default, the detailed diagnosis of this test will display the domainname\username of each user who logged into the Citrix server. This way, administrators will be able to quickly determine which user logged in from which domain. If you want the detailed diagnosis to display the username alone, then set this flag to No.

• By default, REPORT BY CLIENT NAME flag is set to No. If set to Yes, this test will report metrics for each client machine from which users logged into the XenApp server - i.e., the host name of the client machines will be the descriptors of this test. In this case therefore, the User name column of the detailed diagnosis of this test will indicate the names of the users who logged into the XenApp server.

• By default, the REPORT BY RECEIVER TYPE flag is set to No. This implies that by default, this test will report one set of metrics for every client version. To make sure that the test reports metrics for each client type instead, set this flag to Yes.

• The DD FREQUENCY 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 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.