Agents Administration - Tests
 

Configuration of AppVolLicenseTest

This test reports the validity of the license, the count of user licenses allocated and the user licenses used. In addition, this test reports the count of terminal users, server and desktop licenses allocated and the usage of the terminal user licenses, server and desktop licenses in detail. On the basis of these usage values, the test also auto-computes and reports the overall individual license usage percentage, thus proactively alerting to any potential license shortage. Using this test administrators can easily detect an impending license expiry.

The default parameters associated with this test are as follows:

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

  • Specify the IP address of the HOST textbox for which this test is to be configured.

  • Specify the PORT at which HOST listens. By default, this is set to 3443.

  • By default, the eG agent uses the RESTful APIs to collect the metrics from the target VMware App Volumes Manager. To be able to connect to the RESTful API, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user belonging to an active directory group that is vested with the Administrators (Read only) rights. Specify the credentials of such a user in the APPVOL USER text box. To know how to assign the Administrators (Read only) role to an active directory group, click here.

  • Specify the APPVOL PASSWORD password that corresponds to the APPVOL USER.

  • Confirm the APPVOL PASSWORD by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  • By default, in most virtualized environments, the VMware App Volumes Manager listens on port 3443 irrespective of being SSL#45;enabled or not. This implies that while monitoring the target VMware App Volumes Manager , the eG agent, by default, connects to port 3443 of the VMware App Volumes Manager to pull out metrics. Accordingly, the WEBPORT parameter is set to 3443. In some environments however, the default port 3443 might not apply. In such a case, against the WEBPORT parameter, you can specify the exact port at which the VMware App Volumes Manager in your environment listens so that the eG agent communicates with that port.

  • Set the SSL flag to Yes, if SSL (Secured Socket Layer) is to be used to connect to the target VMware App Volumes Manager, and No if it is not.

  • To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise suite embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

    • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability

    • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

  • Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing the configuration for specific servers, a “*” beside the text box corresponding to the parameter signifies that these values have to be manually configured by the user. The parameter values that require to be configured will typically be prefixed with a “$” or contain a series of “*”. A value of “none” in the parameter value indicates that the corresponding parameter value can be changed if required.