eG Monitoring
 
Measures reported by OraVdiProvTest

Desktop providers encapsulate the details of the underlying virtualization platform. Typically, the Oracle VDI broker manages desktops provided by VMware vSphere/ESX servers, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Oracle VM VirtualBox. By closely monitoring the desktop providers in your Oracle VDI environment, you can promptly isolate the following:

  • Unresponsive providers
  • Providers running resource-intensive desktops
  • Providers running free desktops
  • Providers without any free desktops

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Status Indicates the current status of this desktop provider.   This measure reports one of the following values:

  • OK
  • Unresponsive
  • Error

The table below lists the numeric values that correspond to the states mentioned above:

State Numeric Value
Ok 1
Unresponsive 0
Error 3

Note:

Typically, this measure will report the States indicated in the table above. However, in the graph of this measure, the status of the provider will be represented using the numeric equivalents only - i.e., 1, 0, and 3. Using the detailed diagnosis of this measure, you can determine the provider type.
Enabled Indicates whether/not this desktop provider is enabled.   The table below lists the values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Yes 1
No 0

Note:

Typically, this measure will report the Measure Values indicated in the table above. However, in the graph of this measure, the status of the provider will be represented using the numeric equivalents only.
Num_pools Indicates the number of pools currently assigned to this desktop provider. Number To know the names of the pools, use the detailed diagnosis of this measure.
Num_datacenters Indicates the number of datacenters currently managed by this provider. Number This measure will appear only if the desktop provider is 'VMware' - i.e., only for VMware vSphere/ESX hosts.

To know the names of the datacenters, use the detailed diagnosis of this measure.

Total_desk Indicates the total number of desktops of this desktop provider that are currently managed by the broker. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure will reveal the name of each desktop managed by this provider, the current state of the desktop, the user assigned to the desktop, and the pool to which the desktop belongs.
Used_desk Indicates the number of desktops of this provider that are currently assigned to users. Number  
Free_desk Indicates the number of desktops of this provider that are not currently assigned to users. Number  
Pct_used_desk Indicates the percentage of desktops of this provider that have been assigned to users. Number Comparing the value of this measure across providers will enable you to identify which desktop provider still has free desktops - i.e., desktops that are yet to be assigned to users.
Cpu_used_pct Indicates the percentage of the physical CPU resources of this provider that have been utilized by its desktops. Percent Compare the value of this measure across providers to know which provider runs CPU-intensive desktops. Potential CPU bottlenecks on a provider can thus be proactively isolated.
Cpu_util Indicates the physical CPU usage of the desktops run on this provider in GHz. GHz A high value or a steady increase in this value for a provider is indicative of abnormal CPU usage by the desktops on that provider.
Total_mem Indicates the total physical memory of this desktop provider. MB  
Mem_used_pct Indicates the percentage of physical memory of this provider utilized by the desktops. Percent Compare the value of this measure across providers to determine whether the physical memory resources of any provider is being unduly drained by its desktops.
Num_storage Indicates the number of storages currently assigned to this desktop provider. Number  
Total_capacity Indicates the total storage capacity of this provider. MB  
Storage_use_pct Indicates the percentage of storage capacity used by this provider. Percent Compare the value of this measure across providers to know which provider is consuming the maximum storage space.
Mem_util Indicates the current absolute value of memory usage of the desktops on this provider. MB A high value or a steady increase in this value for a provider is indicative of abnormal memory usage by the desktops on that provider.
Storage_util Indicates the amount of storage space used by this provider. MB A high value or a steady increase in this value for a provider is indicative of very high storage usage by the desktops on this provider.