eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by CtxXcXDBrokerTest

Controllers are server machines running instances of the broker service. The broker service is responsible for the brokering of user sessions to desktops or applications, and for power management of the underlying machines. An operational site must contain at least one Controller.

This test auto-discovers the Desktop Delivery Controllers configured within a site, and reports the current status of each controller and the count of machines registered with every controller. The test also reveals the current status of the licensing server on each controller. This helps administrators to re-allocate additional set of licenses on the Citrix License server and restart licensing services if the state of the licensing server was either not connected or failed or was found to be incompatible.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Broker_state Indicates the current state of this desktop delivery controller (broker).   This test reports one of the following values to indicate the current state of a destop delivery controller:

  • Active - Indicates that the broker is powered-on and fully operational

  • On - Indicates that the broker is powered-on, but not fully operational

  • Failed - Indicates that the broker has failed due to some reason

  • Off - Indicates that the broker is powered-off

The numeric values that correspond to the above-mentioned states are as follows:

State Numeric Value
Active 1
On 2
Failed 3
Off 4

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the current state of a broker. However, the graph of this measure will represent states using the corresponding numeric equivalents - i.e., 1 to 4.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure reveals when the controller was last accessed, when it was last started, the zone to which the controller belongs, and also displays the site services that were active on the controller during its last access.

Registered_desktops Indicates the number of machines that are currently registered with this broker. Number  
Licensing_Server_State Indicates the current state of the licensing server on this desktop delivery controller (broker).   The numeric values that correspond to the above-mentioned states are as follows:

State Numeric Value
Ok 1
License Expired 2
Not connected 3
Server Not Specified 4
License Not Installed 5
Incompatible 6
Failed 7

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the current state of the licensing server on a broker. However, the graph of this measure will represent states using the corresponding numeric equivalents - i.e., 1 to 7.