eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by CtxXcXDMonTest

The Citrix Monitor Service monitors the Flexcast system. Citrix FlexCast is a delivery technology that allows an IT administrator to personalize virtual desktops to meet the performance, security and flexibility requirements of end users. Currently, there are five different FlexCast models available.

  • Hosted Shared - hosts multiple user desktops on a single server-based operating system.
  • Hosted VDI - provides each user with their own individual desktop operating systems.
  • Streamed VHD - allows Windows 7, Vista, or XP desktops to be run locally on an end user’s desktop computer. Desktops are based on a single golden image and provisioned using Provisioning Services.
  • Local VM – allows Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, or XP desktops to run locally within a hypervisor on the end user’s laptop. The virtual desktop image in its entirety is delivered to the hypervisor to allow for offline connectivity.
  • On-Demand Apps - delivers Windows applications from the data center. Allows software applications to be delivered online or offline. Does not provide end users with a virtual desktop.

This test periodically monitors the load on the Citrix Monitor Service, the connectivity between the service and the database, and the health of transactions performed by the service on the database, so that you can receive real-time updates on the following:

  • The sudden unavailability of connection to the database;
  • A service overload;
  • Failure of transactions to the database;
  • Delays in the completion of transactions on the database

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
DB_avg_trans_time Indicates the average time taken by the service to execute database transactions. Secs Ideally, the value of this measure should be low. A high value indicates that the broker service is taking too much time to execute transactions on the database; this can cause significant delays in connection brokering.
DB_connected Indicates whether the database is connected or not i.e.,whether this service is in contact with the database. Number A value of 1 indicates that the database is connected and a value of 0 indicates that the database is not connected to the Citrix Environment Test Service.

If the database is unavailable, the broker service may not be able to perform critical database transactions; this may adversely impact the user experience with the service and with the broker as a whole.
DB_trans_err Indicates the rate at which the database transactions are failing while the Citrix Monitor Service is executing the transactions. Errors/Sec A low value is desired for this measure.
DB_trans Indicates the rate at which the database transactions are executed by the Citrix Monitor Service. Trans/Sec