eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by CtxXcXDDesktopsTest

XenDesktop 7 supports two types of Delivery Agents: one for Windows Server OS machines and one for Windows Desktop OS machines. Desktop OS Machines are VMs or physical machines based on the Windows Desktop operating system used for delivering personalized desktops to users, or applications from desktop operating systems.

Delivery groups consist of virtual desktops and applications that are pooled, pre-assigned, or assigned on first use. Each group can contain only one type of desktop or application.

To track the status of desktop OS machines in each delivery group configured in a site, use the CtxXcXDDesktopsTest test.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Total_machines Indicates the total number of machines in this group. Number  
Preparing_machines Indicates the number of machines in this group that are currently preparing sessions for users. Number  
Pending_update_machines Indicates the number of machines managed by this delivery group to which updates are currently pending. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are awaiting updates.
Maintenance_machines Indicates the number of machines in this group that are currently under maintenance. Number  
Powered_on_machines Indicates the number of machines in this desktop group that are currently powered on. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are currently powered on.
Powered_off_machines Indicates the number of machines in this delivery group that are currently powered off. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are currently in the powered off.
Suspended_machines Indicates the number of machines in this delivery group that are currently in the Suspended state. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are currently in the Suspended state.
Unavailable_machines Indicates the number of machines in the following power states:

  • Unavailable
  • Unmanaged
  • Unknown
Number A low value is desired for this measure.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure will reveal the complete details of the unavailable machines, such as, the machine name, IP address, the machine type, the delivery group and catalog to which the machine belongs, the hosting server on which the machine operates, the name of the hypervisor and the controller on which the machine operates, the user who is active on the session, the location at whih the changes made by the user is stored, the provision type of the machine, and the application published on the machine, if the machine is a XenAPP server.

Assigned_machines Indicates the number of machines that are assigned to users in this delivery group. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are assigned to users.
Unassigned_machines Indicates the number of machines in this delivery group that are not assigned to users. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are not assigned to users.
Resuming_machines Indicates the number of machines in this group that are in the Resume state currently. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which machines are in the Resume state.
Total_sessions Indicates the total number of user sessions to this delivery group. Number  
Desktop_utilization Indicates the percentage of desktops in this delivery group to which users are currently logged in. Percent A value close to 100% indicates that almost all desktops in the group are in use. Under such circumstances, you may want to add more desktops to the group to meet with the demand for desktops.
Unregistered_machines Indicates the number of machines that are configured in this delivery group but are in an unregistered state. Number If a machine is in an unregistered state, it means that registration has not successfully completed for that machine. The value 0 is hence desired for this measure. In case the measure reports a non-zero value, you may want to enable the detailed diagnosis for this measure, so that you can view which machines in the group are unregistered.
Unregistered_machine_pct Indicates the percentage of machines that are configured in this delivery group but are in an unregistered state. Percentage A low value is desired for this measure.
Maintenance_machine_pct Indicates the percentage of machines in this group for which maintenance mode has been enabled. Percentage  
Unmanaged_machines Indicates the number of server OS machines that are currently in the Unmanaged state. Number