Configuration of CtxSFSimTest

Using this test administrators can measure the logon experience of users connecting via Citrix StoreFront. This test emulates accesses to specific resources such as applications/desktops published on StoreFront. In the process, the availability, authentication, and enumeration of each application and/or desktop is reported. These metrics offer insights into certain key factors that may influence a StoreFront user's logon experience. This includes the availability and responsiveness of the StoreFront home configuration, the authentication method, the availability of the ICA file and the time taken to download it, and more! These statistics help Citrix administrators to track the complete journey of a Citrix StoreFront user through the Citrix application/desktop delivery landscape and accurately isolate bottlenecks prior to launching the application/desktop.

The default parameters associated with this test are:

• 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 for which this test is to be configured in the HOST text box.

• Specify the port number at which the specified host listens to in the PORT text box. By default, this is 443.

• Specify the URL of the target Citrix StoreFront server being accessed in the STOREFRONT URL text box. For instance, you can specify the URL in the following format: http://192.168.9.17/citrix/store.

• Here, provide a comma-separated list of Published resources to be launched in PUBLISHED RESOURCE NAMES. The resource can be an application / desktop. When providing application/desktop names, make sure you provide the same name using which the applications/desktops are displayed in the StoreFront web console. Also, make sure that the User you specify is authorized to launch all the applications/desktops configured in the comma-separated list of Published resources

• To enable you to log into a Citrix farm via StoreFront and launch a resource, provide the DOMAIN, USER NAME and PASSWORD of a user who has the right to launch all the resources specified against Published Resource Names parameter. Then, confirm the Password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• WEB REQUEST TIMEOUT is used to indicate the duration (in seconds) for which this test should wait for a response from the StoreFront for the web request. By default, this is set to 30 seconds.

• To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, eG 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, by default, for a particular server, choose the On option against DETAILED DIAGNOSIS. 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 bad and normal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

• If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

• 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.