Default Parameters for CtxXcXAWemCpuTest

To obtain a clear picture of the impact of CPU management features of WEM on XenApp / XenDesktop VM performance, you can use the CtxXcXAWemCpuTest test. This test reports the total number of processes and the unique processes that are affected by CPU spike protection feature. These metrics help you find out how many CPU-intensive processes are currently running in the environment. In the process, this test also reveals the configured CPU usage limit, how long the CPU usage limit is being violated by the processes and how long the processes are at lower priority due to violation of CPU usage limit. This way, the test alerts you if the priority of any process has been reduced because of CPU Spikes Protection. Besides, this tests also captures the count of processes that have been throttled owing to CPU clamping.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the CtxXcXAWemCpuTest .

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed. By default, this is 5 minutes.

• The DD FREQUENCY refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD FREQUENCY.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.