Default Parameters for TermAppTest

This test reports statistics pertaining to the different applications deployed within the Microsoft RDS server and their usage by its clients.

Note:

This test will report metrics only if the Microsoft RDS server being monitored uses the .Net framework v3.5 (or above).

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

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• By default, all is displayed in the APPS text box, which will auto-discover and monitor all the applications that are running from the Microsoft RDS server client. To monitor specific applications instead, you have to enter a comma separated list of processName:processPattern pairs which identify the applications published on the server being considered. processName is a string that will be used for display purposes only. processPattern is an expression of the form - *expr* or expr or *expr or expr* or *expr1*expr2 *... or expr1*expr2, etc. A leading ‘*’ signifies any number of leading characters, while a trailing ‘*’ signifies any number of trailing characters. The pattern(s) used vary from one application to another and must be configured per application. For example, if a Microsoft Word application has been published on the Microsoft RDS server, then the PROCESS to be specified is: Word:*winword*, where Word is the string to be displayed in the monitor interface, and *winword* is the application's executable. Other special characters such as slashes (\) can also be used while defining the process pattern. For example, if a server's root directory is /home/egurkha/apache and the server executable named httpd exists in the bin directory, then, the process pattern is “ */home/egurkha/apache/bin/httpd *”.

  The test will rediscover the applications every 6th time the test runs.

• By default, the REPORT BY DOMAIN NAME flag is set to Yes. This implies that by default, the detailed diagnosis of this test will display the domainname\username of each user who accessed an application on the server. This way, administrators will be able to quickly determine which user logged into the server from which domain. If you want the detailed diagnosis to display only the username of these users, set this flag to No.

• By default, the ENABLE BROWSER MONITORING flag is set to No, indicating that the eG agent does not monitor browser activity on the Microsoft RDS server. If this flag is set to Yes, then, whenever one/more IE (Internet Explorer) browser instances on the RDS server are accessed, the detailed diagnosis of the Processes running measure will additionally reveal the URL being accessed via each IE instance and the resources consumed by every URL. Armed with this information, administrators can identify the web sites that are responsible for excessive resource usage by an IE instance.

• Using this Show Active Apps Only flag, you can indicate whether the test should monitor all applications or applications that are currently active on the server. By default, this flag is set to Yes, indicating that only the currently active applications will be monitored by the eG agent. To monitor all applications, you need to set this flag to No.

• Once the above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to 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.