Configuration of VmgWinUpdteStatTest

Microsoft regularly releases various Windows updates to enhance and protect the Windows operating system. The Windows updates fix newly discovered security holes and bugs, add malware definitions to Windows Defender and Security Essentials utilities, strengthen Office security and add new features/enhancements to the Windows operating system. By installing these updates regularly, you can keep the operating system highly secure, reliable and stable, and can maintain the performance of the operating system at peak. If the operating system is not updated regularly, the critical bugs and security errors may increase vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by the malware or hackers, thus exposing the operating system to malicious attacks and degrading the operating system's performance. To avoid such eventualities, you should regularly check whether the Windows operating system is up-to-date or not. This check can be easily done using the VmgWinUpdteStatTest.

This test continuously monitors the physical desktops and reports the current status of the Windows updates on the Windows operating system hosted by the physical desktops. Besides, this test indicates whether any update is pending for the operating system and whether the Windows system is rebooted or not. In the process, this test also reports the total number of updates to be installed for the operating system and the number of Windows updates of different types at regular intervals.

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 nick name of the target component for which this test is to be configured in the HOST text box.

• Indicate the port at which the host listens to in the PORT text box. By default, this is NULL.

• To obtain the ‘inside view’ of performance of the desktops - i.e., to measure the internal performance of the physical desktops - this test uses a light-weight eG VM Agent software deployed on each of the desktops. Accordingly, INSIDE VIEW USING parameter is by default set to eG VM Agent.

• The REPORT POWERED OS is relevant only for those tests that are mapped to the Physical Desktops Details layer. If this flag is set to Yes (which is the default setting), then the 'inside view' tests will report measures for even those physical desktops that do not have any users logged in currently. Such desktops will be identified by their name and not by the username_on_physicalmachinename. On the other hand, if this flag is set to No, then this test will not report measures for those physical desktops to which no users are logged in currently.

• REPORT BY USER flag is set to Yes by default. This implies that the physical machines in environments will always be identified using the login name of the user. In other words, this test will, by default, report measures for every username_on_physicalmachinename.

• IS CLOUD VMs flag is set to Yes by default. This implies that the physical machines in environments will always be identified using the login name of the user. In other words, this test will, by default, report measures for every username_on_physicalmachinename.

• In large environments where hundreds of desktops have been deployed, the frequent collection of detailed diagnosis information related to the update details of the desktops may increase the processing overheads of the eG agent, and may even choke the eG database. To avoid this, by default, the DD FOR TOTAL UPDATES flag is set to No indicating that this test will not report the detailed diagnostics for the Total Updates Available measure. However, you can set this flag to Yes if you want to collect the detailed diagnostics of the Total Updates Available measure.

• 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.

• To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise 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 for a particular server, choose the On option. 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 normal and abnormal 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.