The DesktopGroupsTest auto-discovers the desktop groups managed by each DDC and reports the powered-on status, registration status, and usage of the each type of desktop within each group. This page appears by clicking the Configure / Component button corresponding to the DesktopGroupsTest in the AGENTS - TESTS CONFIGURATION page. Here, the discovered servers that need to be configured for this test are available in the COMPONENTS WITH DEFAULT CONFIGURATION section. Select the required server from this box and click the Configure button at the bottom to configure the parameters pertaining to this test. The default parameters associated with this will be displayed at the bottom of this page.

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

• In the HOST text box, the host name of the server for which the test is to be configured has to be specified.

• In the PORT text box, enter the port at which the specified HOST listens. The default port is 80.

• This test collects the desired metrics using the Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller PowerShell SDK. To enable the test to access the SDK for executing scripts, provide the full path to the PowerShell console in the XEN PS CONSOLE FILE PATH. For instance, your path specification can be: C:\Program Files\Citrix\Desktop Delivery Controller\Powershell\XdCommands.psc1.

• Provide the IP address of the server that hosts the main delivery controller component in your farm (i.e., the farm master), in the ADMIN SERVER text box. By default, the HOST IP will be displayed here.

• 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 and the selected server will move over to the CONFIGURED COMPONENTS panel.

• The test parameters for an already configured server can be reconfigured using the Reconfigure button. The parameter configuration page reappears and the required changes can be made to the existing values of the parameters.

• If the test under consideration is not to be executed for any of the configured servers, they can be removed from the list using the Exclude button doing which will move the server to the EXCLUDED COMPONENTS panel.

• Clicking on the Include button in this panel will add the excluded server to the list of servers to be configured.

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.

The Back button enables the user to go back to the previous screen.