eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by PoolsUsageTest

In VMware View a Desktop Pool is a managed entity. Within this managed entity you can configure the following options:

  • Virtual Machines that are provided to the Connection Server
    • Automated Pools create virtual machines cloned from a base template
    • Manual Pools based on existing Virtual Machines managed by vCenter
    • Manual Pools based on physical desktops, Blade Workstations or Virtual Machines managed by other Virtualisation Provider
    • Terminal Services Desktop provided by a Terminal Server
  • User that are entitled to connect to Virtual Desktops provided by this Desktop Pool
  • Assign Users to desktops
  • Desktop Pool properties – Automated and Manual Pools have different options
  • Desktop Pool Policies
  • Updates to existing desktops

This allows you to create different desktop pools for different user groups and provide a different service to them. For example for one group you provide floated desktop pools that are not persistent and for another group you will allow persistent desktops. Or one desktop pool is allowed to have Virtual Desktop in local mode and for other you don't allow it. A user can have the choice of different Desktop Pools when he is connecting via his View Client.

This test reports the status of the desktops available in this desktop pool.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Total_desktops Indicates the total number of desktops in this desktop pool. Number  
Actv_desktops Indicates the number of active desktops available in this desktop pool. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure provides the details of active desktops.
Inactv_desktops Indicates the number of inactive desktops available in this desktop pool. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure provides the details of inactive desktops.
Idle_desktops Indicates the total number of idle desktops in this desktop pool. Number Identify the idle desktops by viewing the detailed diagnosis of this measure.
PerInactiveDesk Indicates the percentage of inactive desktops in this desktop pool. Percent  
Desktop_util Indicates the percentage of active desktops that are available in this desktop pool. Percent  
Ready_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are in the READY state currently. Number  
Error_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are in the Error state currently. Number A non-zero value for this measure is a cause for concern, as it indicates that one/more desktops in the pool have experienced an unknown error.
Maintain_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are in the Maintenance mode presently. Number When a desktop is in the Maintenance mode, users cannot log in or use that desktop.
Delete_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in the Deleting state. Number A non-zero value for this measure indicates that one/more desktops in the pool have been marked for deletion, and will be deleted soon.
Customize_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are presently in the Customizing state. Number A non-zero value for this measure indicates that one/more desktops in an automated pool are being customized.
Clone_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in the Provisioning state. Number A non-zero value for this measure indicates that desktops in the pool are being provisioned.
Provision_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in the Provisioned state. Number A non-zero value for this measure indicates that desktops in the pool are being provisioned.
ErrClone_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently experiencing provisioning errors. Number A high value for this measure indicates that many errors occurred during desktop provisioning. This is worrisome and should be investigated.
Unknown_state Indicates the number of desktops in this pool that are currently in an Unknown state. Number Ideally, the value of this measure should be 0.