eG - Monitoring
 

Measures reported by VmgSessionActTest

A user logged into a virtual/physical desktop does not imply active usage of that desktop. In a VDI infrastructure, it is common for users to just log into desktops, and leave them unused for long time periods. Such desktops are a huge resource drain, as they continue to consume resources, regardless of the level of activity on them. Idle users themselves are unproductive resources. Besides, since these users unnecessarily hold on to desktops, users with genuine needs may not have any desktops to work with. If administrators can quickly identify these idle users and the desktops they are logged into, they can rapidly pull the desktops from such users and assign them to users who can use them effectively. The VmgSessionActTest test turns the spotlight on these idle users. For each user session on a virtual/physical desktop, this test reports the total duration of the session and the percentage of time for which the session was active. The test also reports the total idle time during the session. From these statistics, administrators can accurately identify those users who are wasting the desktops assigned and resources allocated to them.

Outputs of the test : : One set of results for every user who is currently logged into a virtual/physical desktop

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Total_session_duration Indicates the time that has elapsed since this user logged into this desktop. Mins  
Idle_time_measureprd Indicates the percentage of time in the last measurement period during which this user actively used this desktop. Percent Ideally, the value of this measure should be 100%. A low value for this measure denotes a high level of inactivity recently.
Idle_time_duration Indicates the time that has elapsed since this user performed an action on this desktop. Mins A high value for this measure indicates that the user has been idle for a long time. Compare the value of this measure across users to know which user has been idle for the longest time.
Total_idle_duration Indicates the total time for which this user was idle during the session. Mins If the value of this measure is the same as the value of the Total_session_duration measure for a user, it means that the user has been idle throughout the session.

If the value of this measure is close to the value of the Total_session_duration measure for a user, it implies that the user has been idle for a long time.

If the value of this measure is much lesser than the value of the Total_session_duration measure for a user, it means that the user has been active for most part of the session.
Is_idle_above_limit Indicates whether/not the session has been idle beyond the time duration specified against the Idle Time parameter.   The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are discussed in the table above:

Measure Value Numeric Value
No 0
Yes 1

Note:

By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above. In the graph of this measure however, the value of this measure is represented using their numeric equivalents only.