Default Parameters for VmgCtxXcXAEuemTest

With the VmgCtxXcXAEuemTest, administrators can receive deep visibility into the virtual desktop end of the Citrix logon process. This test takes an administrator into the virtual desktop, reveals the users who are currently logged on to the virtual desktop, and accurately reports the average time it took for the sessions of each user to start inside the virtual desktop. This way, administrators can rapidly identify which user's sessions are experiencing undue start-up delays.

In addition, the test also provides a break-up of the session start-up duration. This way, the test precisely pinpoints where the delay occurred - when user credentials were obtained? when credentials were validated? during profile loading? during login script execution? when mapping drives or creating printers?

For this purpose, the test categorizes its metrics into client start-up metrics and server start-up metrics.

The client start-up metrics are concerned with timing the operations that occur from the point when the user requests for access to a virtual desktop to the point at which a connection to the virtual desktop is established. While connection-brokering mechanisms involve components that are not on the physical client device, the tasks these systems perform have a direct impact on the performance of the connection start-up and are recorded as part of the client-side process.

The server start-up metrics are concerned with timing the operations that occur when creating a new session on the virtual desktop. This includes user authentication, client device mapping, profile loading, login scripts execution, and finally, starting the user's desktop.

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

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

• To obtain the ‘inside view’ of performance of the cloud -hosted Windows desktops - i.e., to measure the internal performance of the Windows virtual desktops - this test uses a light -weight eGVMAgent software deployed on each of the desktops. Accordingly, Inside View Using parameter is by default set to eGVMAgent (Windows).

• Report Powered OS flag is relevant only for those tests that are mapped to the Inside View of Desktops layer. If this flag is set to Yes (which is the default setting), then the ‘inside view’ tests will report measures for even those Windows virtual desktops that do not have any users logged in currently. Such desktops will be identified by their name and not by the username_on_virtualdesktopname. On the other hand, if this flag is set to No, then this test will not report measures for those Windows virtual desktops to which no users are logged in currently.

• Report By User flag is set to Yes by default. The value of this flag cannot be changed. This implies that the virtual machines in VDI environments will always be identified using the login name of the user. In other words, in VDI environments, this test will, by default, report measures for every username_on_virtualmachinename.

• Since this test runs for a ‘Cloud Desktops’ component, Is Cloud VMs flag is set to Yes by default.

• By default, Report Using ManagerTime flag is set to Yes. This indicates that, by default, the detailed diagnosis of this test will report time stamps in the manager’s time zone. If this flag is set to No, then these time stamps are shown in the time zone of the system where the agent is running.

• Specify the profile quota size (in MB) in ProfileSizeLimit text box. The default value is 500 MB. This means that, by default, the test will consider a user's profile as ‘large’ only if it is of a size higher than 500 MB. By default, the Is the user's profile size large? measure will report the value Yes, only if that user's profile is of a size greater than 500 MB. If you want to change when a user's profile is to be considered as a 'large profile', then change the value of this parameter accordingly.

• Specify the file quota size (in MB) in FilesizeLimit text box. The default size is 100 MB. This means that, by default, the test will consider all files that are of a size greater than 100 MB as 'large files'. The count and names of such files will alone be displayed, by default, as the value and detailed diagnosis (respectively) of the Large files in user's profile measure. If you want to change when a file is to be considered as a 'large file', then change the value of this parameter accordingly.

• By default, when this test computes the size of a profile, it automatically excludes the following folders and their sub-folders from the computation: AppData\Local, AppData\LocalLow, Recycle.Bin, SkyDrive ,WorkFolders. If need be, you can choose to include one/more of these default folders when computing the profile size; for this, all you need to do is remove those specific folders from the default Exclude Folders specification. For example, to include the SkyDrive and WorkFolders folders, simply remove them from the default specification above. Also, if required, you can exclude more folders from the profile size computation, by appending the corresponding folder names / folder name patterns to this default list. For instance, your specification can be: AppData\Local,AppData\LocalLow,Recycle.Bin,SkyDrive,WorkFolders, *Backup*,Favo*,*Desktop. In the case of this sample specification, in addition to the default list of excluded folders, all folders with names that embed the string Backup, with names that begin with the string Favo, and with names that end with the string Desktop, will be excluded from size computation. Moreover, all sub-folders within these folders will also be ignored during size computation.

• 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.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will 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.