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Foglight for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 5.6.16.1 - User Guide

Getting Started Setting Up Data Collection Agents Monitoring the Performance of your XenDesktop Environment

Configuring XenDesktop Agent Configuration Properties

The XenDesktop Agent Configuration properties specify general settings the agent needs to connect to the monitored environment.
Figure 27. Configuration properties
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Delivery Controller Hostname: The name of the machine hosting the XenDesktop site.
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Collect Process Performance Information: Select this check box if you want the XenDesktop agent to collect process metrics.

Configuring XenDesktop or NetScaler Agent Data Collection Scheduler Properties

The Data Collection Scheduled properties allow you to adjust the frequency at which the XenDesktop or NetScaler Agent collects data from the monitored system.
Figure 28. Data Collection Scheduled properties
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Collector Config: A list identifying the data collectors the agent uses. Each entry in the list includes the following columns, allowing you to adjust the data collection settings for each individual collector:
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Collector Name: The name of the collector: XenDesktop Data Collection.
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Default Collection Interval: The length of the default collection interval.
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Time Unit: The time unit for measuring the default collection interval: milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, or days.
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Fast-Mode Collection Interval: The length of the collection interval when the agent is running in fast mode.
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Fast-Mode Time Unit: The time unit of the collection interval when the agent is running in fast mode.
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Fast-Mode Max Count: The maximum count of entries when the agent is running in fast mode.

Configuring NetScaler Agent Configuration Properties

The Configuration properties specify general settings the NetScaler Agent needs to connect to the NetScaler® gateway and to collect AppFlow® data.
Figure 29. Configuration properties
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NetScaler Config: A list identifying the monitored NetScaler gateways. Each entry in the list contains the following column:
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NetScaler’s Ip: The NetScaler IP address.
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Username: The user name required to access NetScaler.
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Password: The password of the user account required to access NetScaler.
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Sending IP: The IP address from which NetScaler uses to send NetFlow packets.
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fglAM IP: The IP address the Agent Manager uses to receive incoming data.
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VPN Servers: Monitored NetScaler Gateway servers.
 

Monitoring the Performance of your XenDesktop Environment

When you deploy Foglight™ for XenDesktop and XenApp and set up the monitoring agents for data collection, the XenDesktop Environment dashboard enables you to review the performance of your environment at a glance. use this dashboard to ensure consistent application performance, by drilling down for details about individual components, to look for the indicators of performance degradation, such as high CPU load or network utilization.
A typical XenDesktop® environment contains a set of servers, delivery groups, desktops, and applications. You can view the overall state of these components on the XenDesktop Environment dashboard. To access this dashboard, under Dashboards, click XenDesktop.
Figure 30. XenDesktop Environment dashboard
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Exploring the XenDesktop Environment dashboard
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Activating Foglight for XenDesktop and XenApp Licenses
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Investigating the Performance of XenDesktop Infrastructure Components
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Monitoring Desktops
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Monitoring Applications
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Monitoring Sessions
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Monitoring Users
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Monitoring Delivery Groups
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Monitoring vSphere Resources
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Viewing Object Dependencies
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Reviewing Frequently Asked Questions
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Generating Reports
Exploring the XenDesktop Environment dashboard
The XenDesktop Environment dashboard provides a set of tabs, each displaying a different aspect of your monitored system.
Figure 31. XenDesktop Environment tabs
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Monitoring: Use this tab to review data specific to the main components of your monitored environment such as servers, delivery groups, desktops, applications, sessions, or vSphere resources. When you navigate to the XenDesktop Environment dashboard for the first time, the Monitoring tab appears open. This tab provides an overall summary of your monitored environment. It is described in this section.
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Reports: Use this tab to run and schedule Foglight for XenDesktop and XenApp reports. For more information, see Generating Reports.
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FAQts: Use this tab to review the answers to common questions about your monitored systems. For more information, see Reviewing Frequently Asked Questions.
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Administration: Use this tab to discover XenDesktop® hosts, and to manage XenDesktop Agent instances. For more information, see Setting Up Data Collection Agents .
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Getting Started: Use this tab to activate, purchase, or renew your Foglight license. For more information, see Activating Foglight for XenDesktop and XenApp Licenses.
Selecting Monitored Objects
A set of tiles along the top of the Monitoring tab gives you a quick overview of the monitored objects: servers, delivery groups, desktops, applications, sessions, and vSphere® resources. Each tile represents a collection of a specific object type, shows the object count, and the count of objects in each alarm state (Normal, Warning, Critical, and Fatal).
Figure 32. Tiles representing monitored objects
The Quick View appearing immediately below the tiles allows you to select a specific instance of the tile selection. From here, you can drill down on a desired object instance, and review the related monitoring metrics.
Figure 33. Drilling down on object in Quick View
Observing Alarms
If any alarms are generated against certain types of monitored objects, they appear on the Monitoring tab, along the bottom of the summary view on the right. Drill down on an alarm to find out what triggered it, and to take steps to investigate further.
Figure 34. Drilling down on alarm
For complete information about alarms in Foglight™ for XenDesktop and XenApp, see the Foglight for XenDesktop and XenApp User Guide.
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