Desktops Agents Test

The Virtual Desktop Agent runs on the computers that host the virtual desktops you want to deliver to your users. This agent enables direct ICA (Independent Computing Architecture) service that manages communication between virtual desktops and user devices. Without this agent, the Delivery Controller - 5 will not be able to communicate with virtual desktops. It is therefore essential to periodically verify the availability of the Virtual Desktop Agent.

This test enables administrators to find out whether a Virtual Desktop Agent is available or not on each virtual desktop within each desktop group managed by the Delivery Controller.

Target of the test : A Citrix Delivery Controller 5.x

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each desktop managed by the target Delivery Controller 5.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The IP address of the host for which this test is to be configured.
Port	Refers to the port at which the specified DDC listens to.
Virtual Desktop Agent port	Specify the port using which the broker connects to the virtual desktops. By default, 80 is displayed here.
Report by Groupname	By default, the Report by Groupname flag is set to Yes, indicating that this test reports a set of measures for every desktopgroup:virtualdesktop combination, by default. To ensure that this test reports a set of measures for every virtualdesktop alone, set this flag to No.
Report by Controllername	By default, this flag is set to Yes. This implies that every desktopgroup:virtualdesktop pair for which this test reports metrics will be prefixed by the controllername as well. Every descriptor will hence be of the following format by default: Controllername->desktopgroup:virtualdesktop. If you want to remove the controllername prefix from the descriptors, then, set this flag to No.
Only Poweredon VMs	By default, the Only Poweredon VMs flag is set to Yes, indicating that this test reports the availability of the virtual desktop agent on powered-on VMs alone. To know the availability of this agent on powered-off VMs as well, set this flag to No.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Desktop agent availability	Indicates whether the Virtual Desktop Agent is available on this virtual desktop within this desktop group.	Percent	While the value 100 indicates that the Virtual Desktop Agent is available to broker requests sent from the Delivery Controller - 5, the value 0 indicates that it is currently unavailable. If a Virtual Desktop Agent is unavailable, the Delivery Controller - 5 will not be able to communicate with the corresponding virtual desktop, thereby affecting the quality of the user experience with the XenDesktop solution.