Desktop Sessions Details Test
A user logged into a physical desktop does not imply active usage of that desktop. In a physical infrastructure, sometimes, 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. If administrators can quickly identify these idle users and the desktops they are logged into, they can easily locate unproductive resources. The Desktop Sessions Details test turns the spotlight on these idle users. For each user session on a 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.
Target of the test : A Physical Desktop Group
Agent deploying the test : A remote agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for every user who is currently logged into a physical desktop.
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Test Period |
How often should the test be executed. |
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Host |
The nick name of the Physical Desktop Group component for which this test is to be configured. |
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Port |
Refers to the port at which the specified host listens to. By default, this is NULL. |
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Inside View Using |
To obtain the 'inside view' of performance of the desktops - i.e., to measure the internal performance of the physical desktops - this test uses a light-weight eG VM Agent software deployed on each of the desktops. Accordingly, this parameter is by default set to eG VM Agent. |
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Report Powered OS |
If this flag is set to Yes (which is the default setting), then this test will report measures for even those physical desktops that do not have any users logged in currently. Such desktops will be identified by their physicalmachinename and not by the username_on_physicalmachinename. On the other hand, if this flag is set to No, then this test will not report measures for those physical desktops to which no users are logged in currently. |
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Report By User |
This flag is set to Yes by default. This implies that the physical machines in environments will always be identified using the login name of the user. In other words, this test will, by default, report measures for every username_on_physicalmachinename. when a user is logged in then we use user name on VM else vm name. |
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Idle Time |
Specify the time duration (in minutes) of inactivity beyond which a session is considered to be “idle” by this test. By default, this parameter is set to 30 (minutes). This implies that by default, the test counts all sessions that have been inactive for over 30 minutes as idle sessions. |
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Total time in session |
Indicates the time that has elapsed since this user logged into this desktop. |
Mins |
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Active time in last measure period |
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. |
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Time since last activity |
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. |
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Total idle time in session |
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 time in session 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 time in session 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 time in session measure for a user, it means that the user has been active for most part of the session. |
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Is session idle for a long time? |
Indicates whether/not the session established by this user is idle for longer time than the time specified against the Idle Time parameter. |
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The table below indicates the values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric equivalents:
Note: By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values while indicating whether this user's session is idle for longer time. However, in the graph of this measure, this will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalent only. |
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Is user in teams call? |
Indicates whether/not this user is currently on teams call. |
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The table below indicates the values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric equivalents:
Note: By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values while indicating whether this user is currently on teams call or not. However, in the graph of this measure, this will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalent only. |
