Configuration of CtxXcXDFConnTest

This test monitors the user connections to each delivery group in a site, promptly detects connection failures, and accurately indicates what caused the failure - is it due to a problem at the client side? is it owing to configuration errors? is it because of machine failures? is it due to the exhaustion of delivery group capacity? Or is it due to the absence of a license?

The default parameters associated with this test are:

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

• Specify the host for which the test is to be configured, in the HOST text box.

• Enter the port number at which the specified HOST listens to in the PORT text box. By default, this is 80.

• In the CONTROLLER IP ADDRESS text box, specify the IP address of the delivery controller (i.e., broker) in the site with which the eG agent should communicate for collecting performance metrics.

• Specify the port number of the delivery controller (i.e., broker) in the site with which the eG agent should communicate for collecting performance metrics in the CONTROLLER PORT text box.

• To connect to a delivery controller in a site and pull out metrics from it, the eG agent requires Farm Administrator rights. In order to configure the eG agent with Farm Administrator privileges, specify the DOMAIN to which the target controller belongs and enter the credentials of the Farm Administrator in the USERNAME and PASSWORD text boxes.This user should also be assigned the Allow log on locally security privilege on the Citrix XA/XD Site 7.x host. The steps for assigning the Allow log on locally security privilege are as follows:

  • Go to the Control Panel in the host.

  • From the list of control panel items, click the Administrative Tools to view the set of tools available for system administrators and advanced users.

  • Upon selecting the Local Security Policy tool in the Administrative Tools location, the Local Security Policy settings console will appear.

  • Next, navigate to the User Rights Assignment node in the Local Policies tree in the left panel of the settings console. This will display the security policies corresponding to the user rights in the right panel.

  • Now, select the Allow log on locally policy to assign the security privilege to the user.

• Confirm the PASSWORD by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• In the FULLY QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAME field, specify the fully-qualified name of the domain to which the specified controller belongs.

• Indicate whether/not the controller used for metrics collection is SSL-enabled. By default, the SSL flag is set to Yes.

• If you want the results of this test to be grouped by machine type then set the REPORT BY MACHINE TYPE flag to Yes. In this case therefore, the machine types (desktop or server OS machines) will be the primary descriptors of this test; expanding them will reveal the secondary descriptors - i.e., the delivery groups containing machines of each type. If you want the results of this test to be indexed only by the names of delivery groups, then set this flag to No.

• The 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.

• To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, eG embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test, by default, for a particular server, choose the Onoption against DETAILED DIAGNOSIS. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

  The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability

  • Boththe bad and normal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

• If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

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

When changing the configuration for specific servers, a “*” beside the text box corresponding to the parameter signifies that these values have to be manually configured by the user. The parameter values that require to be configured will typically be prefixed with a “$” or contain a series of “*”. A value of "none" in the parameter value indicates that the corresponding parameter value can be changed if required.