Citrix Server monitor

Use this monitor to measure statistics related to the Citrix MetaFrame XP server during the performance test run, enabling you to watch server loading for performance, availability, and capacity planning.

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Configure the Citrix monitoring environment

This task describes how to configure the monitoring environment for the Citrix Server monitor.

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Set up the Citrix Server monitor

This task describes how to set up the Citrix Server monitor.

1. Prerequisites

   Make sure that you have set up the monitoring environment as described in Configure the Citrix monitoring environment.

2. Select a resources folder.

   Select a resources folder for the monitor profile in the resources tree, or create a new folder as follows:

   1. In the top banner, click the module name or the dropdown arrow and select Assets > Monitors.

   2. Click the New Folder button and enter a name for the monitor resources folder.

3. Create a monitor profile.

   1. Click the New Monitor Profile button , and make sure Monitor Profile is selected.

   2. Enter a name and optional description for the monitor profile, and click Save. An empty monitor profile is added to the selected resources folder.

   3. Select the monitor profile you just added and click the Add Monitor button .

   4. In the Monitor Type Selection tab, select the Citrix Server monitor type and click Next.

   5. In the Monitor Definition tab, enter the server details:

      UI Elements	Description
      Server	The name or IP address of the server whose resources you want to monitor. For a list of the supported formats, see the Support Matrix.
      User Name	The monitored server's user name, if relevant.
      Password	The monitored server's password, if relevant.

   6. Click Get Counters to display a list of available metrics and counters, and select the relevant measurements that you want to monitor.

      The following sections describe some of the counters that can be measured.

      Non-Virtual Counters

      The following table describes non-virtual counters:

      Measurement	Description
      % Disk Time	The percentage of elapsed time that the selected disk drive services read or write requests.
      % Processor Time	The percentage of time that the processor runs a non-Idle thread. This counter is a primary indicator of processor activity. It is calculated by measuring the time that the processor spends running the thread of the Idle process in each sample interval, and subtracting that value from 100%. (Each processor has an Idle thread which consumes cycles when no other threads are ready to run.) It can be viewed as the percentage of the sample interval spent doing useful work. This counter displays the average percentage of busy time observed during the sample interval. It is calculated by monitoring the time the service was inactive, and then subtracting that value from 100%.
      File data Operations/sec	The rate that the computer issues Read and Write operations to file system devices. This does not include File Control Operations.
      Interrupts/sec	The average number of hardware interrupts the processor receives and services per second. It does not include DPCs, which are counted separately. This value is an indirect indicator of the activity of devices that generate interrupts, such as the system clock, the mouse, disk drivers, data communication lines, network interface cards and other peripheral devices. These devices normally interrupt the processor when they have completed a task or require attention. Normal thread running is suspended during interrupts. Most system clocks interrupt the processor every 10 milliseconds, creating a background of interrupt activity. This counter displays the difference between the values observed in the last two samples, divided by the duration of the sample interval.
      Output Session Line Speed	This value represents the line speed from server to client for a session in bps.
      Input Session Line Speed	This value represents the line speed from client to server for a session in bps.
      Page Faults/sec	A count of the Page Faults in the processor. A page fault occurs when a process refers to a virtual memory page that is not in its Working Set in main memory. A Page Fault does not result in the page being fetched from disk if a page is on the standby list, and hence already in main memory, or if it is in use by another process with whom the page is shared.
      Pages/sec	The number of pages read from the disk or written to the disk to resolve memory references to pages that were not in memory at the time of the reference. This is the sum of Pages Input/sec and Pages Output/sec. This counter includes paging traffic on behalf of the system Cache to access file data for applications. This value also includes the pages to/from non-cached mapped memory files. This is the primary counter to observe if you are concerned about excessive memory pressure (that is, thrashing), and the excessive paging that may result.
      Pool Nonpaged Bytes	The number of bytes in the Nonpaged Pool, a system memory area where space is acquired by operating system components as they accomplish their appointed tasks. Nonpaged Pool pages cannot be paged out to the paging file, but instead remain in main memory as long as they are allocated.
      Private Bytes	The current number of bytes this process has allocated that cannot be shared with other processes.
      Processor Queue Length	The instantaneous length of the processor queue in units of threads. This counter is always 0 unless you are also monitoring a thread counter. All processors use a single queue in which threads wait for processor cycles. This length does not include the threads that are currently running. A sustained processor queue length greater than two usually indicates processor congestion. This is an instantaneous count, not an average over the time interval.
      Threads	The number of threads in the computer at the time of data collection. Notice that this is an instantaneous count, not an average over the time interval. A thread is the basic executable entity that can perform instructions in a processor.
      Latency – Session Average	This value represents the average client latency over the life of a session.
      Latency – Last Recorded	This value represents the last recorded latency measurement for this session.
      Latency – Session Deviation	This value represents the difference between the minimum and maximum measured values for a session.
      Input Session Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic for a session in bps.
      Input Session Compression	This value represents the compression ratio for client to server traffic for a session.
      Output Session Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic for a session in bps.
      Output Session Compression	This value represents the compression ratio for server to client traffic for a session.
      Output Session Linespeed	This value represents the line speed from server to client for a session in bps.

      Virtual Channel Counters

      The following table describes virtual channel counters:

      Measurement	Description
      Input Audio Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the audio mapping channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Clipboard Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the clipboard mapping channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input COM1 Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the COM1 channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input COM2 Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the COM2 channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input COM Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the COM channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Control Channel Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the ICA control channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Drive Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the client drive mapping channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Font Data Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the local text echo font and keyboard layout channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Licensing Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the licensing channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input LPT1 Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the LPT1 channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input LPT2 Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the LPT2 channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Management Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the client management channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input PN Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the Program Neighborhood channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Printer Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the printer spooler channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Seamless Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the Seamless channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Text Echo Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the local text echo data channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input Thinwire Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the Thinwire (graphics) channel. This is measured in bps.
      Input VideoFrame Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from client to server traffic on the VideoFrame channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Audio Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the audio mapping channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Clipboard Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the clipboard mapping channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output COM1 Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the COM1 channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output COM2 Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the COM2 channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output COM Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the COM channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Control Channel Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the ICA control channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Drive Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the client drive channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Font Data Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the local text echo font and keyboard layout channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Licensing Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the licensing channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output LPT1 Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the LPT1 channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output LPT2 Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the LPT2 channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Management Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the client management channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output PN Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the Program Neighborhood channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Printer Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the printer spooler channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Seamless Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the Seamless channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Text Echo Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the local text echo data channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output Thinwire Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the Thinwire (graphics) channel. This is measured in bps.
      Output VideoFrame Bandwidth	This value represents the bandwidth from server to client traffic on the VideoFrame channel. This is measured in bps.

   7. Click Save. The monitor details are displayed in the Monitors tab for the selected monitor profile.

4. Associate the monitor with your test.

   For details, see Step 3: Associate monitors with your test.

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See also:

• Monitors