Threshold and Availability for VMware Horizon

Once a VMware Horizon is successfully added to your Site24x7 account, you can create a threshold and availability profile, and configure conditions for different metrics for the alarms engine to determine if a specific resource has to be declared critical or down. 

Read on to learn how to:

• Add a threshold and availability profile
• Edit a threshold and availability profile
• Delete a threshold and availability profile
• Associate a threshold profile with a VMware Horizon monitor

Add a threshold and availability profile

1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Click Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
3. Click Add Threshold and Availability on the Add Threshold Profile screen.
4. Specify the following details:
   • Monitor type: Select VMware Horizon monitor from the drop-down list.
   • Display name: Provide a label for identification purposes.
5. From the drop-down menu, choose the desired metrics for which thresholds need to be configured. Enter a value specific to the unit, and set the threshold conditions (<, <=, =, >, or >=) and the monitor state (to be notified as) for each metric. You'll receive alerts when these threshold conditions are violated. For VMware Horizon monitors, you can configure thresholds for the following:
   • Basic Thresholds: Number of Problematic Machines, Problematic Machines of Automated Desktop Pools, Number of View Connection Servers, Number of Desktop Pools, Number of Desktop Pools in Enabled State, Number of Desktop Pools in Disabled State, Number of Machines, Number of Machines in Provisioning Error State, Number of Machines in Error State, Number of Machines in Agent Unreachable State, Number of Machines in Startup Error State, Number of Machines in Agent Disabled State, Number of Machines in Invalid IP State, Number of Machines in Agent Needs Reboot State, Number of Machines in Protocol Failure State, Number of Machines in Domain Failure State, Number of Machines in Configuration Error State, Number of Machines in Maintenance Mode State, and Number of Machines in Unknown State.
   • Automated Desktop Pool Thresholds: Number of Automated Desktop Pools, Number of Automated Desktop Pools in Enabled State, Number of Automated Desktop Pools in Disabled State, Maximum Number of Machines of Automated Desktop Pools, Total Machines of Automated Desktop Pools, Total Sessions of Automated Desktop Pools, Number of Sessions in Connected State from Automated Desktop Pool, Number of Sessions in Disconnected State from Automated Desktop Pool, Number of Sessions in Pending State from Automated Desktop Pool, Number of Machines in Available State of Automated Desktop Pools, Number of Machines in Connected State of Automated Desktop Pools, Number of Machines in Disconnected State of Automated Desktop Pools, Number of Machines in Agent Unreachable State of Automated Desktop Pools, Number of Machines in Customizing State of Automated Desktop Pools, and Number of Machines in Error State of Manual Desktop Pools.
   • Manual Desktop Pool Thresholds: Number of Manual Desktop Pools, Number of Manual Desktop Pools in Enabled State, Number of Manual Desktop Pools in Disabled State, Total Machines of Manual Desktop Pools, Total Sessions of Manual Desktop Pools, Number of Sessions in Connected State from Manual Desktop Pool, Number of Sessions in Disconnected State from Manual Desktop Pool, Number of Sessions in Pending State from Manual Desktop Pool, Number of Machines in Available State of Manual Desktop Pools, Number of Machines in Connected State of Manual Desktop Pools, Number of Machines in Disconnected State of Manual Desktop Pools, Problematic Machines of Manual Desktop Pools, Number of Machines in Agent Unreachable State of Manual Desktop Pools, Number of Machines in Customizing State of Manual Desktop Pools, and Number of Machines in Error State of Manual Desktop Pools.
   • RDS Desktop Pool Thresholds: Number of RDS Desktop Pools, Number of RDS Desktop Pools in Enabled State, Number of RDS Desktop Pools in Disabled State, Total RDS Servers of RDS Desktop Pools, Total Sessions of RDS Desktop Pools, Number of Sessions in Connected State from RDS Desktop Pool, Number of Sessions in Disconnected State from RDS Desktop Pool, Number of Sessions in Pending State from RDS Desktop Pool, Number of RDS Servers in Available State of RDS Desktop Pools, Number of RDS Servers in Agent Unreachable State of RDS Desktop Pools, Number of RDS Servers in Agent Configuration Error State of RDS Desktop Pools, and Number of RDS Servers in Unknown State of RDS Desktop Pools.
   • Session Thresholds: Total Sessions, Number of Sessions in Connected State, Number of Sessions in Disconnected State, Number of Sessions in Pending State, Number of Desktop Sessions, Number of Desktop Sessions in Connected State, Number of Desktop Sessions in Disconnected State, Number of Desktop Sessions in Pending State, Number of Application Sessions, Number of Application Sessions in Connected State, Number of Application Sessions in Disconnected State, Number of Application Sessions in Pending State, Number of Locally Entitled Users Sessions, Number of Locally Entitled Users Desktop Sessions, Number of Locally Entitled Users Application Sessions, Number of Globally Entitled Users Sessions, Number of Globally Entitled Users Desktop Sessions, and Number of Globally Entitled Users Application Sessions.
   • View Connection Server Thresholds: Number of Connections and Connections High-water Mark.
   • vCenter Server Thresholds: Number of View Connection Servers, Number of ESXi Hosts, and Number of Datastores.
   • Security Server Thresholds: Number of Connections Tunneled through Security Server and Number of PColP Secure Gateway Sessions.
   • View Composer Server Threshold: Number of Connections with the Status as Error
   • RDS Server Threshold: Number of RDS Server Sessions
   • Unified Access Gateway Thresholds: Unified Access Gateway Active Connections, Unified Access Gateway PColP Connections, and Unified Access Gateway Blast Connections.
6. Click Save. The threshold and availability profile created for the VMware Horizon monitor will be automatically listed on the Threshold and Availability screen along with any profiles you've already created.

Edit a threshold and availability profile

1. Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
2. Click the profile that you'd like to edit.
3. Edit the necessary parameters in the Edit Threshold Profile window.
4. Click Save.

Delete a threshold and availability profile

1. Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
2. Click the profile that you'd like to delete in the Threshold and Availability screen.
3. This will redirect you to the Edit Threshold Profile window.
4. Click Delete.

Associate a threshold profile with a VMware Horizon monitor

1. Go to VMware > Virtual Desktop Infrastructure > VMware Horizon .
2. Click the hamburger icon next to the desired Cluster monitor, and click Edit.
3. In the Edit VMware Horizon window that opens, under Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability, choose a threshold profile from the drop-down menu. You can also add a new profile, and click Save.