In our last chapter, we discussed the XenDesktop services architecture, the communication flow between XenDesktop services, common issues, and the difficulties one can encounter while troubleshooting and resolving services related issues. We will now focus on troubleshooting performance issues related to the XenDesktop infrastructure. Troubleshooting and resolving performance issues can become a nightmare for administrators if they are not diagnosed with the right approach.
The ultimate goal of this chapter is to understand the basics of performance parameters, details of sizing for the environment, and troubleshooting performance issues using Citrix and third-party tools.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
Getting a grip on the performance parameters
Understanding sizing requirements
Capturing performance data—working with Perfmon, QSlice, and Process Explorer
Using Xperf or Windows Performance Analyzer