When monitoring XenDesktop on XenServer, take note of the tools mentioned in the following sections:
XenCenter is the GUI application that is used to manage and monitor XenServer. XenCenter runs on a Windows OS either on a physical or virtual machine. Not only is this an easy to use interface for creating resources, it contains valuable metrics for performance management, including some easy to read graphs. Complete details on XenCenter performance graphs can be found in the XenCenter Help. The metrics available in XenCenter provide valuable insight into memory CPU, network, and storage performance:
When monitoring XenDesktop on XenServer, take note of the following CLI tools.
XenServer uses Round Robin Databases (RRDs) to store performance metrics which consist of multiple Round Robin Archives (RRAs)—circular buffers with predefined capacity.
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More information on RRDs can be found at http://bit.ly/xenrrds.
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