Resource Manager to EdgeSight migration

I’m sure that most of you know what Resource Manager is for Presentation Server environments. If not then here is a little primer for you to frame the rest of this post. You can use Resource Manager to manage resources on single or multiple computers running XenApp (formerly known asPresentation Server). Resource Manager enables you to collect, display, store, and analyze data about system performance, application or process use, and user activity.

You can use Resource Manager to:

• Watch what is happening at a particular moment for a system. This is known as real-time monitoring

· Analyze and report using records of system activity. You can create reports about current activities or past activities using a summary database.

• Create Billing reports to charge users for their use of resources using a summary database.

Resource Manager can track and store information about a wide variety of system and network processes and events, these are known as metrics. If the value of a metric falls outside normal limits, Resource Manager can inform you. During installation, Resource Manager automatically creates a set of default metrics and assigns limits to define the normal operation of each one.

So now that you have a cursory idea of what Resource Manager can do for you, let’s take a look at using EdgeSight for XenApp to accomplish much more and put what Resource Manager gives you to work.

EdgeSight for XenApp enhances Resource Manager’s capabilities by capturing, aggregating and reporting on end-user and application experience all in a single, easy-to-use interface. The end result is the ability to monitor and measure the successful delivery of an application to any user, over any network, to any device.

Citrix EdgeSight for XenApp is an end-to-end performance management solution for Citrix XenApp servers. It monitors user sessions and server performance in real time, allowing you to quickly analyze, resolve, and proactively prevent problems. You can also use the information collected and displayed by Citrix EdgeSight for XenApp to proactively and reactively address system management problems and to make effective migration and upgrade decisions.

Here is the rest of this great whitepaper on the “how” and “why” to start using EdgeSight for XenApp: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116798

Enjoy..

 

 

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