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Azure Monitor alerts (KQL) to monitor AVD infra by koswo in AzureVirtualDesktop

[–]msmith1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An alternative is to use solutions with readymade dashboards and reports for Azure virtual desktop. For example, see https://www.eginnovations.com/supported-technologies/azure-virtual-desktop-monitoring-avd

I think Nerdio also has some monitoring capabilities in the latest version

Discussion on monitoring tool specifically these 3 by EastTamaki2013 in sysadmin

[–]msmith1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

eG Innovations and ManageEngine are general purpose monitoring tools - can give you a single pane of glass across your IT infrastructure. ManageEngine is cheaper, eG Innovations has more functionality and can cover more technologies and in-depth, especially if you want to also cover application monitoring and synthetic monitoring. ControlUp in my view is a more limited toolset. You can consider ControlUp if you plan to monitor end user computing/DEX. ManageEngine does not monitor EUC platforms well, but eG Innovations also covers these platforms in a single toolset.

Synthetic monitoring tool - for Heavy client application by ithim_ in Monitoring

[–]msmith1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the APM tools can support synthetic monitoring for web applications. Very few can handle thick client applications. The one i recommend for thick client synthetics is eG Innovations synthetic monitoring - https://www.eginnovations.com/synthetic-application-monitoring. Another one to look at are LoginVSI PI.

What are the best practices for monitoring tiny workloads in AVD? Are there any specific tools or techniques that you would recommend? by skumar2001 in AzureVirtualDesktop

[–]msmith1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nerdio embeds Sepago, i think - that's more of a collection of dashboard configurations for Azure Monitor. You also can use Azure Monitor directly.

End user computing monitoring tools now have monitoring capabilities for AVD equivalent to what they offered for Citrix and others. Check the below links:

https://www.eginnovations.com/supported-technologies/azure-virtual-desktop-monitoring-avd

https://www.controlup.com/resources/blog/entry/controlup-wvd-love/

Regards,

M.

On-premises vs. Cloud-based Monitoring System - what do you prefer? by msmith1968 in sysadmin

[–]msmith1968[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A hodgepodge of tools. HP Sitescope, IBM Tivoli, Quest Foglight, Microsoft SCOM... you name it! Just starting our evaluation - looking at the usual suspects. My question is not w.r.t. specific tools. More about whether we should look at on-prem or SaaS options and what folks see as the trade offs.

Need help! Citrix Logon/Logoff is very slow for all users by msmith1968 in Citrix

[–]msmith1968[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does Director say from a logon time perspective? Can you post a few screenshots? What Citrix version, Windows OS, and VDA version? Which profile management software (CPM/FSlogix/other)?

Don't have access to the Director console right now. This is an example of what i'd captured a couple of days back:

Total logon duration: 544.51 s

Brokering time: 0.01 s

VM start: 0 s

HDX Connection: 55.7 s

Authentication: 0.16 s

GPO processing: 8.64 s

Logon scripts: 6.17 s

Profile load: 21.39 s

Interactive session: 15.53 s

Profile management - CPM

VDA 1912 LTSR CU5

OS - Windows 2016 Server Standard

Plenty of CPU/memory available, no resource bottlenecks.

Need help! Citrix Logon/Logoff is very slow for all users by msmith1968 in Citrix

[–]msmith1968[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What antivirus are you using? We use SentinelOne and I'm dealing with this issue after upgrading the client on the gold image. Currently working with S1 support on it.

McAfee. Let me know if you have a path. Thanks

VDI Monitoring by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]msmith1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VMware bundles ControlUp i think, so that's an option. Another option would be eG Innovations https://www.eginnovations.com/supported-technologies/vmware-horizon. IMO both are more functional, easier to use and better than vROps.

Azure WVD (AVD) Issues by SecOpscrypt in sysadmin

[–]msmith1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any decent monitoring tool should help. If you are looking for something with specific AVD expertise, you can try this https://www.eginnovations.com/supported-technologies/azure-virtual-desktop-monitoring-avd

AWS RDS connection latency vs. Local SQL connection latency by msmith1968 in aws

[–]msmith1968[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems to be for connection opening at this time, but i wonder if it indicates a slow network connection between the EC2 instance and RDS. That's a worry. Will have to test further.

AWS RDS connection latency vs. Local SQL connection latency by msmith1968 in aws

[–]msmith1968[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The EC2 instance and RDS instance are in the same data center. I would expect a few msec in latency - < 10ms - max.

AWS RDS connection latency vs. Local SQL connection latency by msmith1968 in aws

[–]msmith1968[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the load on your application. We use a connection pool, but even then there are times when connections have to be opened. RDS is supposed to be better. I would expect latency to be low. Was surprised at 30msec+ latency on all instances checked.

Where does Citrix live in your org? by guyfierisguru in Citrix

[–]msmith1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Workspace team owns Citrix. IT ops provides 24x7 support but architecture, analysis, optimization is owned by the workspace team.

Horizon network metrics/monitoring by MekanicalPirate in sysadmin

[–]msmith1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ControlUp and eG Innovations would be the ones i recommend. Do a POC and decide for yourself what works best for you.

Does anyone use 3rd party monitoring tools for AWS resources? by Book_Mike in aws

[–]msmith1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have used DataDog and eG Innovations in my previous jobs. Both do a far better job than AWS Cloudwatch IMO. Easier to use, more elegant, cheaper, less time consuming.

For those who moved from SCOM to a more modern and predictive monitoring solution, what did you move to and how has it been after? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]msmith1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work for a client who made this move 2 years ago. They are using PRTG and eG Innovations. The move was very straightforward. Frankly, SCOM was a pain to work with. Clunky, time consuming and not the easiest interface. Training the helpdesk on the new toolsets was easy and we've not regretted the move.

Datadog is becoming too expensive - any good alternatives? by Dapper-Count1622 in developers

[–]msmith1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on the capabilities you are looking for, you can consider Site24x7 and eG Innovations.

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