The VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is an embedded adapter for VMware Aria Operations, collecting performance data from your Citrix VDI environment and providing predictive analysis and real-time information about problems in your infrastructure--all within the VMware Aria Operations user interface.

How the Management Pack Collects Data

During each data collection cycle, the Management Pack queries the OpenData (OData) API via a Site's Delivery Controller domain to obtain data regarding XenDesktop resources.

Notable Features

The Management Pack harnesses powerful VMware Aria Operations features such as:

  • 10 comprehensive monitoring dashboards, including:

    • Citrix XenDesktop Health Investigation

    • Citrix XenDesktop App and Desktop Details

    • Citrix XenDesktop User Details

  • 700+ collected metrics for XenDesktop resources

  • Key performance metrics such as load index summaries, connection summaries, connection failures, resource counts, and session logon durations

  • 150+ detailed alerts and notifications

  • Capacity definitions for VMware Aria Operations Calculated session capacity and effective load index for XenDesktop Catalog, Delivery Group, Hypervisor, Site, and VDA Machine