Citrix EdgeSight 4.5: Administration, Performance Monitoring and Load Testing

Introduction to Citrix EdgeSight

• Identifying Features and Benefits
• Identifying Primary Components
• EdgeSight Architecture

Preparing to Install EdgeSight

• Planning an Implementation
• Determining EdgeSight Server Deployment Options
• Determining Pre-Installation Considerations
• Implementing EdgeSight Core Dependencies
• Implementing Database Dependencies
• Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services
• Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

Installing and Configuring EdgeSight

• Installing and Configuring EdgeSight Server
• Installing EdgeSight Agents
• Configuring EdgeSight Agents
• Navigating the EdgeSight Server Console
• Managing Departments
• Managing Agent Configurations
• Managing Worker Configurations
• Associating Configurations to Departments
• Managing Devices

Advanced EdgeSight Configurations

• Creating Groups
• Creating Users and Assigning Roles
• Managing Alert Rule Configuration
• Configuring Alert Actions
• Viewing Alerts
• Managing the Alert Console
• Managing the Current Alerts List
• Managing Alert Reports

Diagnosing Issues Using EdgeSight

• Reports Overview
• Managing Reports
• Modifying Existing Reports
• Creating New Reports
• Identifying Additional Report Resources
• Managing Real-Time Reports
• Capturing Remote Snapshot and Crash Reports
• Configuring and Managing the Real-Time Dashboard
• Analyzing Reports and Diagnosing the Environment
• Use Case 1: Application Support
• Use Case 2: Issue Resolution
• Use Case 3: Device Health and Capacity Planning
• Use Case 4: Presentation Server Farm Health
• Debugging and Diagnosing EdgeSight
• Issue 1: Agent Does Not Register with the Server
• Issue 2: License Device Count Exceeded
• Issue 3: License Server Issues
• Issue 4: EdgeSight Consumes High Resources

Managing the EdgeSight Environment

• Managing Company Settings
• Managing Categories
• Managing Vendors
• Managing Farm Authentication
• Managing IP Ranges
• Managing User Groups
• Managing Server Settings
• Managing Companies
• Managing Data Upload
• Managing Licensing
• Managing Settings
• Managing Services
• Managing Data Maintenance
• Managing Messages

Installing and Configuring EdgeSight for Load Testing

• Load Testing Overview
• Describing the Functionality of Load Testing
• Identifying Hardware and Software Requirements
• Installing Load Testing
• Creating Scripts
• Managing and Organizing Scripts
• Performing a Test
• Analyzing Load Test Results
• Setting Alarms