This article was updated to support v11.8 and newer of Goliath Performance Monitor. The following items include the requirements for Goliath Performance Monitor.

Article Contents:

• Goliath Server
• Database
• Firewall
• Hypervisor Monitoring
  • VMware vSphere
  • Citrix XenServer
  • Microsoft Hyper-V
•  Application & Desktop Virtualization
  • Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Monitoring (Citrix XenApp & XenDesktop)
  • VMware Horizon
• Epic System Pulse Monitoring
• Windows Mobile Device/Tablet Monitoring
• Agent Specifications
• Supported Browsers
• Supported Languages
• Antivirus and Monitoring Solution Exclusions/Filters
• Goliath Master Agent
• Deployment Architectures

Goliath Server

• Virtual Machine or Physical Server
• Windows Server 2012 R2 – 2019 64bit
  • English version of Windows required
• Minimum of 8 vCPU
• Minimum of 12 GB RAM
• Minimum of 25 GB Disk Available
• Internet Explorer 11 installed.
  Note: Internet Explorer is required for running backend processes only and is not supported for accessing the console.

Database

• Microsoft SQL Server 2014 – 2019
  • Microsoft SQL Express 2017 is the embedded database option packaged with the product
  • Always On Cluster supported with the Goliath database running in ‘Simple’ mode
• Windows Service Account with DBO rights to our database is required for Remote SQL Server
  
  • This account must also be a Windows Administrator on the Goliath Server
• SQL Server Configuration Recommendations:
  • Enable “Boost SQL Priority” for the SQL Server Processors
  • Set the “Max Server Memory” value as indicated in the below chart
• SQL Server Sizing Recommendations based on environment size (recommendations are assuming the SQL Server is remote)

  	Small	Medium	Large	Extra Large	XXL
  # of Citrix XA/XD and/or VMware Horizon Servers, VDI	Less than 500	Up to 1,500	Up to 3,000	Up to 8,000	Above 8,000
  CPU	4vCPU	6vCPU	8vCPU	16vCPU	Technical discussion required for recommendations
  Memory	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM	32 GB RAM	64 GB RAM
  # of TempDB’s	4	6	8	8
  Max Server Memory (MB)	4860	10300	25500	51245
  Drive space	Please consult our Database Estimator document
  Drive Type	N/A	N/A	N/A	SSD drives w/TBs of storage

   

Firewall

• Goliath Server
  • HTTPS 443/TCP 47629 opened inbound and outbound for web console connection
  • HTTPS 443 opened inbound for agent connection to agent location
  • TCP 135, 445, 49164 open outbound for remote agent installation via web console
• Goliath Intelligent Agent
  • HTTPS 443 opened outbound for agent connection to the Goliath Server
  • TCP 135, 445, 49164 open inbound for remote agent installation via web console
• Hypervisor Monitoring
  • HTTPS 443 opened outbound for connection to VMware vCenter
  • HTTP 80 opened outbound for connection to Citrix XenServer Pool Master
  • HTTPS 443 opened outbound for connection from Microsoft Hyper-V to the Goliath Server
• Epic System Pulse Module
  • HTTPS 443 opened outbound for connection to Epic System Pulse

Hypervisor Monitoring

VMware vSphere

• Versions 4.0 to 6.7 supported
• Service account with Read Only Rights required

Citrix XenServer

• Versions 5.5 to 8 supported
• Service account with Read Only Rights required
• NVIDIA GRID K1/K2 card monitoring supported

Microsoft Hyper-V

• Windows Server 2012 R2 – 2019
• Administrator level Credentials to access the Hyper-V Hosts/Servers

Application & Desktop Virtualization

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Monitoring (Citrix XenApp & XenDesktop)

• Versions 6.5 to 7.18, 7 18xx, 7 19xx supported
  • Windows 8-10 (Desktop), 2012 R2 – 2019 (Server)
• Service Account with Read Only Citrix Admin Rights within Citrix Studio and Windows Admin Rights on the Delivery Controller required for Citrix 7.X, 7 18xx and 7 19xx Inventory & Metric Collection.
  • If using Citrix PVS, the above service account must also be a member of the PVS Farm Administrator group and have Windows Admin Rights on the Provisioning Servers
  • Citrix Profile Manager must be enabled for Logon Duration metrics
• PowerShell 2.0 or newer required
• Full Microsoft SQL suggested for full implementations of Goliath Performance Monitor
• Support for real-time process metrics can be resource intensive requiring us to determine viability that we would test in the implementation.

VMware Horizon Monitoring

• Versions 6.0 to 7.9 supported
  • Windows 8-10 (Desktop), 2012 R2 – 2019 (Server)
• Service Account with Read Only Admin Rights within the Horizon Admin Console and Local Admin Rights on the Connection Server
• PowerShell v3.0 or newer required on the Connection Server. PowerShell v2.0 or newer required on the App Servers/Virtual Desktops
• Full Microsoft SQL suggested for full implementations of Goliath Performance Monitor
• Support for real-time process metrics can be resource intensive requiring us to determine viability that we would test in the implementation.

Epic System Pulse Module

• Service Account with Read-Only Rights
• HTTPS w/ Username enabled for Outgoing Data Services via Epic System Pulse Configuration Editor
• HTTPS enabled for Incoming Data Services via Epic System Pulse Configuration Editor
• Valid Certificate applied to Epic System Pulse and the Goliath Server trusts the Epic System Pulse Server Certificate

Windows Mobile Device/Tablet Monitoring

• Windows 8-10 

Agent Specifications

• Virtual Machine or Physical Server
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 - 2019
  • Windows 8 - 10
  • Unix/Linux & Mac up to kernel version 2.6
• Performance Specs
  • 0.1% CPU of CPU core
  • 5 MB on Disk
  • ~ 30 MB RAM on Windows Server, Linux/Unix, Mac
  • ~ 50 MB RAM on Citrix XenDesktop & VMware Horizon VDI
  • ~ 80 MB RAM on Citrix XenApp & VMware Horizon RDSH

Supported Browsers

For the best experience accessing the Goliath web console, we recommend using the latest version of your preferred browser from the list of supported browsers below.

• Chrome v63 and later
• Firefox v50 and later

Supported Languages

Goliath Technologies supports user experience monitoring for the following:

• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly Citrix XenApp & XenDesktop)
  • Full foreign language support for Windows installation of English, German, French and Spanish are supported for Session details and ICA Latency metrics
  • Partial foreign language support for Logon Duration.
• VMware Horizon
  • Only English Windows installations supported

Language packs are not supported on either platform (Citrix/VMware).

Antivirus and Monitoring Solution Exclusions/Filters

While not a-typical, we have been exposed to client environments which require antivirus filtering, or exclusion rules needing implemented due to the antivirus software conflicting with the Goliath Intelligent Agent. For that reasoning, we do recommend implementing exclusion rules which consist of the following. Please Note: Directory level exclusions are required on the Goliath Server due to the fact that some files are created dynamically in the Goliath application directories.

• Main Goliath Server
  • Directory Exclusions:
    • \Program Files (x86)\MonitorIT\** – This is the install directory of the Goliath Server, the local Agent, and relevant files (please include all subfolders/files)
    • Ensure recursive exclusions for the subfolders is allowed
  • Process Exclusions:
    • RPMAgent.exe – This is the process which is launched by the Agent’s Service
    • RPMCCS.exe – This is the process which is launched by the Server’s Service
    • AgentService.exe – Process supporting the Agent’s Windows Service
    • Java.exe – Supports hypervisor API communication
    • MonitorITService.exe - Process supporting the Goliath Server’s Windows Service
    • Stunnel.exe – (Optional component) Used to support sending alerts and notifications via SSL/TLS enabled mail servers
    • LogonSimulator.exe - (Optional Component) Used if GAAM is running locally
• VMs/Servers with Agents on them (Citrix machines, VMs, etc.)
  • Directory Exclusions:
    • Paths: “\Program Files\MonitorIT” & “C:\Users\All Users\Goliath”
    • Ensure recursive exclusions for the subfolders is allowed
  • Process Exclusions:
    • RPMAgent.exe – This is the process which is launched by the Agent’s Service
    • AgentService.exe – Process supporting the Agent’s Windows Service
• Goliath Master Agent:
  • Directory Exclusions:
    • Path: \Program Files\MonitorIT
    • Ensure recursive exclusions for the subfolders is allowed
  • Process Exclusions:
    • RPMAgent.exe – This is the process which is launched by the Agent’s Service
    • AgentService.exe – Process supporting the Agent’s Windows Service
    • Java.exe – Supports hypervisor API communication
    • LogonSimulator.exe - (Optional Component) Used if this is also the GAAM Launch Endpoint
• Additional Optional Process Exclusions (if Directory exclusions are not allowed)
  • \Program Files\MonitorIT:
    • AgentEvents.dll
    • AgentService.exe
    • Lua5.1.dll
    • Mfc90.dll
    • mfc90u.dll
    • mfc100.dll
    • mfcm90.dll
    • mfcm90u.dll
    • mfcm100.dll
    • Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
    • Microsoft.VC90.MFC.manifest
    • MISNMP.dll
    • msvcm90.dll
    • msvcp90.dll
    • msvcp100.dll
    • msvcr90.dll
    • msvcr100.dll
    • PSInterface35.dll
    • PSInterface40.dll
    • PSInterfaceLink.dll
    • RpmAgent.exe
    • Uninstall.exe

Goliath Master Agent

• Goliath Master Agent Machine
  • Virtual Machine or Physical Server
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 – 2016 64 bit
  • Static IP address
  • Minimum of 2 vCPU
  • Minimum of 4 GB RAM
  • Minimum of 4 GB Disk Available
• Firewall
  • Goliath Master Agent
    • TCP 443 opened outbound for agent connection to the main Goliath Server
    • TCP 443 opened inbound for agent connections
  • Goliath Intelligent Agent
    • TCP 443 opened outbound for agent connection to the Goliath Master Agent

Deployment Architectures

Goliath Performance Monitor

Goliath Performance Monitor w/ Application Availability Monitor

Goliath Performance Monitor w/ Master Agent