This article was updated to support v11.7.8 and newer of Goliath Performance Monitor.

Prerequisites

• Versions 5.5 to 7.6 supported
• Service account with Read Only Rights required

Monitoring Configuration

This section will walk you through the discovery and configuration process for adding Citrix XenServer hosts and its subsequent virtualized guest machines and storage to your Goliath Performance Monitor inventory. 

Note: It is recommended to begin by configuring your virtual hosts before deploying Agents. This will populate your Goliath Performance Monitor inventory with all the relative guest VMs and storage per host.

1. From the ‘Configuration Wizard’, select the icon for ‘Virtual Server’
   1. This wizard will launch by default on a brand new installations of Goliath
   2. If this is not a first time installation of Goliath, you can get to the Configuration Wizard by going to ‘Settings’ in the top right hand corner, and then selecting ‘Configuration Wizard’ under the ‘Inventory’ Section
2. Check ‘XenServer and then select the ‘Next’ button
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3. You will be prompted for the connection information on the ‘Provide Credentials’ page
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4. Select ‘Next’ once completed
5. Use the selection boxes to chose the ‘Hosts’ that you wish to monitor and select ‘Next’
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6. Select the option ‘Finish’ and then ‘Next’. Then ‘Finish’ again to return back to the ‘Monitor Dashboard’ screen
   1. To add additional Virtual Environments by selecting ‘Repeat Virtual’ to repeat the wizard steps.

Additional Metric Enablement

When monitoring Citrix XenServer, storage and NVIDIA metrics are not enabled by default. Please follow the below instructions, as applicable to confirm monitoring is enabled and if not, to enable it.

Citrix XenServer Storage Monitoring

In order to start collecting information on your host and VM storage, please make sure the following is enabled.

1. Log into Citrix XenCenter
2. Select a host where you want to enable/confirm storage metric collection
3. Click the ‘Performance’ tab
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4. Select ‘Actions’ and then ‘New Graph’
5. Name the graph ‘Storage Performance’, sort the list by type (Z->A), and select all data sources with a type of ‘Storage’
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6. When finished, select ‘Save’
7. Repeat these steps for all of the hosts that you will be monitoring in Goliath Performance Monitor

Citrix XenServer NVIDIA Grid Monitoring

In order to start collecting information on your host and VM storage, please make sure the following is enabled.

1. Log into Citrix XenCenter
2. Select a host where you want to enable/confirm storage metric collection
3. Click the ‘Performance’ tab
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4. Select ‘Actions’ and then ‘New Graph’
5. Name the graph ‘NVIDIA Performance’, sort the list by type (Z->A), and select all data sources with a type of ‘GPU’
   
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6. When finished, select ‘Save’
7. Repeat these steps for all of the hosts that you will be monitoring in Goliath Performance Monitor

Post Configuration: What’s Next?

After completing the configuration of Citrix XenServer the technology will automatically take you the Dashboard>Dashboard page where you can start using the technology to monitor you environment. Please note, it may take about 3-5 mins for your entire Citrix XenServer environment to populate into the technology. You will need to refresh the screens in order to see inventory updates.

Please see the appropriate sections below for configuring your Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop, VMware Horizon or Epic System Pulse environment(s) if applicable.

Application & Desktop Virtualization Monitoring

• Citrix XenApp & XenDesktop
• VMware Horizon

Healthcare Monitoring

• Epic System Pulse