CitraTest APM overnight SLA monitoring: when WaitForImage timers breach while the NOC sleeps, glass-level alerts and failure screenshots become the morning handoff — not a green Director workbook. Continue reading
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Autoscale Can Hide a Bad Sessions-per-Host Number
Autoscale can hide a bad sessions-per-host number. CitraTest VU density testing: run density with Autoscale OFF first, then measure scale-out lag — WaitForImage and StartTimer/StopTimer on the glass. Continue reading
Profile the RDS Journey, Then Scale the VUs
Profile the Microsoft RDP / RDS on-the-glass journey first (mstsc, RD Web, Session Hosts), then scale CitraTest VU concurrent users with WaitForImage sync and StartTimer/StopTimer. Continue reading
Overnight Shift Watch: When Nobody’s Looking at the Dashboard
CitraTest APM overnight / after-hours continuous monitoring: WaitForImage and StartTimer/StopTimer watches keep running when nobody is staring at a dashboard — SLA alerts on the glass path. Continue reading
Profile the User Journey, Then Scale the VUs
Profile the on-the-glass user journey first, then scale CitraTest VU concurrent users. WaitForImage sync, StartTimer/StopTimer — load testing that times readiness, not only connections. Continue reading
Control Plane ≠ Farm: Automate Login Storm and Sustained Path Differently
Control plane ≠ farm. CitraTest automated testing encodes login-storm and sustained-path scripts differently on the glass: WaitForImage sync, StartTimer/StopTimer, bitmaps for static cues, OCR for dynamic text. Continue reading
Publish → Scenario → SLA: Running CitraTest APM as a Continuous Watch
How CitraTest APM turns a glass-level script into a continuous watch: publish to the Web Console, attach Scenarios, set SLA limits on WaitForImage timers for login-to-shell and key in-app steps. Continue reading
A Thousand Sessions. One Pixel Clock.
CitraTest VU load-tests Citrix, Microsoft RDS/RemoteApp, and cloud VDI from the glass: virtual users connect like real clients, WaitForImage times readiness from pixels, and concurrency/ramp measures capacity without agents on production servers. Continue reading
First Useful Pixel: Timing the Citrix Stack
Measure the Citrix stack from the glass (Workspace/Gateway to HDX shell to published app to in-session ready) – not only Director green or Workspace HTTP 200. Time each step with StartTimer -> WaitForImage -> StopTimer. HDX delivers pixels, not pages. Continue reading
The Production Order Still Isn’t Ready.
Measure MRPeasy response time from the glass (click-to-ready) – not only MRP status or HTTP 200. Time sign-in to usable home/chrome, BOM/inventory, production order, and report/shop confirmation until the UI is ready with StartTimer -> WaitForImage -> StopTimer. Continue reading