Solution: The Citrix monitor requires the LoadRunner Citrix add-in patch
Requirements
1. LoadRunnner version 7.51 SP1 or above:
LoadRunner 7.6 and above: No patches required
LoadRunner 7.51 SP1:
a.Apply Citrix_ICA_Add-in.exe.
牋?Note: Do not apply 6.21.031.zip from this patch.
b. Apply Citrix_patch_27.exe and Citrix clients 6.30.1060.
2. Citrix client:
LoadRunner7.8 FP1 and higher: With this version, use the regular Citrix ICA client, version 7.1; Please contact Citrix Customer Support for a copy of the client.
Note: Citrix ICA client 6.x ? 7.0 are not recommended. The latest client, Citrix 8.0 is currently NOT supported.
LoadRunner 7.6: Install the client from the LoadRunner installation CD\add-ins\Citrix Client folder.
LoadRunner 7.51 SP1: Install the Citrix client (6.30.1060.zip) from LoadRunner's Patches database under LoadRunner -> LR7.51SP1 -> Citrix -> LR751SP1P27.
Supported Citrix Citrix MetaFrame versions
MetaFrame XP
MetaFrame 1.8
Setup
1. LoadRunner uses the same username/password as the Controller machine to log into the Citrix server. Therefore, make sure you have the same set of username/password on the Citrix machine. You can also map a network drive from the Controller machine to the Citrix server to ensure that the required authentication is provided to the Controller to access the resource counters.
2. Make sure that "Network DDE" service is started on the Citrix Server. To start the "Network DDE" service:
a. Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> services.
b. Right mouse click on "Network DDE", and select .
3. Make sure that "Remote Registry" service is started on the Citrix Server . To start the "Remote Registry " service:
a. Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> services.
b. Right mouse click on "Remote Registry ", and select .
Verification
Launch PerfMon from the Controller machine to enable the counters on the Citrix server. Go to Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tool's -> Performance Monitor (PerfMon) from the Controller machine to enable the counters on the Citrix server. If you have problems with this, you need to contact your system/network administrator to make this object available to see from PerfMon. This allows you to monitor the same counters for the ICA Session object on LoadRunnenr's Citrix monitor.
Monitor
To provide the Controller with a list of measurements that will be available for monitoring, you must first initialize Vusers before running the scenario. After you have initialized the Vusers, you can then configure the Citrix Monitor and add the ICA Session counters.
Additional Information
1. When monitoring a counter under the ICA Session object, please be sure that at least one session is currently connected to the server. Otherwise, you will not be able to add any counters.
2. Measurements that monitor instances are valid for the currently running Citrix session only. If you run this scenario again, you will need to reconfigure the measurements that are instance-oriented.
3. For further details and step-by-step information, please refer to LoadRunner's Controller's books online.
