v11.6 Are You Ready to Install? Use our pre-installation checklist below to make sure all items are in place before beginning the installation process. For further explanation, please read the official Goliath Performance Monitor Requirements on page 4 or contact a support engineer at support@goliathtechnologies.com. Virtual Server or Physical Machine with the proper settings Windows Server 2008 R2 2012 R2 At least 8 vcpus and 12GB RAM.NET 3.5 SP1 installed on the Virtual Server or Physical Machine Internet Explorer Enhanced Security disabled TCP ports 80 & 82 opened inbound Download the Goliath Performance Monitor software Proper credentials for the environments you would like to add to inventory (vcenter, XenServer, ZDC, DDC, etc)
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I. Deployment Architecture This diagram shows how Goliath Performance Monitor fits into the environment. 3
II. Goliath Performance Monitor Installation Prerequisites Note: On Windows Server 2012,.NET 3.5 SP1 needs to be installed from the Features Wizard as.net 4.5 is not backwards compatible. To view documents, please have a PDF reader available. GPM can be accessed over the network or WAN to your local computer Table 1 - Goliath Performance Monitor System Requirements Goliath Performance Monitor Server Platform: Virtual Machine or Physical Server OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 2012 R2 64bit Network: Static IP Address vcpu: Minimum of 8 vcpus Memory: Minimum of 12 GB Memory Disk: 25 GB of Disk Space Dependencies:.NET 3.5 SP1 Firewall Database Agent VMware Citrix XenServer XenApp / XenDesktop Goliath Performance Monitor Server: TCP ports 80 & 82 both must be open inbound; and port 80 must be enabled outbound for remote access to the console. Systems with Agents Deployed: TCP port 82 must be open outbound Note: These ports can be changed from the default as needed Embedded: Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 Express Version: Microsoft SQL from 2008-2014, including SQL Express *Microsoft SQL Express 2008 R2 database is the embedded database option included with Goliath Performance Monitor Note: Environments larger than 150 monitored devices require Microsoft SQL Server. Customers Evaluating with XenApp & XenDesktop should use full Microsoft SQL. Platform: Virtual Machine or Physical Server OS: Windows NT SP6a and Newer; Unix/Linux, and Mac Performance Specs: 0.1% CPU, 1.5 MB size on Disk, ~50 MB RAM on XenDesktop, ~80 MB RAM on XenApp API Integration: Service account with admin rights VMware ESX/ESXI Version: 4.0 to 6.0 API Integration: Root account needed XenServer Version: 5.5 and newer Citrix Versions: XenApp 4.5-7.6 XenDesktop 5.5-7.6 XenApp/XenDesktop 7.x:.Net 3.5 SP1 and Service Account with Citrix Admin Rights for the Goliath Performance Monitor Agent required on the broker XenApp: Powershell 2.0 needed. For XenApp 7.x.NET 3.5 needed on all Windows 2012 session hosts. XenDesktop VDI: Powershell 2.0 needs to be installed. For XenDesktop 7.x.NET 3.5 needed on all Windows 8 10 Virtual Desktops. Note: Full Microsoft SQL suggested for XenApp & XenDesktop deployments 4
III. Introduction to Goliath Performance Monitor 11.6 Goliath Performance Monitor from Goliath Technologies is ushering in a new paradigm in managing the complexity in XenApp and XenDesktop environments. The solution has been architected based on the input from customers, technology and service provider partners like Citrix as well as integrators. We have listened to the difficulties they all have managing virtual desktop environments, specifically XenApp and XenDesktop, and the limited management tools available to them. Goliath Performance Monitor 11.6 delivers significant proactive monitoring and troubleshooting enhancements for the users of Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop. The solution now gives greater clarity and understanding to IT professionals tasked with delivering end-user experiences through XenApp and XenDesktop, by enabling new drill down and correlation enhancements which link applications/user/server performance. XenApp and XenDesktop which allows quickly pinpoints points of failure, enables quick troubleshooting and delivers proactive remediation and alerting capabilities for the entire XenApp and XenDesktop environment keeping virtual application and desktop sessions running smoothly without interruption. Goliath Performance Monitor Evaluation License Goliath Performance Monitor s Evaluation allows you to configure every aspect of the product without limitation including hypervisor integration, agent deployments, XenApp & XenDesktop integration, building custom dashboards, alerting, reporting, and more. The evaluation includes the following license allowances: VMware/XenServer Hosts 10 Windows/Linux/XenApp/VDI Agents 100 Network Devices 5 If your evaluation and Proof of Concept process requires a different configuration than that which the licensing indicated herein allows for, please contact your account manager, or Goliath Sales or Support as follows for assistance with your query: Sales: email: sales@goliathtechnologies.com Phone: 1-855-465-4284 Support: email: support@goliathtechnologies.com Phone: 1-855-465-4284 5
IV. Environment Prerequisites Explained Prior to installing Goliath Performance Monitor and configuring it for your environment, we suggest you gather and have available the following infrastructure details, authentication credentials, and network traffic rules prepared to facilitate implementation. 1. Infrastructure o Have available IP Addresses and hostnames/fqdn to: vcenter(s) XenServer Pool Master(s) XenApp: Data Collector Network o o Network Device Management IP address SNMP community string Configure device to send SNMP & Syslog to Goliath Performance Monitor SMTP Server Address If configuring remote environment, WAN IP of site where Goliath Performance Monitor will be deployed 2. Authentication o Domain Administrator credentials for Windows Servers o root credentials for any Linux/Unix systems o VMWare vcenter user with Administrator rights o XenServer Pool Master user with administrator rights or root user 3. Network Security o If internal traffic exceptions/routing is necessary, Goliath Performance Monitor agents maintain a TCP connection on port 82 o If administrators will be accessing Goliath Performance Monitor from their desktops then an exception for TCP traffic on 80 is necessary o For communication to Master Agents and agents deployed to remote environments Goliath Performance Monitor will need a NAT policy for port 82 back to the Goliath Performance Monitor server. 6