In Citrix SBC/VDI cloud or on-premise deployments, CPU and memory usage are critical performance metrics that can impact user experience significantly. If one user's session is consuming a large amount of CPU or memory, it can negatively impact the performance of other users hosted on the same multi-session VDA machine. Therefore, it's essential for administrators to be able to quickly identify what user, application and process is causing high CPU or memory usage.

The Session CPU and Memory monitors, included in MetrixInsight for Citrix VAD/DaaS SCOM Management Pack, are valuable tools for monitoring the CPU and memory usage of individual user sessions running on single- and multi-session VDA machines. These tools generate alerts when any session exceeds the CPU or memory threshold for a specified number of times during a specified time interval, enabling administrators to quickly identify the user session and process/application that is causing high CPU or memory usage, which could impact user experience directly for the session(s) on the VDA session machine.

In addition to identifying high session CPU and memory usage that may impact the user experience, these monitors can also help identify poorly optimized applications or processes that are not functioning properly in the Citrix SBC/VDI environment. By pinpointing the user session and process/application that is causing the high CPU or memory usage, administrators can take appropriate action to optimize the application or process and reduce overall resource capacity usage across the entire resource layer.

When used together, the Session CPU and Memory monitors provide a comprehensive view of user session performance. By monitoring session CPU and memory usage, administrators can quickly identify and resolve issues, optimizing performance, reducing VDA resource capacity usage and enhancing the overall user experience of the environment.