1Y0-201 · Question #53
A Citrix Administrator has received several reports of network connectivity issues throughout the day and thinks these issues might be affecting the vDisk assigned to Desktop OS machines. What…
The correct answer is D. The number of retries performed by the Streaming service. In Citrix Provisioning Services, network issues manifest as increased retry attempts by the Streaming service when delivering vDisk data to target devices. Monitoring retries is the direct indicator of streaming disruption caused by network instability.
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A Citrix Administrator has received several reports of network connectivity issues throughout the day and thinks these issues might be affecting the vDisk assigned to Desktop OS machines. What should the administrator monitor to determine if the network issues have affected disk streaming?
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- ANetStat Utility
- BError messages in Citrix Studio
- CThe number of warning messages in Citrix Director
- DThe number of retries performed by the Streaming service
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(19 responses)- A5% (1)
- B5% (1)
- C16% (3)
- D74% (14)
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In Citrix Provisioning Services, network issues manifest as increased retry attempts by the Streaming service when delivering vDisk data to target devices. Monitoring retries is the direct indicator of streaming disruption caused by network instability.
NetStat shows active TCP/IP connections and port states but does not expose metrics specific to vDisk streaming retry behavior.
Citrix Studio is a management console for delivery groups and policies, not a monitoring tool for Provisioning Services streaming health.
Citrix Director monitors session and machine health at a higher level and does not surface Provisioning Services streaming retry counters.
When the Provisioning Services Streaming service experiences network packet loss or timeouts, it retries delivery of vDisk data blocks to target machines. An elevated retry count is the specific, actionable metric that confirms network conditions are degrading disk streaming performance, distinguishing it from other system issues.
Concept tested: Citrix PVS streaming service network health monitoring
Source: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/provisioning/current-release/troubleshooting.html
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