
Metrics related to the user profile indicate the type of user profile and whether it is stored on the local machine, on a central profile store, or deleted after logoff.
Profile size: number of files, number of folders, total megabytes. Profile type: local, roaming, temporary. Metrics related to applying group policy to the guest include the time it took to apply user group policy and machine group policy. This time can be high for the first time folder redirection has been applied or if new files are being uploaded to the redirected share. Metrics related to the time Windows folder redirection starts and is fully applied, as well as the total time to enable Windows folder redirection. Metrics provide total time from when the logon starts to when the user registry hive is loaded. The end time is when the explorer window is created. Windows provides the start time of the user shell load. Time Windows spent reconciling user profile during logon. Time from when Windows created a user session until logon began. Excludes any time spent outside of the guest. Metrics include the time logon starts on the guest, logon is completed and the profile is loaded and the desktop is visible, and the total time spent processing logon on the guest. These metrics provide administrators a detailed view of end user systems during logon time to help determine the root cause of performance bottlenecks. Logon Monitor computes metrics related to logon, group policy, user profile, and performance. When the logon is complete, no further events are written to the session log.
Check this log to troubleshoot slow logons. A summary written at the end of the log provides an overview of the most important metrics. Events start in this log when the logon begins and only apply to a single user session. Session Log: The session log contains all events related to a user logon session.
Check this log to determine if the Logon Monitor is running correctly. Main Log: The main log file, vmlm.txt, contains all status messages for the vmlm service and session events that come in before and after monitoring the logon.By default, all log files are written toĬ:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Logon Monitor\Logs. Logon Monitor writes log files for service status messages and for a user session.