DEX policies for non-persistent VDIs

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title: DEX policies for non-persistent VDIs
description: DEX policies for Windows non-persistent \(NP\) Virtual Desktop Infrastructures \(VDIs\) define the check instances, frequencies, and parameters for application, network, and device monitoring.
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# DEX policies for non-persistent VDIs

DEX policies for Windows non-persistent \(NP\) Virtual Desktop Infrastructures \(VDIs\) define the check instances, frequencies, and parameters for application, network, and device monitoring.

## Policies for Windows — Application

DEX provides the following policies for applications.

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Check instance

</th><th>

Description

</th><th>

Frequency

</th><th>

Historical or latest

</th><th>

Check instance parameters\*

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os.win.check-app-historical

</td><td>

Collects app metrics from the non-persistent VDI Windows machine and sends metric data to MetricBase and the ServiceNow instance.

</td><td>

5 minutes

</td><td>

Historical

</td><td>

cpu\_usage, memory\_usage, uptime, last\_access\_time, crashes, is\_running, freezes

</td></tr><tr><td>

os.win.check-app-sccm-latest

</td><td>

Collects application-specific metrics for the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager app on the Windows device.

</td><td>

24 hours

</td><td>

Latest

</td><td>

Not applicable

</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">

**Important:** \* DEX Windows Apps Metrics with the uptime check instance parameter only runs with the Local System account.

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</table>## Policies for Windows — Device

DEX provides the following policies for non-persistent VDI devices.

| | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|os.win.check-system-metrics-historical|Collects all historical metrics.|5 minutes|Historical|memory\_details, io\_usage\_write, io\_usage\_read, cpu\_usage|
|os.win.check-system-metrics-latest|Collects all latest metrics.|24 hours|Latest|cpu\_usage|