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Managing VDI Non-Persistent Devices in Remedio

Managing VDI Non-Persistent Devices in Remedio

Overview

Remedio supports visibility for non-persistent VDI devices by grouping them under identifiable pool names. This ensures proper organization and tracking of VDI instances that are regularly re-imaged and do not retain changes between sessions.

Since these devices reset on a scheduled basis (daily, weekly, etc.), Remedio disables remediation for them, while still allowing full monitoring and analysis.

How to Configure VDI Pool Matching

To display VDI devices correctly in the Remedio UI, you need to define one or more VDI pool name prefixes.

Steps to Configure in the UI:

  1. Open the Remedio UI

  2. Navigate to the Misconfigurations screen

  3. In the left-side filter pane, scroll to the bottom and locate VDI Prefix

  4. Click on “Edit VDI prefixes…”

  5. In the pop-up window, enter the pool name used to identify your VDI instances

  6. Click Add after each entry to register multiple prefixes

  7. Click Save when finished

Once saved, Remedio will group VDI instances matching those prefixes under the VDI Endpoints section of the UI.

Changes will take effect the next time devices report their status.

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Prefix Matching Behavior

Remedio uses prefix-based matching logic to associate VDI devices with the defined pool names.

Valid Matches

  • Devices must start with the prefix, followed directly by a number, or a hyphen followed by a number.

  • Example: If the pool name is NGTEST, the following devices will match:

    • NGTEST001

    • NGTEST-001

    • NGTEST100

    • NGTEST-100

Invalid Matches

  • Devices will not match if letters appear between the prefix and the number.

  • The following will not match:

    • NGTESTABC

    • NGTEST-ABC

    • NGTEST-100ABC

Devices are matched if the name starts with the prefix followed directly by a number (e.g. vdi-ny1234, vdi-ny-1234). Names with letters between the prefix and number (e.g. vdi-ny-x1234) are not matched.

Remediation Behavior for VDI Devices

  • Remediation is disabled for non-persistent VDI devices.
    Since these devices are regularly reset by design, applying remediations would have no lasting effect. Remedio monitors them for visibility and insight, but skips any enforcement or auto-remediation actions.

Summary

By configuring VDI pool name prefixes in Remedio:

  • You ensure proper visibility of non-persistent VDI devices

  • Devices are correctly grouped under VDI Endpoints

  • Monitoring is enabled while remediation is automatically disabled to match the non-persistent nature of the environment