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Table 10‑5. Status of Virtual Machines That Are Managed by vCenter Server (Continued)
Status Description
Provisioning error An error occurred during provisioning.
Error An unknown error occurred in the virtual machine.
Unassigned user connected A user other than the assigned user is logged in to a virtual machine in a dedicated
pool.
For example, this state can occur if an administrator starts vSphere Client, opens a
console on the virtual machine, and logs in.
Unassigned user disconnected A user other than the assigned user is logged in and disconnected from a virtual
machine in a dedicated-assignment pool.
Unknown The virtual machine is in an unknown state.
Provisioned The virtual machine is powered o or suspended.
Available The virtual machine is powered on and ready for a connection. In a dedicated pool, the
virtual machine is assigned to a user and will start when the user logs in.
Connected The virtual machine is in a session and has a remote connection to the Horizon Client
device.
Disconnected The virtual machine is in a session, but it is disconnected from the Horizon Client
device.
In progress The virtual machine is in a transitional state during a maintenance operation.
While a machine is in a particular state, it can be subject to further conditions. View Administrator displays
these conditions as suxes to the machine state. For example, View Administrator might display the
Customizing (missing) state.
Table 10-6 shows these additional conditions.
Table 10‑6. Machine Status Conditions
Condition Description
Missing The virtual machine is missing in vCenter Server.
Typically, the virtual machine was deleted in vCenter Server, but the View LDAP
conguration still has a record of the machine.
Task halted An instant clone task such as push image or a View Composer operation such as
refresh, recompose, or rebalance was stopped.
For details about troubleshooting a recompose operation, see “Correcting an
Unsuccessful Recomposition,” on page 156.
For details about View Composer error states, see "View Composer Provisioning
Errors" in the Seing Up Desktop and Application Pools in View document.
The Task halted condition applies to all virtual machines that were selected for the
operation, but on which the operation has not yet started. Virtual machines in the
pool that are not selected for the operation are not placed in the Task halted
condition.
A machine state can be subject to both conditions, (missing, task halted), if a View Composer task was
stopped and the virtual machine is missing in vCenter Server.
Delete Virtual-Machine Desktops
When you delete a virtual-machine desktop, users can no longer access the desktop. A virtual-machine
desktop is either a vCenter Server virtual machine or an unmanaged virtual machine.
Users in currently active sessions can continue to use full virtual-machine desktops if you keep the virtual
machines in vCenter Server. After the users log o, they cannot access the deleted virtual-machine desktops.
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