Installation and Setup Guide

USB Settings for Client GPOs
You can dene USB policy seings for both the agent and Horizon Client for Windows. On connection,
Horizon Client downloads the USB policy seings from the agent and uses them in conjunction with the
Horizon Client USB policy seings to decide which devices it will allow to be available for redirection from
the host machine.
Policy Settings for Splitting Composite USB Devices
The following table describes each policy seing for spliing composite USB devices in the Horizon Client
Conguration ADMX template le. The seings apply at computer level. Horizon Client preferentially reads
the seings from the GPO at computer level, and otherwise from the registry at
HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client\USB. The seings are in the VMware Horizon
Client  > View USB  folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
For a description of how Horizon applies the policies for spliing composite USB devices, see the topics
about using policies to control USB redirection, in the Conguring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7
document.
Table 3‑8. Horizon Client Configuration Template: USB Splitting Settings
Setting Properties
Allow Auto Device
Splitting
Allow the automatic spliing of composite USB devices.
The default value is undened, which equates to false.
Exclude Vid/Pid Device
From Split
Excludes a composite USB device specied by vendor and product IDs from spliing. The
format of the seing is vid-xxx1_pid-yyy2[;vid-xxx2_pid-yyy2]...
You must specify ID numbers in hexadecimal. You can use the wildcard character (*) in
place of individual digits in an ID.
For example: vid-0781_pid-55**
The default value is undened.
Split Vid/Pid Device
Treats the components of a composite USB device specied by vendor and product IDs as
separate devices. The format of the seing is
vid-xxxx_pid-yyyy(exintf:zz[;exintf:ww ])
You can use the exintf keyword to exclude components from redirection by specifying
their interface number. You must specify ID numbers in hexadecimal, and interface
numbers in decimal including any leading zero. You can use the wildcard character (*) in
place of individual digits in an ID.
For example: vid-0781_pid-554c(exintf:01;exintf:02)
N Horizon does not automatically include the components that you have not
explicitly excluded. You must specify a lter policy such as Include Vid/Pid Device to
include those components.
The default value is undened.
Policy Settings for Filtering USB Devices
The following table describes each policy seing for ltering USB devices in the Horizon Client
Conguration ADMX template le. The seings apply at computer level. Horizon Client preferentially reads
the seings from the GPO at computer level, and otherwise from the registry at
HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client\USB.
For a description of how Horizon applies the policies for ltering USB devices, see the topics about
conguring lter policy seings for USB redirection, in the Conguring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7
document.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
VMware, Inc. 57