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Remove Registered Machines from View
If you do not plan to use a registered machine again, you can remove it from View.
There are two types of registered machines in View: RDS Hosts and Others. Unmanaged machines are in the
Others category. Unmanaged machines include physical computers and virtual machines that are not
managed by vCenter Server. They are used to form manual desktop pools that do not contain vCenter
Server virtual machines.
After you remove a registered machine, it becomes unavailable in View. To make the machine available
again, you must reinstall Horizon Agent.
Prerequisites
Verify that the registered machines that you want to remove are not being used in any desktop pool.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select View Configuration > Registered Machines.
2 Click the Others tab.
3 Select one or more machines and click Remove.
You can select only machines that are not being used by a desktop pool.
4 Click OK to confirm.
Status of Unmanaged Machines
Unmanaged machines, which are physical computers or virtual machines that are not managed by vCenter
Server, can be in various states of operation and availability. In View Administrator, you can track the status
of unmanaged machines in the right-hand column of the Machines page under the Others tab.
Table 10-7 shows the operational state of unmanaged machines that are displayed in View Administrator. A
machine can be in only one state at a time.
Table 10‑7. Status of Unmanaged Machines
Status Description
Startup View Agent or Horizon Agent has started on the machine, but other required services
such as the display protocol are still starting. The agent startup period allows other
processes such as protocol services to start up as well.
Validating This state occurs after View Connection Server first becomes aware of the machine,
typically after View Connection Server is started or restarted, and before the first
successful communication with View Agent or Horizon Agent on the machine.
Typically, this state is transient. It is not the same as the Agent unreachable state, which
indicates a communication problem.
Agent disabled This state can occur if View Connection Server disables View Agent or Horizon Agent.
This state ensures that a new desktop session cannot be started on the machine.
Agent unreachable View Connection Server cannot establish communication with View Agent or
Horizon Agent on the machine. The machine might be powered off.
Invalid IP The subnet mask registry setting is configured on the machine, and no active network
adapters have an IP address within the configured range.
Agent needs reboot A View component was upgraded, and the machine must be restarted to allow View
Agent or Horizon Agent to operate with the upgraded component.
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