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Monitor Desktop Status
You can quickly survey the status of desktops in your View deployment by using the View Administrator
dashboard. For example, you can display all disconnected desktops or desktops that are in maintenance mode.
Prerequisites
Familiarize yourself with the desktop states. See “Desktop Status of Virtual Machines,” on page 214.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click Dashboard.
2 In the Desktop Status pane, expand a status folder.
Option Description
Preparing
Lists the desktop states while the virtual machine is being provisioned,
deleted, or in maintenance mode.
Problem Desktops
Lists the desktop error states.
Prepared for use
Lists the desktop states when the desktop is ready for use.
3 Locate the desktop status and click the hyperlinked number next to it.
The Desktops page displays all desktops with the selected status.
What to do next
You can click a desktop name to see details about the desktop or click the View Administrator back arrow to
return to the dashboard page.
Desktop Status of Virtual Machines
Virtual-machine desktops that are managed by vCenter Server can be in various states of operation and
availability. In View Administrator, you can track the status of desktops in the right-hand column of the
desktop-list page.
Table 11-5 shows the operational state of virtual-machine desktops that are displayed in View Administrator.
A desktop can be in only one state at a time.
Table 11-5. Status of Virtual-Machine Desktops That Are Managed by vCenter Server
Status Type of State Description
Provisioning Provisioning The virtual machine is being provisioned.
Provisioning error Provisioning An error occurred during provisioning.
Customizing Provisioning The virtual machine in an automated pool is being customized.
Deleting Provisioning The virtual machine is marked for deletion. View Manager will delete
the virtual machine soon.
Waiting for Agent Agent state View Connection Server is waiting to establish communication with
View Agent on a virtual machine in a manual pool.
NOTE This state is the same as the Customizing state for a virtual
machine in an automated pool.
Startup Agent state View Agent has started on the virtual machine, but other required
services such as the display protocol are still starting. For example,
View Agent cannot establish an RDP connection with client
computers until RDP has finished starting.
Agent unreachable Agent state View Connection Server cannot establish communication with View
Agent on a virtual machine.
VMware View Administration
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