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Horizon VDI Pools Dashboard
Use the Horizon VDI Pools dashboard to view the performance of VDI desktop pools and sessions in your
Horizon environment. A VDI desktop pool can be a linked-clone desktop pool, automated desktop pool, or
manual desktop pool.
The widgets below the VDI Desktop Pools and VDI Desktop Pool Indicator Metrics widgets are organized
into two columns: the left column contains widgets for VDI desktop pool virtual machines and the right
column contains widgets for VDI desktop pool sessions. Each column contains a Heat Map widget and four
Top-N Analysis widgets.
The VDI Desktop Pools widget is the master widget for the Heat Map widgets on the dashboard. For
example, when you select a desktop pool in the VDI Desktop Pools widget, the VDI Desktop Pool VMs
widget shows the desktop virtual machines in that desktop pool and the VDI Desktop Pool Sessions widget
shows the desktop sessions that are currently logged on for that desktop pool.
You can click the Dashboard Navigation button on a widget toolbar to navigate to other dashboards. In
some widgets, including VDI Desktop Pools and VDI Desktop Pool VMs, you can use Dashboard
Navigation button to launch Horizon Administrator.
Tips for Using the Horizon VDI Pools Dashboard
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Use the graphs in the VDI Desktop Pool Indicator Metrics widget to see the values of selected metrics
over time and obtain a quick view of the trends in KPIs.
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The colored rectangles in the VDI Desktop Pool VMs and VDI Desktop Pool Sessions widgets represent
particular objects. For example, in the VDI Desktop Pool VMs widget, each rectangle represents a
particular virtual machine. You can point to a rectangle to view basic information about its associated
object.
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The size of the rectangle indicates the value of one metric, the color of the rectangle indicates the value
of another metric, and the widget configuration determines which metric values that the widget shows.
For example, if you select Sized by Workload - Colored by Health from the Configuration drop-down
menu, rectangles are sized according to the value of the workload metric and are colored according to
the value of the health metric. Red indicates a low value and green indicates the high end of the value
range.
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Use the Top-N Analysis widgets for desktop virtual machines to view the virtual machines that have
the highest CPU, memory, disk, and network workload. Use the Top-N Analysis widgets for desktop
sessions to view the sessions that have the highest latency, transmission bandwidth, transmission
packet loss, and logon times. Viewing the extreme performers in any category can help you to assess
the overall performance of your environment.
Horizon RDS Pools Dashboard
Use the Horizon RDS Pools dashboard to view the performance of the farms, RDS hosts, RDS desktop pools,
and application pools in your Horizon environment. The Horizon RDS Pools dashboard is specific to
Horizon with Horizon 6.1 and later environments.
The widgets on the Horizon RDS Pools dashboard are organized into three columns: the left column
contains widgets for farms, the middle column contains widgets for RDS desktop pools, and the right
column contains widgets for application pools.
Each column on the Horizon RDS Pools dashboard contains a Resource List widget, a Heat Map widget, and
four Top-N Analysis widgets. Each Resource List widget is the master widget for the Heat Map widget in its
column. For example, when you select a farm in the Farms widget in the first column, the Heat Map widget
in that column shows data for the farm that you selected.
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