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Use the Top-N Analysis widgets to view the sessions of each type 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 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 or instant 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 containing widgets for VDI desktop pool virtual machines and widgets for VDI desktop
pool sessions. Each column contains a Heat Map widget and four Top-N Analysis widgets. The Source
column displays the desktop pool source type, such as linked clone or instant clone.
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 pool and the VDI Desktop Pool Sessions widget shows
the desktop sessions that are currently logged on for that pool.
Use the Dashboard Navigation buon 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 to
launch Horizon Administrator.
Configuring Applications for Viewing in Reports
To use the following reports from the VDI Pools Dashboard, you must rst congure applications that you
want to monitor:
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Horizon Desktop Application Usage
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Horizon Desktop Application Instance Usage
Use the following steps to congure applications for these reports:
1 Edit /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/plugins/inbound/V4V_adapter3/conf/v4v-desktop-app-
config.properties in the master node. Add application information to it. For example, to add
information for calculator and notepad applications, modify the le:
#app name, app full path, pod name(optional)
#for pod Cluster-SERVER621
calculator,C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories\Calculator.lnk,Cluster-SERVER621
#for all pods
notepad,C:\Windows\notepad.exe
2 By default, the app instance feature is disabled, and you can only see Desktop Applications Tier and
Desktop Application objects. To enable the app instance feature, go to /usr/lib/vmware-
vcops/user/plugins/inbound/V4V_adapter3/conf/v4v.properties and change the value of
enableDesktopApplicationInstance to true.
3 Restart the entire cluster after making these changes, or just restart the remote collector. Use service
vmware-vcops -full-restart on the remote collector. The property has to be changed on the master
node; the remote cluster is updated after the restart.
4 Restart the desktop machine for the congured applications to take eect.
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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