6.2.1

Configure the vRealize Operations for Horizon Broker Agent
After you install the broker agent, you use the Broker Agent Conguration wizard to congure the broker
agent on the Horizon Connection Server host where the broker agent is installed. You can also use the
Broker Agent Conguration wizard to make changes to your broker agent conguration.
A check box in the Broker Agent Setup wizard controls whether the Broker Agent Conguration wizard
opens immediately after you install the broker agent. This check box is selected by default.
During broker agent conguration, you pair the broker agent with a Horizon adapter instance. Pairing the
broker agent with a Horizon adapter instance is a necessary authentication step that enables the broker
agent and desktop agents to communicate with the Horizon adapter. The broker agent and desktop agents
cannot communicate with the Horizon adapter until the pairing process is complete.
If you are monitoring multiple Horizon pods, you can pair the broker agent installed in each pod with the
same Horizon adapter instance as long as the total number of desktops that the Horizon adapter instance
handles does not exceed 10,000.
If your Horizon environment includes an events database, you must congure the broker agent to connect to
the database. You can optionally congure the broker agent to monitor application pools and specic
desktop pools.
Prerequisites
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Install the vRealize Operations for Horizon broker agent. See “Install the vRealize Operations for
Horizon Broker Agent,” on page 19.
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Verify that you have the server key for the Horizon adapter. You specied the server key when you
created a credential for the adapter instance.
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Verify that you have the IP address of the machine where you installed the Horizon adapter.
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If your Horizon environment includes an events database, verify that the database format is supported.
See “Support for Oracle Databases that Provide Horizon Events,” on page 12.
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To monitor specic desktop pools in Horizon, obtain the IDs for the pools. You can nd pool IDs in
Horizon Administrator. For more information, see the administration document for your Horizon
version.
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Verify that you are logged in to the Horizon Connection Server host with a domain user account. Local
accounts do not have the necessary privileges to congure all seings.
Procedure
1 If the Broker Agent Conguration wizard is not already open, start it by selecting Start > VMware >
vRealize Operations View Broker Agent .
2 In the Address text box, type the IP address of the vRealize Operations Manager node or remote
collector where the Horizon adapter instance is running.
3 In the Port text box, type the port to use to connect to the Horizon adapter.
By default, the broker agent uses port 3091 to communicate with the Horizon adapter. You can modify
the default port number, depending on your network conguration.
4 After entering the pairing key, click Pair to pair the broker agent with the Horizon adapter.
The status of the pairing process appears in the Status area.
5 After the pairing process succeeds, click Next.
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