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3 Use the Horizon Adapter status widget to view metrics for the selected adapter.
The Horizon Adapter status widget shows the length of the last collection period, the number of
desktops that sent data samples during the last collection period, and the total number of objects that
the adapter received during the last collection period.
4 Select a broker agent in the Select Horizon Broker Agent widget to show the status of the broker agent.
5 Use the Horizon Broker Agent Status widget to view metrics for the selected broker agent.
The Horizon Broker Agent Status widget shows the topology, metric, and database collection times and
the user session, desktop virtual machine, and database event record counts.
6 View collection statistics for the selected broker agent in the Horizon Broker Agent Topology Collection
Statistics, Horizon Broker Agent Metric Collection Statistics, and Horizon Broker Agent DB Event
Collection Statistics widget.
These widgets show simple graphs that contain the values of their associated collection metrics over
time.
What to do next
After vRealize Operations Manager is populated with data from your Horizon environment, associate
objects with your vRealize Operations for Horizon license key. See “Associate Horizon Objects with Your
vRealize Operations for Horizon License Key,” on page 16.
If a Horizon adapter or broker agent is not operating as expected, see "Troubleshooting a
vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation" in the VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Administration
document for troubleshooting tips.
Install the vRealize Operations for Horizon Desktop Agent
For linked-clone desktops, you install the desktop agent on the parent virtual machine that Horizon
Composer users to generate the linked-clone virtual machines. For desktops in automated and manual
desktop pools, you install the desktop agent on each virtual machine desktop source in the desktop pool.
For RDSH Services pools, you install the desktop agent on the RDSH server.
Guest Operating System Version Edition Service Pack
Windows 10 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise None
Windows 8.1 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and Professional Latest update
Windows 8 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and Professional None
Windows 7 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and Professional SP1
Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit Datacenter None
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Datacenter SP1
For linked-clone desktops, you install the desktop agent on the parent virtual machine that Horizon
Composer users to generate the linked-clone virtual machines. For desktops in automated and manual
desktop pools, you install the desktop agent on each virtual machine desktop source in the desktop pool.
For Terminal Services pools, you install the desktop agent on the terminal server.
Prerequisites
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Install and congure vRealize Operations for Horizon.
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If you are installing the desktop agent in linked-clone desktops, become familiar with the recompose
operation. For information about recomposing linked-clone desktops, see the Horizon administration
document for your Horizon version.
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Verify that you downloaded the desktop agent installation les.
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