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7 When the installation finishes, click Finish to exit the broker agent setup wizard.
The broker agent is installed in the same folder as Horizon Connection Server.
Note If vRealize Operations for Horizon broker agent 6.2/6.2.1/6.3 is installed, you can upgrade it to
vRealize Operations for Horizon broker agent 6.4 by running VMware-v4vbrokeragent-x86_64-6.4-
buildnumber.exe and by following the procedure mentioned above. During the Broker Agent upgrade
process, vRealize Operations for Horizon broker agent 6.2 or earlier service is stopped, configuration
is preserved, Broker agent is uninstalled, and the new version of Broker Agent is installed. When the
configuration utility opens, enter the vRealize Operations IP and the pairing credentials on the first
screen of the wizard. In case of upgrade, the Broker Agent service is not started automatically. Start
the broker agent service on the Configure The Broker Agent Service screen of the wizard. Click
Next and in the last page of the wizard click Finish. Subsequent screen contains the data populated
from the previous installation. This includes details such as, Horizon Credentials and Events
database configurations.
What to do next
Use the Broker Agent Configuration wizard to configure the broker agent. See Configure the vRealize
Operations for Horizon Broker Agent.
Configure the vRealize Operations for Horizon Broker Agent
After you install the broker agent, you use the Broker Agent Configuration wizard to configure the broker
agent on the Horizon Connection Server host where the broker agent is installed. You can also use the
Broker Agent Configuration wizard to make changes to your broker agent configuration.
A check box in the Broker Agent Setup wizard controls whether the Broker Agent Configuration wizard
opens immediately after you install the broker agent. This check box is selected by default.
During broker agent configuration, 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 desktops.
If your Horizon environment includes an events database, you must configure the broker agent to connect
to the database. You can optionally configure the broker agent to monitor application pools and specific
desktop pools.
Prerequisites
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Install the vRealize Operations for Horizon broker agent. See Install the vRealize Operations for
Horizon Broker Agent.
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Verify that you have the server key for the Horizon adapter. You specified the server key when you
created a credential for the adapter instance.
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