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Figure 1-1. vRealize Operations for Horizon Architecture
Desktop
Source
Horizon Connection
Server host
Horizon events
database
Broker agent
Events
Desktop agent
Desktop metrics (PCoIP,
resource usage, session
information, App Stack
information)
vSphere metrics (ESXi, VM,
datastore, datacenter)
vCenter Server
Horizon
Adapter
vCenter
Adapter
vRealize Operations Manager
vApp deployment
Resources, metrics, relationships,
KPIs, alerts, views and reports
Horizon
dashboards
vRealize Operations Manager
user interface
Unified Access
Gateway
Unified Access Gateway data
App Volumes
App Volumes data
Broker Data (environment/
topology health)
Horizon Adapter
The Horizon Adapter runs on the master node or a remote collector node in vRealize Operations
Manager. Adapter instances are paired with one or more broker agents to receive communications from
them.
You can pair the broker agents installed in multiple pods with a single Horizon Adapter instance as long
as the total number of desktops in those pods does not exceed 10,000. If you need to create multiple
adapter instances, you must create each instance on a different node.
Important Creating more than one Horizon Adapter instance on a single master or remote collector
node is not supported.
The Horizon Adapter obtains Horizon inventory information from broker agents and collects metrics and
performance data from desktop agents. The adapter passes this data to vRealize Operations Manager,
which analyzes the data and visualizes it on preconfigured dashboards.
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