When a user launches a published desktop or application, a session is created. You can disconnect and log out from sessions, send messages to clients, reset, and restart virtual machines.
Procedure
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In Horizon Console, navigate to where session information is displayed.
Session Type Navigation Remote desktop sessions Select Inventory > Desktops, click a pool's ID, and click the Sessions tab. The Sessions column also appears on the Desktop Pools page for all desktops. Select Inventory > Farms, click a farm's ID, and click the Sessions tab. You can also view the published applications associated with a session. The Application Names column displays the published applications associated with a session. The Sessions column also appears on the Farms page for all farms. Select Settings > Registered Machines, and view the Sessions column. Remote desktop and application sessions Select Monitor > Sessions. Sessions associated with a user or user group - Select Users and Groups.
- Click a user's name or a user group's name.
- Click on the Sessions tab.
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Select a session.
To send a message to users, you can select multiple sessions. You can perform the other operations on only one session at a time. You can perform a logout operation only on a session that is not connected from a vSphere console.
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Choose whether to disconnect, log out, send a message, restart a desktop, or reset a virtual machine.
Option Description Disconnect Session Disconnects the user from the session. Logoff Session Logs the user off the session. Data that is not saved is lost. Send Message Send a message to Horizon Client. You can label the message as Info, Warning, or Error. Restart Desktop Performs a restart operation on a published desktop, which performs a graceful operating system restart of the desktop machine. Note: This option is not available for instant-clone farms. Reset Virtual Machine Performs a reset operation on a published desktop without the graceful operating system restart, which performs a hard power-off and power-on of the desktop machine. Note: This option is not available for instant-clone farms. -
Click OK.
Results
The session properties have the following descriptions:
| Property | Description |
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| RDS Host | Name of the multi-session host. |
| Farm | Farm to which the host belongs. |
| Desktop Pool | Multi-session desktop pool associated with the farm. |
| Agent Version | Version of Horizon Agent that runs on the host. |
| Sessions | Number of client sessions. |
| DNS Name | DNS name of the host. |
| Type | Version of Linux distribution that runs on the host. |
| Client ID | Name or the MAC address of the client. |
| Client Version | Version of Horizon Client for the user's session. |
| RDS Farm | Farm to which the host belongs. |
| Max Number of Connections | Maximum number of connections that the host can support. |
| Enabled | Whether the host is enabled. |
| Status | State of the host. See Status of Linux Multi-session Hosts in Horizon Console for a description of the possible states. |
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