Virtual-machine desktops that are managed by vCenter Server can be in various states of operation and availability. In View Administrator, you can track the status of desktops in the right-hand column of the desktop-list page.
VMware Horizon View enables users to access virtual desktops and applications through a single pane of glass. There have been many improvements added to the release of Horizon View 7 such as Blast Extreme protocol, Instant Clone, enhanced security and policy management.
Status of Virtual-Machine Desktops That Are Managed by vCenter Server shows the operational state of virtual-machine desktops that are displayed in View Administrator. A desktop can be in only one state at a time.
Type of State | ||
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Provisioning | Provisioning | The virtual machine is being provisioned. |
Provisioning error | Provisioning | An error occurred during provisioning. |
Customizing | Provisioning | The virtual machine in an automated pool is being customized. |
Deleting | Provisioning | The virtual machine is marked for deletion. View Manager will delete the virtual machine soon. |
Waiting for Agent | Agent state | View Connection Server is waiting to establish communication with View Agent on a virtual machine in a manual pool. This state is the same as the Customizing state for a virtual machine in an automated pool. |
Startup | Agent state | View Agent has started on the virtual machine, but other required services such as the display protocol are still starting. For example, View Agent cannot establish an RDP connection with client computers until RDP has finished starting. |
Agent unreachable | Agent state | View Connection Server cannot establish communication with View Agent on a virtual machine. |
Configuration error | Agent state | The display protocol such as RDP or PCoIP is not enabled. |
Provisioned | Availability | The virtual machine is powered off or suspended. |
Available | Availability | The virtual machine is powered on and ready for an active connection. In a dedicated pool, the virtual machine is assigned to a user and will start when the user logs in. |
Checked out | Session state | The virtual machine for a local desktop is checked out. |
Connected | Session state | The virtual machine is in an active session and has an active remote connection to a View client. |
Disconnected | Session state | The virtual machine is in an active session, but it is disconnected from the View client. |
Unassigned user connected | Miscellaneous | A user other than the assigned user is logged in to a virtual machine in a dedicated pool. For example, this state can occur if an administrator starts vSphere Client, opens a console on the virtual machine, and logs in. |
Unassigned user disconnected | Miscellaneous | A user other than the assigned user is logged in and disconnected from a virtual machine in a dedicated pool. |
Unknown | Miscellaneous | The virtual machine is in an unknown state. |
Maintenance mode | Miscellaneous | The virtual machine is in maintenance mode. Users cannot log in or use the virtual machine. |
Error | Miscellaneous | An unknown error occurred in the virtual machine. |
– | Miscellaneous | A failure occurred when the virtual machine was in any of the preceding states. |
While a desktop is in a particular state, it can be subject to further conditions. View Administrator displays these conditions as suffixes to the desktop state. For example, View Administrator might display the Customizing (missing) state.
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Desktop-Status Conditions shows these additional conditions.
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Missing | The virtual machine is missing in vCenter Server. Typically, the virtual machine was deleted in vCenter Server, but the View LDAP configuration still has a record of the desktop. |
Task halted | A View Composer operation such as refresh, recompose, or rebalance was stopped. For details about troubleshooting a recompose operation, see Correcting an Unsuccessful Recomposition. For details about View Composer error states, see View Composer Provisioning Errors. The Task halted condition applies to all virtual machines that were selected for the operation, but on which the operation has not yet started. Virtual machines in the pool that are not selected for the operation are not placed in the Task halted condition. |
A desktop state can be subject to both conditions, (missing, task halted), if a View Composer task was stopped and the virtual machine is missing in vCenter Server.