The Horizon vCenter Orchestrator plug-in provides automation, self-service, and delegated administration for View environments. End users can perform self-service functions and delegated administrators can perform provisioning functions on behalf of end users.
The Horizon vCenter Orchestrator plug-in provides the following functions:
- Self-provision and de-provision, or recycle, machines through vCloud Automation Center in existing View desktop pools
- Self-service request and entitlement for applications through vCloud Automation Center
- Self-service request and entitlement for a desktop through vCloud Automation Center
- Self-service refresh of a machine through vCloud Automation Center
- Provision a machine into an existing desktop pool on behalf of an end user
- De-provision a machine on behalf of an end user and preserve the persistent disk if there is one
- Allow entitlement and assignment changes for application and desktop pools
- Allow modification of the minimum number of machines in a desktop pool, pool display name, and number of powered-on machines
With
Horizon vCenter Orchestrator plug-in, the following functions have been added:
- Add managed virtual machines to manual desktop pools
- Add unmanaged virtual machines to manual unmanaged desktop pools
- Add physical machines to manual unmanaged desktop pools
- Allow session management for disconnecting, logging off, resetting, and sending messages to active View desktop sessions
- Provision multiple machines for multiple users
- Perform maintenance mode operations on View machines
