To keep your Horizon 7 components available and running, you can perform a variety of maintenance tasks. Backing Up and Restoring Horizon 7 Configuration DataYou can back up your Horizon 7 and View Composer configuration data by scheduling or running automatic backups in Horizon Administrator. You can restore your Horizon 7 configuration by manually importing the backed-up View LDAP files and View Composer database files. Monitor Horizon 7 ComponentsYou can quickly survey the status of the Horizon 7 and vSphere components in your Horizon 7 deployment by using the Horizon Administrator dashboard. Monitor Machine StatusYou can quickly survey the status of machines in your Horizon 7 deployment by using the Horizon Administrator dashboard. For example, you can display all disconnected machines or machines that are in maintenance mode. Understanding Horizon 7 ServicesThe operation of Connection Server instances and security servers depends on several services that run on the system. These systems are started and stopped automatically, but you might sometimes find it necessary to adjust the operation of these services manually. Change the Product License KeyIf the current license on a system expires, or if you want to access Horizon 7 features that are currently unlicensed, you can use Horizon Administrator to change the product license key. Based on your Horizon 7 deployment on VMware Horizon Cloud Service, you can get either a perpetual license or a subscription license for Horizon 7. You can use Horizon Administrator to change from the license mode from a subscription license to a perpetual license and vice versa for a pod. Monitoring Product License UsageIn Horizon 7 Administrator, you can monitor the active users who are concurrently connected to Horizon. The Product Licensing and Usage page displays the current and highest historical usage numbers. You can use these numbers to keep track of your product license usage. You can also reset the historical usage data and start over with the current data. Update General User Information from Active DirectoryYou can update Horizon 7 with the current user information that is stored in Active Directory. This feature updates the name, phone, email, user name, and default Windows domain of Horizon 7 users. The trusted external domains are also updated. Migrate View Composer to Another MachineIn some situations, you might need to migrate a VMware Horizon View Composer service to a new Windows Server virtual or physical machine. For example, you might migrate View Composer and vCenter Server to a new ESXi host or cluster to expand your Horizon 7 deployment. In addition, View Composer and vCenter Server do not have to be installed on the same Windows Server machine. Update the Certificates on a Connection Server Instance, Security Server, or View ComposerWhen you receive updated server TLS certificates or intermediate certificates, you import the certificates into the Windows local computer certificate store on each Connection Server, security server, or View Composer host. Join the Customer Experience Improvement ProgramYou can configure Horizon 7 to join the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).
