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 Horizon Composer configuration data by scheduling or running automatic backups in Horizon Console. You can restore your Horizon 7 configuration by manually importing the backed-up View LDAP files and Horizon Composer database files. Restoring Horizon Connection Server and View Composer Configuration DataYou can manually restore the Connection Server LDAP configuration files and View Composer database files that were backed up by Horizon 7. Export Data in View Composer DatabaseYou can export data from your View Composer database to file. 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 Key or License Modes in Horizon ConsoleIf the current license on a system expires, or if you want to access Horizon 7 features that are currently unlicensed, you can use Horizon Console 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 Console to change from the license mode from a subscription license to a perpetual license and vice versa for a pod. Monitoring License UsageIn Horizon Console, you can monitor the active users who are concurrently connected to Horizon 7. The Usage Settings panel 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. 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).
