You can monitor the status and view the properties of RDS hosts in Horizon Administrator.

Procedure

  • In Horizon Administrator, navigate to the page that displays the properties that you want to view.
    Properties Action
    RDS Host, Farm, Desktop Pool, Agent Version, Sessions, Status
    • In Horizon Administrator, select Resources > Machines.
    • Click the RDS Hosts tab. Both linked-clone RDS hosts and RDS hosts that are set up manually are displayed.
    DNS Name, Type, RDS Farm, Max Number of Connections, Agent Version, Enabled, Status
    • In Horizon Administrator, select View Configuration > Registered Machines.
    • Click the RDS Hosts tab. Only RDS hosts that are set up manually are displayed.

Results

The properties are displayed and have the following meanings:

Property Description
RDS Host Name of the RDS host.
Farm Farm to which the RDS host belongs.
Desktop Pool RDS desktop pool associated with the farm.
Agent Version Version of View Agent or Horizon Agent that runs on the RDS host.
Sessions Number of client sessions.
DNS Name DNS name of the RDS host.
Type Version of Windows Server that runs on the RDS host.
RDS Farm Farm to which the RDS host belongs.
Max Number of Connections Maximum number of connections that the RDS host can support.
Enabled Whether the RDS host is enabled.
Status State of the RDS host. See Status of RDS Hosts for a description of the possible states.