Configure the Horizon Performance Tracker Group Policy Settings

To configure Horizon Performance Tracker, install the Horizon Performance Tracker ADMX template file (vdm_agent_perfTracker.admx) on the agent machine and use the Local Group Policy Editor to configure the policy settings.

All ADMX files that provide group policy settings for Horizon 8 are available in VMware-Horizon-Extras-Bundle-YYMM-x.x.x-yyyyyyyy.zip, where YYMM is the marketing version, x.x.x is the internal version and yyyyyyyy is the build number. You can download the file from the VMware Downloads site at https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads. Under Desktop & End-User Computing, select the VMware Horizon download, which includes the GPO Bundle containing the ZIP file.

Procedure

1. Extract the vdm_agent_perfTracker.admx file from the VMware-Horizon-Extras-Bundle-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.zip file and copy it to the %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions folder on the agent machine.
2. Extract the vdm_agent_perfTracker.adml file from the VMware-Horizon-Extras-Bundle-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.zip file and copy it to the appropriate language subfolder in the %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions\ folder on the agent machine.
   For example, copy the en_us version of the vdm_agent_perfTracker.adml file to the %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions\en_us subfolder.
3. Start the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) and navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > VMware Horizon Performance Tracker.
4. Edit the group policy settings.

   Setting	Description
   Horizon Performance Tracker basic setting	When enabled, you can set the frequency in seconds at which Horizon Performance Tracker collects data.
   Enable Horizon Performance Tracker auto start in remote desktop connection.	When enabled, Horizon Performance Tracker starts automatically when a user logs in to a remote desktop connection. To clear this preference GPO setting, select Disable.
   Enable Horizon Performance Tracker auto start in remote application connection	When enabled, Horizon Performance Tracker starts automatically when a user logs in to a remote application connection. To clear this preference GPO setting, select Disable.

5. To make your changes take effect, restart Horizon Performance Tracker on the agent machine.