Run Workflows to Add Physical Machines as PowerShell Hosts

You must run PowerShell plug-in workflows to finish the process of adding physical machines and non-vSphere virtual machines to desktop pools by using the vRealize Orchestrator Plug-in for Horizon plug-in.

Note: As an alternative to running the PowerShell workflows listed in this procedure and the Register Machines to Pool workflow, you can run the Add Physical Machines to Pool workflow in the Workflows/Example folder.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you have the vRealize Orchestrator Plug-In for Microsoft Windows PowerShell, which contains the workflows required for this procedure.
• Verify that you have administrator credentials for the vRealize Orchestrator server. The account must be a member of the vRealize Orchestrator Admin group configured to authenticate through vCenter Single Sign-On.
• To register all machine DNS names into manual unmanaged desktop pools in VMware Horizon 8, run the Register Machines to Pool workflow. The Register Machines to Pool workflow returns a token, one for each registered DNS, that is pushed into the Windows Registry of the machines when you run the PowerShell command described in this procedure.

Procedure

1. Log in to vRealize Orchestrator as an administrator.
2. Click the Workflows view in vRealize Orchestrator.
3. In the workflows hierarchical list, select Library > PowerShell > Configuration and navigate to the Add a PowerShell host workflow.
4. Right-click the Add a PowerShell host workflow and select Start workflow.
5. Provide the host name and fully qualified domain name of the physical machine and click Next.
   If the machine is not in a domain, you can use the IP address. If you do not supply the port number, the default port is used.
6. Enter values in the form that appears and click Next.

   Option	Action
   PowerShell remote host type	Select WinRM from the drop-down menu.
   Transport protocol	Select HTTP from the drop-down menu.
   Authentication	If the machine is in the domain, select Kerberos from the drop-down menu. If the machine is not in the domain, select Basic.

7. Enter values in the form that appears.

   Option	Action
   Session mode	Select Shared session from the drop-down menu.
   User name	If the machine is in a domain, use the format [e-mail]. If the machine is not in a domain, use the user name of the local administrator account.

8. To run the workflow, click Submit.
9. When the workflow finishes, right-click the Invoke a PowerShell Script workflow in the PowerShell folder and select Start workflow.
10. Select the host that you added and click Next.
11. (Optional) Add the Identity registry key.
    1. Verify that the hklm:\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Agent\Identity registry key exists.
    2. If the registry key does not exist, enter the following command:

       New-Item -Path "hklm:\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Agent" -Name Identity

12. In the Script text area, enter the following command:

    New-ItemProperty -Path "hklm:\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Agent\Identity" -Name Bootstrap -PropertyType String –Value “TokenReturnedByWorkflow” –Force

    For TokenReturnedByWorkflow, use the token returned by the Register Machines to Pool workflow that you previously executed to register machine DNS names.

13. To run the workflow, click Submit.

Results

The Horizon Agent token on the machine is now paired with the Connection Server instance.