When you deactivate a desktop pool, the pool is no longer presented to users and pool provisioning is stopped. Users have no access to the pool. After you deactivate a pool, you can enable it again.

Prerequisites

You can deactivate a desktop pool to prevent users from accessing their remote desktops while you prepare the desktops for use. If a desktop pool is no longer needed, you can deactivate the pool to withdraw the pool from active use without having to delete the desktop pool definition from Horizon Console.

Procedure

  1. In Horizon Console, select Inventory > Desktops.
  2. Select a desktop pool and change the status of the pool.
    Option Action
    Deactivate the pool Select Disable Desktop Pool from the Status drop-down menu.
    Enable the pool Select Enable Desktop Pool from the Status drop-down menu.
  3. Click OK.