How to Send Messages Between Pods in a Cloud Pod Architecture Environment

Connection Server instances communicate in a Cloud Pod Architecture environment by using an interpod communication protocol called the View InterPod API (VIPA).

Connection Server instances use the VIPA communication channel to launch new desktops, find existing desktops, and share health status data and other information. VMware Horizon 8 configures the VIPA communication channel when you initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture feature.

Make sure that at least (N/2)+1 nodes are up and running in the pod, where N is the total number of nodes registered in a pod. If the number of up and running nodes is less than (N/2)+1, then none of the provisioning or imaging operations will go through.