How to get IP and/or hostname of computer from which user is connected to his desktop using View 4.5

[Najtsob]

How to get IP and/or hostname of computer from which user is connected to his desktop using View 4.5

Is this even possible and does view server stores this information ?

Best regards, Najtssob

[eeg3 · Accepted solution]

This information is stored in the Virtual Desktop registry. For more information, check out this page: Using Client Information in VMware View.

[uttam_choudhary]

Connection server application event logs should also have this information about session. You will need to query the events.

[mholgate]

We use a free product called BGInfo. This is from the Sysinternals team at Microsoft and just simply displays pertinent system info on the Windows desktop background. Here is the link:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557

Mike  VM... Virtually!!

[Najtsob]

Earl Gay wrote:

This information is stored in the Virtual Desktop registry. For more information, check out this page: Using Client Information in VMware View.

So there is no central storage for this informations on view server ?I thought that IP of a client would be in view's  ADAM.

[tacticsbaby]

I believe you should be able to find what you are looking for in the registry under: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment.

This has all the info you should need, if I am understanding your question correctly. Hope this is useful.

[Najtsob]

I know how to get this info from register. I just wanted to know if this information are also stored somwhere else(like ADAM db on view server).

[Najtsob]

So you can only get IP of the client from registry of VM. And there is no souch information in ADAM on view server ?

[mittim12]

Correct

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