PlainVan1lla
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‎02-09-2022 10:09 AM

How to obtain host computer's name from within virtual machine

My users run on VMware Horizon Client 5.5.0.  From within the virtual machine, how would I get the name of the host computer?  Preferably in a command line where I can capture the output to a text file.  I see that the Z: drive is mapped to {username} on {computername}.  I thought NET USE would give me the info but it misses the Z: drive altogether.  If I issue NET USE Z:  I would get

 

Local name = Z:

Remote name = \\tsclient\{username|

Resource type = Disk

 

I suppose TSCLIENT is some variable defined within the Horizon virtual machine.  How would I get that name though?

 

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Mickeybyte
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‎02-09-2022 10:41 AM

@PlainVan1lla 

From within the virtual machine, you can read the following registry value that contains the client hostname: 

HKCU\Volatile Environment\ViewClient_Machine_Name

A lot of information can be found in that key: Client System Information Sent to Remote Desktops (vmware.com)


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Mickeybyte (ITPro blog)

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PlainVan1lla
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‎02-09-2022 10:52 AM

Thank you!  You answered my question!

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