topic Re: Preview VDI in vCenter in Horizon Desktops and Apps

Preview VDI in vCenter

BSKris — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 06:49:41 GMT

Can I preview logged in user in VDI by vCenter function Launch remote console?

When user is logged off I can see login screen.

When is loogged in I see black screen.

How can I support VDi users?

Horizon Client VDI use VMware blast protocol

ESX 6.7

Re: Preview VDI in vCenter

amohammadimir — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:44:02 GMT

You can use the Remote Assistance from Horizon Help Desk Tool.

Re: Preview VDI in vCenter

BSKris — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:47:09 GMT

I don't have licence for it.

Re: Preview VDI in vCenter

Mickeybyte2 — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:12:57 GMT

BSKris

use the following command: mstsc.exe /v:<computername> /shadow:<session>

where

<computername> = hostname of VDI/RDSH

<session> = session number of the user. For single user VDI this is normally 1, for RDSH it depends.

The user must approve the remote control, unless you setup the corresponding GPO's to allow shadowing without user notification and add the parameter /noconsentprompt to the above command. (make sure you comply with any legal rules of the company if you do that!)

Regards,

Michiel.

Re: Preview VDI in vCenter

BSKris — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:39:59 GMT

Thanks, but it works only when user has RDP session.

By vmware blast protocol it doesn't work.

Re: Preview VDI in vCenter

Mickeybyte2 — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:55:47 GMT

BSKris

We are using this in our environment too. All users connect using blast or PCoIP protocol.

The remote desktop client uses RDP to shadow the session, but that is independent of the protocol used by the user to connect to his/her session. (Unless you have RPD disabled in your environment, then this could be the issue that it's not working).

Re: Preview VDI in vCenter

Shreyskar — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:29:41 GMT

Hi BSKris

> For PCoIP connections you need to enable below group policy in PCoIP ADMX template:

Enable access to a PCoIP session from a vSphere console:

PCoIP General Settings

> For Blast you need to set Screen blanking GPO:

VMware Blast Policy Settings

Screen Blanking

Specifies whether to have the desktop VM's console show the actual desktop that the user sees or to show a blank screen when the desktop has an active session. The default is to show a blank screen.

Re: Preview VDI in vCenter

BSKris — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 06:32:08 GMT

VMware Blast Policy Settings

is solution for me.

Thanks