Lab 22: Explore the Horizon console dashboard

Objective and tasks

In this lab, you will explore the Horizon Console Dashboard and System Health views to monitor the status of Horizon 8 components.

  1. Login to the Horizon admin console.
  2. Open the Horizon Dashboard and review machine status.
  3. View System Health details for Horizon service components.
  4. Review the status of other components.
  5. Review the status of the vSphere components.
  6. Monitor user sessions.
Expand or collapse content Task 1: Login to the Horizon admin console
  1. Open the Horizon admin console for horizon-01a.
    • On your ControlCenter desktop, open the Google Chrome browser.
    • Click the bookmark on the bookmark bar for horizon-01a
    • This will connect you to the Horizon administrator console at https://horizon-01a.omnissatraining.com/admin
  2. Login to the Horizon admin console.
    • Username: administrator
    • Password : Pa$$w0rd
    • Domain: OmnissaTraining
Expand or collapse content Task 2: Open the Horizon Dashboard and review machine status

You can monitor the environment using the Horizon Console Dashboard. The Dashboard shows key monitoring categories such as Sessions, Problem vCenter VMs, Problem RDS Hosts, Events, and System Health.

  1. Open the Horizon Dashboard.
    • Using the Horizon admin console, navigate to Monitor > Dashboard.
  2. Review the information that can be monitored from the Dashboard.
    • Note that the dashboard displays several panes of information, including System Health, Total Sessions, Workload, and Machine Status.
  3. Review the Machine Status information.
    • Locate the Machine Status pane in the right of the Dashboard.
    • Review the various categories of information that is available.
    • Note that there are three tabs of information in the Machine Status pane: vCenter, RDS Hosts, Others.
    • Identify any entry that shows a non-zero count.
  4. Look at the details of an entry.
    • Ensure you are on the vCenter tab of the Machine Status pane.
    • Scroll down and click on the number next to the entry for Available.
    • Review the affected component, status, and description.
    • Record the component name and status.

When you look at the details of an entry in the Machine Status pane, you are taken to the Inventory > Machines screen and a filter is applied so that you only see the corresponding machine objects.

Expand or collapse content Task 3: View system health details for Horizon service components

The System Health view provides details across components such as Connection Servers, Gateway Servers (UAG), Event Database, True SSO, Messaging Clients, and other components.

  1. Open the System Health view.
    • Navigate to Monitor > Dashboard.
    • In the System Health area, click on View.

Note that there is a left-hand menu that allows the selection of the type of component or object to view the status of.

Some menu selections also have multiple tabs along the top.

  1. View the Connection Server gateway services details.
    • Ensure that you are on the Components in the left-hand menu selection.
    • Ensure you are on the Connection Servers tab and select the Connection Server HORIZON-01A.
    • Click on the View Connection Server Status drop-down and select View Services Status.
    • Review the status of the various gateway services.
    • Close the status dialog (use the X in the top-right corner).
  2. View the Connection Server sessions status details.
    • Click on the View Connection Server Status drop-down and select View Sessions Status.
    • Review the Connection Server Sessions Detail (these will be 0 as no sessions are currently active).
    • Close the status dialog (use the X in the top-right corner).
  3. View the Schema Master details.
    • Click on View Schema Master Availability.
    • Confirm that HORIZON-01A is the Schema Master (Local) and the service is healthy (green tick).
    • Close the status dialog (use the X in the top-right corner).

If you have components such as App Volumes, Gateway Servers, TrueSSO, information will be available for those on the corresponding tab of the Components view.

Expand or collapse content Task 4: Review the status of other components

The Other Components area includes supporting dependencies such as Domains, SAML 2.0 authenticators, and License Service.

  1. Open the Other Components view.
    • Ensure that you still have the System Health view open.
    • Select Other Components from the left-hand menu.
  2. Check Active Directory domain status.
    • Ensure you are on the Domains tab.
    • Review the entry for OMNISSATRAINING and confirm that it is healthy.
  3. Check the License Service status.
    • Select the License Service tab.
    • Confirm that the service has a valid license key and that it is healthy.
Expand or collapse content Task 5: Review the status of the vSphere components

In the lab you are using vSphere as the type of capacity.

  1. Open the Other Components view.
    • Ensure that you still have the System Health view open.
    • Select vSphere from the left-hand menu.
  2. View the Datastores details
    • Ensure you are on the Datastores tab.
    • Click on the entry for Datastore1.
    • Review the name, type, usage details, and confirm that it is healthy.
    • Click Back.
  3. View the ESX host status
    • Select the ESX Hosts tab.
    • Review the information and confirm that the ESX host is healthy.
  4. View vCenter Servers details
    • Select the vCenter Servers tab.
    • Review the information and confirm that the vCenter Server is healthy.
  5. Close the System Health view.
    • Click OK.
Expand or collapse content Task 6: Monitor user sessions

The Dashboard provides visibility into Total Sessions, Machine Status, and Workload.

  1. View the Total Sessions dashboard.
    • Navigate to Monitor > Dashboard.
  2. In the Total Sessions area, review the charts.
    • Note that these show different types of resources, VDI Desktops, RDSH Desktops, RDSH Applications.
    • Note also that the charts can show different sessions statuses: Active, Idle, Disconnected.

In your lab there are currently no active sessions, so no entries will display.

  1. Open the Total Sessions view.
    • Navigate to Monitor > Dashboard.
    • In the Total Sessions area, click on View.
  2. Review the options for interacting with user sessions.

You have explored the Horizon Console Dashboard and System Health views and learned how to monitor Horizon components, infrastructure health, and user sessions.

This concludes this lab.

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