Retrieving a list of physical machines

The Get-DesktopPhysicalMachine PowerCLI command can be used to return a list of physical desktops managed by Horizon View and that meet the specified criteria.

How to do it…

The following example command retrieves a list of all desktops running the Windows 7 OS:

Get-DesktopPhysicalMachine -OS Win7

Omit the options to retrieve a list of all physical machines.

How it works…

Get-DesktopPhysicalMachine supports multiple options that enable you to retrieve physical desktops based on very specific criteria. The criteria include the following:

• The Description option: This is the description of the physical machine. This value should be contained within quotes.

• The DisplayName option: This is the display name of the physical machine. This value should be contained within quotes.

• The Hostname option: This is the DNS name of the target physical desktop.

• The Sid option: This is the Windows machine SID.

• The State option: This is the machine state. The options include...