Retrieving a list of virtual machines managed by Horizon View

The Get-DesktopVM PowerCLI command can be used to return a list of the virtual desktops that meet the specified criteria.

How to do it…

The following example command retrieves a list of desktops that currently have a refresh operation scheduled:

Get-DesktopVM -ComposerTask refresh

Omit the options in order to retrieve a list of all virtual machines.

How it works…

The Get-DesktopVM command supports multiple options that enable you to return desktops based on very specific criteria. The criteria include the following:

• The ComposerTask option: This retrieves desktops with the specified scheduled composer tasks. The options are attachUdd, detachUdd, mkChkPoint, rebalance, refresh, replaceUdd, and resync. The Udd term stands for user data disk.

  Note

  A full description of each of these options is available in the VMware document View Integration (https://pubs.vmware.com/horizon-view-60/topic/com.vmware.view.integration.doc/view_integration_powershell...