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Send message to Horizon user

Sends messages to the selected Horizon user/s. This script can be used to send messages to a single user session using the Horizon SOAP API's. It can also be used as an automated action with a fixed message and severity level. For the severity level these are allowed: INFO,WARNING, ERROR

This script requires VMWare PowerCLI to be installed on the machine running the script.
PowerCLI can be installed through PowerShell (PowerShell version 5 or higher required) by running the command 'Install-Module VMWare.PowerCLI -Force -AllowCLobber -Scope AllUsers' Or by using the 'Install VMware PowerCLI' script.
If you get TLS/SSL errors use this command Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction ignore
or Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction warn
To get rid of the CEIP warning use Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -ParticipateInCeip $true
or Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -ParticipateInCeip $false
Credentials can be set using the 'Create credentials for Horizon View scripts' script.

Version: 2.4.6 • Created: 2020-07-07 • Modified: 2023-11-24

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Health Check App Volumes End-Point

Perform health check analysis of VMware App Volumes on an end-point, reporting issues that may be or were user impacting. Also shows disk mounts and durations for App Volumes mounted for current user sessions.

Version: 3.8.16 • Created: 2020-06-30 • Modified: 2020-10-23

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Show Event Log entries at logon

Pull all or just error, warning & critical event log entries from a given number of seconds before logon to a given number of seconds after logon.
Can assist in finding causes of slow or incorrect logons.

Version: 1.3.18 • Created: 2020-06-19 • Modified: 2020-06-19

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Recover Provisioning for Horizon Linked Clone Pool

This script acts when provisioning gets disabled for linked clones desktop pools because the overcommit ratio is set too low. It will calculate the correct ratio and set it to that.
After changing the ratio it will enable provisioning and when set to true it can also force a rebalance of the datastores.
When using iwth a trigger the Connection Server FQDN and Horizon Pool name need to be configured manually.

This script requires VMWare PowerCLI to be installed on the machine running the script.
PowerCLI can be installed through PowerShell (PowerShell version 5 or higher required) by running the command 'Install-Module VMWare.PowerCLI -Force -AllowCLobber -Scope AllUsers' Or by using the 'Install VMware PowerCLI' script.
Credentials can be set using the 'Prepare machine for Horizon View scripts' script.

Version: 2.1.4 • Created: 2020-04-02 • Modified: 2023-11-24

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Assign Horizon User Desktop

This script assigns a user to a Horizon desktop machine. This will only work with dedicated desktop pools.It will receive the connection server fqdn, Desktop pool and machine, login and domain names from the CU Console.

This action should be executed against a Horizon endpoint machine (one which has the HZ Primary Connection Server column populated in ControlUp Console). The script uses the target machine to determine the connection server address, and is executed on the machine running ControlUp Console.

This script requires VMWare PowerCLI to be installed on the machine running the script.
PowerCLI can be installed through PowerShell (PowerShell version 5 or higher required) by running the command 'Install-Module VMWare.PowerCLI -Force -AllowCLobber -Scope AllUsers'

Version: 1.3.5 • Created: 2020-02-20 • Modified: 2020-02-25

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Remove Horizon Desktop Assignment

This script unassigns a user from a machine. This will only work with dedicated desktop pools. It will receive the connection server fqdn, Desktop pool and machine names from the CU Console.

This action should be executed against a Horizon endpoint machine (one which has the HZ Primary Connection Server column populated in ControlUp Console). The script uses the target machine to determine the connection server address, and is executed on the machine running ControlUp Console.

This script requires VMWare PowerCLI to be installed on the machine running the script.
PowerCLI can be installed through PowerShell (PowerShell version 5 or higher required) by running the command 'Install-Module VMWare.PowerCLI -Force -AllowCLobber -Scope AllUsers'

Version: 1.4.4 • Created: 2020-02-20 • Modified: 2020-02-25

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Remove Horizon Virtual Desktop

This script deletes a machine from an Horizon desktop pool. If it is a manual pool the machine will only be removed from the pool but not deleted. If it is an automated pool the user can be forcefully logged off (otherwise the script will fail, Horizon 7.7 or newer required) and the machine will be deleted.

This action should be executed against a Horizon endpoint machine (one which has the HZ Primary Connection Server column populated in ControlUp Console). The script uses the target machine to determine the connection server address, and is executed on the machine running ControlUp Console.

This script requires VMWare PowerCLI to be installed on the machine running the script.
PowerCLI can be installed through PowerShell (PowerShell version 5 or higher required) by running the command 'Install-Module VMWare.PowerCLI -Force -AllowCLobber -Scope AllUsers'

Version: 1.3.4 • Created: 2020-02-20 • Modified: 2020-02-25

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Refresh Horizon Linked Clone

This script will issue the Refresh command for a Horizon Linked Clone.

Version: 2.10.21 • Created: 2020-02-04 • Modified: 2022-04-25

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Logoff Horizon User

This script finds a user session based on username and machine. This user is then logged off, even if the session is locked.

Version: 2.32.50 • Created: 2020-01-26 • Modified: 2023-11-24

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Change Horizon VDI pool desktop count

Changes the amount VDI desktops in a desktop pool. Use UP_FRONT or ON_DEMAND for the Provisioningtype depending if you want to provision all desktops up front. If UP_FRONT is used minNumberOfMachines and numberOfSpareMachines will be ignored.

This action should be executed against a Horizon endpoint machine (one which has the HZ Primary Connection Server column populated in ControlUp Console). The script uses the target machine to determine the connection server address, and is executed on the machine running ControlUp Console.

This script requires VMWare PowerCLI to be installed on the machine running the script.
PowerCLI can be installed through PowerShell (PowerShell version 5 or higher required) by running the command 'Install-Module VMWare.PowerCLI -Force -AllowCLobber -Scope AllUsers'

Version: 4.7.13 • Created: 2020-01-09 • Modified: 2023-11-24

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FSLogix Log Parser

Parses the Profile log for FSLogix event for a specific user and displays the results.

Version: 7.6.27 • Created: 2019-12-03 • Modified: 2023-10-26

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Kill IE tabs

This script finds Internet Explorer processes corresponding to tabs in which the URL matches the pattern provided by the user in the "Tab Title Pattern" argument, and kills these processes.

Internet Explorer may recover the killed tab automatically, which is a default behavior controlled by the the "Enable automatic crash recovery" setting. When set to "yes", the "Disable Tab Recovery" setting of this script will prevent the killed tab from getting reopened. Tab recovery will then remain disabled at the user level.

If the Force parameter is set to "yes", the script will terminate the processes it found, even if their count does not correlate to the number of tabs matching the provided pattern. Be advised that this option may result in closing more tabs than intended, and should be used with caution.

Version: 1.5.28 • Created: 2019-04-01 • Modified: 2019-04-10

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Record screen video

This script creates a video of the entire user display area and saves it in a location of choice. This script requires ffmpeg.exe to be downloaded and placed in an accessible location.

Version: 1.3.4 • Created: 2019-03-13 • Modified: 2019-03-27

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