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Nexthink Library

VMWare Horizon Management

Latest Version: 1.0.1.0
Install

Required Products

Nexthink Act

Platforms

Windows 10

Compatibility

V6.14 and later

Description

Manages the different Registry, Services and Scheduled Tasks settings under a Windows 10 environment by using a VMWare OS Optimization Tool template that will have to be created previously by the user. This pack offers two possible actions, viewing information regarding these settings and/or configuring them, as defined in the VMWare OS Optimization Tool template.

Versions

  • 1.0.1.0 - 25 Jan 2021 - Renamed Remote Action "Get VMware Horizon Optimization Information" to "Get VMware Optimization Information"
  • 1.0.0.0 - 14 Jan 2021 - Initial release

Get VMware Optimization Information

Script Description

Verifies that the optimization steps listed in a VMware Optimization XML template are applied on target devices.

Execution context and suggested scheduling

Run the script as 'local system'. The script should be executed manually.

A timeout of 900 seconds is recommended.

Parameters

Label Description
Maximum Delay In Seconds Maximum random delay set to avoid overloading the network. Provide number of seconds less than 600
XML Path UNC Path where the XML Optimization file is located. Example":" \\\\server\\SharedFolder\\my-template.xml"

Outputs

Label Type Description
Non Matching Elements Count Int Indicates how many elements do not match the optimization suggestions provided by the XML
Non Matching Elements Ratio Ratio Percentage of the non-matching elements
Non Matching Elements IDs StringList List of all the non-matching elements' IDs

Restrictions

Further Information

This script is designed to use a VMware OS Optimization Tool XML template, in which its steps contain an assigned unique ID.
In the case the XML template contains steps without an assigned ID, the output of the script might not be the desired one.

The steps that contain multiple actions, or any other extra node (for example, conditions or custom optimizations) will be taken as non-matching elements for the output

You can obtain different Optimization XML templates by using VMware OS Optimization Tool.

To understand how to configure a network share to work properly with Nexthink Act, please visit this page.

Test Scenarios

DeviceIsNotOptimized
Test Case The remote action is launched on a device that is not optimized at all
Environment VMware Windows 10 x86/x64 (Multi-language) (1803/1809/1903)
Results Success - The output reflects the percentage of steps that have not been applied to the target device plus the list of the steps Ids and the number or non-optimized steps
DeviceIsFullyOptimized
Test Case The remote action is launched on a device that has already been fully optimized by applying the steps listed in the XML template
Environment VMware Windows 10 x86/x64 (Multi-language) (1803/1809/1903)
Results Success - The output shows 0% as the percentage of steps that have not been optimized, the list of the steps Ids is empty and the number or non-optimized steps is 0
SomeStepsContainUnsupportedAction
Test Case The XML template used contains unsupported actions or the steps contain other child nodes that are not of action type
Environment VMware Windows 10 x86/x64 (Multi-language) (1803/1809/1903)
Results Success - The steps which are not supported are considered as non-matching elements, therefore they count as not applied to the device
InvalidXmlFile
Test Case The file located in the path provided as XMLPath input parameter is not an XML file or is corrupted
Environment VMware Windows 10 x86/x64 (Multi-language) (1803/1809/1903)
Results Failure - The remote action needs a valid VMware Optimization XML template to validate all the optimization steps that are inside of it

Set VMware Optimization Configuration

Script Description

Sets changes in the windows registry, scheduled tasks and services based on a number of steps which are listed in a VMware Optimization XML template in order to optimize a target device.

Execution context and suggested scheduling

Run the script as 'local system'. The script should be executed manually.

A timeout of 900 seconds is recommended.

Parameters

Label Description
Maximum Delay In Seconds Maximum random delay set to avoid overloading the network. Provide number of seconds less than 600
XML Path UNC Path where the XML Optimization file is located. Example":" \\\\server\\SharedFolder\\my-template.xml"
Action Type Type of optimization action that will be processed. Possible values are 'all, registry, service, scheduledtask'

Outputs

None.

Restrictions

Further Information

This script is designed to use a VMware OS Optimization Tool XML template, in which its steps contain an assigned unique ID.
In the case the XML template contains steps without an assigned ID, the output of the script might not be the desired one.

The steps that contain multiple actions, or any other extra node (for example, conditions or custom optimizations) will be taken as non-matching elements for the output

You can obtain different Optimization XML templates by using VMware OS Optimization Tool.

To understand how to configure a network share to work properly with Nexthink Act, please visit this page.

Test Scenarios

DeviceIsNotOptimized
Test Case The remote action is launched on a device that is not optimized at all
Environment VMware Windows 10 x86/x64 (Multi-language) (1803/1809/1903)
Results Success - The remote action performs all the supported optimization actions that are contained in the XML
SomeStepsContainUnsupportedAction
Test Case The XML template used contains unsupported actions or the steps contain other child nodes that are not of action type
Environment VMware Windows 10 x86/x64 (Multi-language) (1803/1809/1903)
Results Success - The remote action will not consider any unsupported action
InvalidXmlFile
Test Case The file located in the path provided as XMLPath input parameter is not an XML file or is corrupted
Environment VMware Windows 10 x86/x64 (Multi-language) (1803/1809/1903)
Results Failure - The remote action needs a valid VMware Optimization XML template to validate all the optimization steps that are inside of it
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