On a VMware vCenter managed virtual machine, how does the VMware Horizon Agent know which Connection Server it should register with during the Instant Clone pool creation process?

Question

Options

• AAdministrator provides this information in the Horizon Agent Installation Wizard on the master
• BHorizon Agent queries VMware Tools for a GuestInfo Variable during the cloning process.
• CHorizon Agent retrieves this information from an DNS SRV record
• DAdministrator provides this information in the "Add Pool" creation wizard.

• A
  7% (4)
• B
  73% (44)
• C
  5% (3)
• D
  15% (9)

Explanation

During Instant Clone pool creation, the Connection Server injects configuration data - including the target Connection Server address - into the clone's VMware Tools GuestInfo variables at the moment the clone is created. The Horizon Agent running inside the new clone queries these GuestInfo variables via the VMware Tools channel to retrieve the Connection Server address, then registers itself automatically - no human intervention required per clone.

Why the distractors fail:

• A is wrong because the Horizon Agent Installation Wizard runs once on the master image, long before any specific clone exists - there's no per-clone Connection Server detail to enter there.
• C is wrong because DNS SRV records are not the mechanism Horizon uses for this registration handshake; that's a common pattern in other products but not here.
• D is wrong because while the administrator does use the Add Pool wizard to configure the pool (including which Connection Server manages it), the wizard configures the server side - the agent receives its instructions through GuestInfo variables, not by reading the wizard directly.

Memory tip: Think of it as the Connection Server leaving a sticky note inside the VM's mailbox (VMware Tools) - the agent checks that mailbox the moment it boots and finds out exactly where to call home.

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