Blog about creating a Data Collection Tool bundle

Blog about creating a Data Collection Tool DTC bundle.

Postdate: 13-03-2023

If you are going to provide support for instant clones within Horizon 8, you will run into the problem that you have to create a logfile when the user is logged in because when the user logs out the files and the problem are deleted.

VMware has a tool for this called vdmadmin, with this tool you can create a log file from the connection server directly to the Horizon agent.

Requirements:

If User Account Control (UAC) is turned on, you must obtain the DCT bundle in this fashion.
The account you run it with needs the proper permissions or be a member of the Horizon Administrators group.
Minimum rights are Collect Operation Logs.

Now we can begin, logon to the connection server and open a command prompt.

Go to the following location: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\tools\bin.

Command: cd C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\tools\bin

Fill in the following command: vdmadmin -A -getDCT -outfile C:\logfile.zip -d Poolname -m Machinename.

The command explaned:
vdmadmin -A -getDCT -outfile C:\logfile.zip -d Poolname -m Machinename.
-A = Logging Horizon Agent.
-getDCT = Creates a Data Collection Tool (DCT) bundle.
-outfile = Specifies the name and location of the local file.
-d = Specifies the desktop pool.
-m = Specifies the machine within a desktop pool.

Wait several minutes for the command to complete.