VMware EUC – Horizon, UAG, VIDM and AppVolumes – NSX Load Balancing – Health Check Monitors

There is no single place to find a consolidated list of Load balancer health check monitors (aka Service Monitors in NSX) for the VMware EUC products:

• Horizon
• Unified Access Gateway
• VMware Identity Manager
• App Volumes

I have been using VMware NSX load balancer across the board. The below details will provide an overview of what to enter for the health monitors. Note – If you are using something more meaningful  for your environment leave feedback in the comments section. I will try to implement the same and update the blog later.

VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG)

Create a new Service Monitor under NSX and call is UAG_https_monitor. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

Send String: GET /favicon.ico
Response code: 200s

VMware Identity Manager or Workspace ONE Access

Create a new Service Monitor under NSX and call is VIDM_https_monitor. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

VMware Horizon Connection Servers

Update 13th Sep 2021 – For all Horizon version 7.10 and above please start using the following service monitor within NSX.

Send String: GET /favicon.ico
Response code: 200s

You can use this string for versions 7.7 or upto 7.10. Create a new Service Monitor under NSX and call is Horizon_https_monitor. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

VMware App Volumes

Create a new Service Monitor under NSX and call is AV_https_monitor. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

I hope you will find these monitors useful in monitoring the VMware EUC products.

Thanks,
Aresh Sarkari

Tags: App Volumes, Horizon, Load Balancing, Unified Access Gateway, VMware, VMware App Volumes, VMware Horizon, VMware NSX, VMware Workspace ONE Access