The following steps describe how to rebalance a desktop pool using the Horizon Administrator console. In this example, we will be adding additional datastores to our desktop pool, prior to the rebalance operation. These datastores will then be used for the rebalance:

1. Log into the Horizon Administrator console using an AD account that has administrative permissions within Horizon.
2. Go to Catalog and open the Desktop Pools window within the console.
3. In the Desktop Pools window, highlight the pool to which you wish to add the datastores and then rebalance. In our example, we will highlight the pool called AppVolumes-W10. Click on the Edit button to open the Edit AppVolumes-W10 window.
4. In the Edit AppVolumes-W10 window, click on the vCenter Settings tab.
5. In the vCenter Settings tab, click on the Browse button next to the Datastores setting. This will open the Select Linked Clone Datastores window.
6. In the Select Linked Clone Datastores window (shown in the following screenshot), click on the checkboxes next to the datastores you wish to add to the desktop pool. In our example, we will check the box next to the RTP1:Infra2 datastore:

7. Click on OK twice to close the Select Linked Clone Datastores and Edit AppVolumes-W10 windows, implement the changes, and return to the AppVolumes-W10 window.

8. On the right-hand side of the AppVolumes-W10 window (shown in the following screenshot), open the View Composer drop-down menu and click on Rebalance to open the Rebalance window:

9. On the Rebalance page of the Rebalance window, review the message and click on Next.
10. On the Scheduling page of the Rebalance window, select the desired scheduling options and click on Next. These are the same scheduling options that appear when performing a desktop refresh or recompose.
11. Review the options on the Scheduling page of the Rebalance window. If changes are required, click on the Back button to return to the previous screen. Click on Finish to begin or schedule the rebalance operation, depending on what was configured in the previous step.

As with other Horizon maintenance operations, the time required to complete a linked clone desktop rebalance operation varies. Generally speaking, under average circumstances, it will take no more than 15 minutes per desktop, starting from the time that Horizon Composer performs the initial powerdown of the desktop.

The status of the rebalance operation can be viewed in the Tasks tab of the target desktop pool window.