Occasionally you will find a Horizon desktop pools gets stuck and won’t delete.

Step 1: Is there a stuck VM in that pool?

The first thing to look in vCenter and see if there is a VM in the pool that won’t shutdown. If that’s the case simply shut the VM(s) down manually.

Step 2: Manually remove the pool using ADSI EditLog onto one of the Connection Servers

Click the START menu, type ADSI Edit and open

Select Action and Connect to…

• Enter a Name [Optional]
• Under Connection Point– Chose Select or type Distinguished Name or Naming Context:
  • Enter dc=vdi,dc=vmware,dc=int
• Under Computer– Chose Select or type a domain or server
  • Enter localhost:389
• Click OK

• Expand DC=vdi,DC=vmware,DC=int
• Click OU=Server Groups
• Delete the pool
• Click OU=Applications
• Delete the pool

The Dead Pool should now be gone.

Go into vCenter and delete any artifacts of the pool that may have remained.

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