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Please fix "Horizon 8 on Nutanix AHV" limitations.

  • Oct 28, 2026 4:50 AM UTC
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We operate a hybrid VDI environment: Windows 10 on vSphere and Windows 11 on Nutanix AHV(Horizon 2603/2606).

While vSphere works flawlessly, we face two critical blockers on Nutanix AHV that force inefficient manual workarounds.

We request feature parity with vSphere.

 

Issue 1: Manual Pool Registration Limit

Problem: When deploying VMs from a master image with Horizon Agent pre-installed, only one VM successfully registers in a Manual Desktop Pool on Nutanix AHV.

Current Workaround: To register multiple VMs, we must exclude the Horizon Agent from the master image and install it individually on every single VM after provisioning.

Expectation: Nutanix AHV should support standard golden image deployment (Agent pre-installed) allowing multiple VMs to register simultaneously, just like vSphere.

 

Issue 2: Persistent Black Console After Disconnect

Problem: After a user disconnects a session, the VM's console screen remains Black. Administrators can not view the desktop state or perform maintenance via console.

Current Workaround: The only way to restore the console view is to manually reboot the VM.

Expectation: The console should automatically recover or show the login screen after session disconnect, matching the behavior on vSphere.

 

Business Impact:

These issues break our automation workflow on Nutanix AHV that is not needed in our vSphere environment.

Please fix these Nutanix AHV-specific limitations.

3 replies

JeroenTielen
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Those are not Nutanix issues. Please contact omnissa support for that. 


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  • Voyager
  • Oct 28, 2026 7:51 AM UTC

Those are not Nutanix issues. Please contact omnissa support for that. 

Hello,

Thank you for your response and guidance.

 

  • Feature Improvement Requests
    • We are currently working with Omnissa Support.
    • Feature Requests have been escalated to the Product Team regarding the Manual Pool limitations (registration, power management, and maintenance mode).
  • Black Console Issue
    • We have opened a dedicated Support Request with Omnissa.
    • Let me share the findings in this thread once the root cause is identified.


I appreciate the community's support.


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  • Trailblazer
  • Oct 28, 2026 5:44 PM UTC

Disconnect leaves the Windows session disconnected but does not necessarily log the user off; horizon lets you configure a disconnected session to log off immediately, after a delay, or never.  As possible workaround until the issue has been resolved; test automatically log off after disconnect or set disconnect session time limit to immediately in the horizon agent GPO.  Hopefully that allows the console to return to the login screen.