Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2. This is the perfect introduction to implementing a virtual desktop using VMware Horizon View. Step by step it gi

Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2. This is the perfect introduction to implementing a virtual desktop using VMware Horizon View. Step by step it gi - Opis

VMware Horizon View helps you simplify desktop and application management while increasing security and control. This book will introduce you to all of the components of the VMware Horizon View suite, walk you through their deployment, and show how they are used. We will also discuss how to assess your virtual desktop resource requirements, and build an optimized virtual desktop. Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2 will provide you the information needed to deploy and administer your own end-user computing infrastructure. This includes not only the View components themselves, but key topics such as assessing virtual desktop resource needs, and how to optimize your virtual desktop master image.You will learn how to design and deploy a performant, flexible and powerful desktop virtualization solution using VMware Horizon View. You will implement important components and features, such as VMware View Connection Server, VMware View Composer, VMware View Transfer Server, and VMware View Security Server.Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2 will take you through application virtualization with VMware ThinApp, the implementation of Persona Management, and creation of Desktop Pools. We then cover View Client options, Desktop maintenance, and Virtual Desktop Master Image. Finally we discuss View SSL certificates management, Group Policies, PowerCLI, and VMware View Design and Maintenance to help you get the most out of VMware View.If you want to learn how to design, implement and administrate a complex, optimized desktop virtualization solution with VMware View, then this book is (...) więcej for you. Spis treści:
Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2
Table of Contents
Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2
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Preface
Why Virtual Desktops?
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Designing a VMware Horizon View Infrastructure
VMware Horizon View components
VMware Horizon View Connection Server
VMware vSphere
VMware vCenter Server
VMware Horizon View Composer
VMware Horizon View Transfer Server
VMware Horizon View Agent
VMware Horizon View Client
VMware Horizon View Persona Management
VMware ThinApp
VMware Horizon View licensing
VMware Horizon View core infrastructure requirements
Microsoft infrastructure requirements
Operating system requirements
Database requirements
vCenter Server requirements
VMware Horizon View Agent supported operating systems
Measuring Virtual Desktop resource requirements
Using Performance Monitor to gather Windows counters
Configuring Performance Monitor
Using Performance Monitor to properly size the infrastructure
Basics of sizing a View infrastructure
Interpreting Performance Monitor data
Virtual Desktop overhead and vSphere reserve capacity
Calculating virtual machine overhead
The need for vSphere reserve capacity
View Client network bandwidth requirements
Client bandwidth estimates
The importance of a VMware Horizon View pilot
Summary
2. Implementing VMware Horizon View Connection Server
Overview of VMware Horizon View Connection Server
VMware Horizon View Connection Server requirements
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
Limits of a View Connection Server
Load balancing Connection Servers
Round Robin DNS
Microsoft Windows Network Load Balancing
Load-balancing appliances
vCenter Server requirements
View Connection Server networking
Tunneling versus direct client connections
Introduction to View communication protocols
Installation and configuration
Installation prerequisites
A vCenter user account
View event database
Deploying the first View Connection Server
Installing the first View Connection Server
Configuring the first View Connection Server
Deploying a View Replica Connection Server
Installing a View Replica Connection Server
View Connection Server backup
Backing up the vCenter Server database
Backing up the AD LDS database
View Connection Server recovery
Restoring a single View Connection Server
Removing a View Connection Server
Restoring the vCenter database
Restoring the View Connection Server AD LDS database
Summary
3. Implementing VMware Horizon View Composer
Overview of VMware Horizon View Composer
Recomposing linked clone desktops
Refreshing linked clone desktops
View Composer requirements
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
Limits of View Composer
View Composer networking
Installation prerequisites
View Composer user account
Configuring View Composer vCenter permissions
Active Directory permissions
View Composer database
Deploying View Composer
Installing View Composer
Configuring View Composer
Backing up View Composer
Backing up the View Composer database
Backing up the View Composer SSL certificates
View Composer recovery
Restoring the View Composer database
Restoring the View Composer SSL certificates
Restoring View Composer with a new default SSL certificate
Restoring View Composer with a custom SSL certificate
Summary
4. Implementing VMware Horizon View Transfer Server
VMware Horizon View Transfer Server overview
View Transfer Server requirements
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
View Transfer Server networking
View Transfer Server installation prerequisites
The View Transfer Server repository and user account
Deploying a View Transfer Server
Installing a View Transfer Server
Configuring the View Transfer Server repository
Linking the View Transfer Server
Enabling Local Mode
View Transfer Server backup
Backing up the View Transfer Server SSL certificate
Backing up the View Transfer Server repository
View Transfer Server recovery
Restoring the View Transfer Server SSL certificate
Restoring the View Transfer Server repository
Summary
5. Implementing VMware Horizon View Security Server
VMware Horizon View Security Server overview
View Security Server requirements
Security Server limits
Security Server additional considerations
View Security Server networking
Installing and configuring View Security Server
Installation prerequisites
View Security Server Pairing Password
Deploying a View Security Server
Installing a View Security Server
Updating the View Security Server settings
Security Server options
Enabling Secure Tunnel and Secure Gateway
View Security Server backup
View Security Server recovery
Summary
6. Using VMware ThinApp
An overview of VMware ThinApp
ThinApp-supported Windows operating systems
ThinApp recommendations
Version of the operating system
ThinApp capture desktop
The ThinApp Administrative Workstation
ThinApp common terms
Installing ThinApp
Capturing an application with ThinApp
Deploying ThinApps in View
Configuring the View ThinApp repository
Scanning for ThinApp packages
Assigning ThinApp applications
Assigning an application directly
Assigning applications using a template
Removing ThinApp assignments
Removing a ThinApp assignment from a desktop
Removing a ThinApp assignment from a desktop pool
Updating ThinApp packages
Using built-in application updaters
Using alternate entry points
Advanced ThinApp topics
Summary
7. Implementing View Persona Management
View Persona Management overview
Understanding View Persona Management
Features of View Persona Management
Deploying View Persona Management
Infrastructure requirements
Persona Management repository
View Agent Persona Management component
Using the Persona Management Group Policies
Advanced Persona Management options
Roaming and Synchronization
Folder redirection
Desktop UI
Logging
Summary
8. Creating VMware Horizon View Desktop Pools
VMware desktop pool overview
Desktop pool common terms
Desktop pool considerations
Linked clone versus full clone
Full Clone desktops
View Composer linked clones
QuickPrep versus Sysprep
Creating a View desktop pool
Creating a pool using View Composer linked clones
Creating a pool using full clones
Monitoring the desktop creation process
View Manager Admin console
The vSphere client
Common provisioning problems
Entitling access to desktop pools
Summary
9. VMware Horizon View Client Options
View Client platforms
Software clients
Thin clients
Zero clients
HTML5 clients
Choosing your View Client
Why software clients?
Why thin or zero clients?
Installing the View Client for Windows
Using the View Client
View Client command-line options
Command-line options available during installation
Command-line options for launching the View Client
Summary
10. Performing View Desktop Maintenance
An overview of linked-clone maintenance
Desktop refresh
Desktop recompose
Desktop rebalance
Managing View maintenance tasks
Global settings for View maintenance
Logoff warning and timeout
Concurrent maintenance operations
Storage overcommit
Updating datastore storage overcommit settings
Refreshing linked-clone desktops
Refreshing individual desktops
Recomposing linked-clone desktops
Recomposing individual desktops
Rebalancing linked-clone desktops
Rebalancing individual desktops
Managing View Composer persistent disks
Detaching persistent disks
Recreating a desktop using a persistent disk
Attaching a detached persistent disk to an existing desktop
Importing a persistent disk
Summary
11. Creating a Master Virtual Desktop Image
Why is desktop optimization important?
Optimization results desktop IOPS
Optimization results CPU utilization
Virtual Desktop hardware configuration
Disabling virtual machine logging
Removing unneeded devices
Customizing the Windows desktop OS cluster size
Windows OS pre-deployment tasks
Installing VMware Tools
Cleaning up and defragmenting the desktop hard disk
Windows OS optimizations
Disabling Windows Error Reporting
Disabling automatic updates
Removing unnecessary application updaters
Disabling the Adobe AIR updater
Disabling the Adobe Acrobat automatic updater
Disabling the Java updater utility
Removing unneeded Windows components
Changing NTFS filesystem settings
Pre-compiling .NET Framework assemblies
Disabling Windows hibernation
Disabling Windows System Restore
Sizing virtual machine RAM properly
Setting the Windows page file to a fixed size
Disabling paging the executive
Disabling Content Indexing of the C drive
Disabling the content indexing of the remaining file locations
Disabling unnecessary services
SuperFetch
Removing unnecessary scheduled tasks
Removing unnecessary Windows 8 Metro applications
Disabling login success logging
Changing the Group Policy refresh interval
Disabling the Windows boot animation
Optimizing the Windows profile
Adjusting for best performance
Turning off system sounds
Disabling the Windows background and screen saver
Summary
12. Managing View SSL Certificates
Installing the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) console
Creating a Local Computer Certificates console
Creating a certificate request
Requesting a certificate using Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services
Requesting a certificates Subject Alternative Names
Replacing the certificate in a View Connection Server
Replacing the certificate on a View Security Server
Replacing the View Composer certificate
Replacing the certificate on a View Transfer Server
Summary
13. Implementing VMware Horizon View Group Policies
View Group Policy overview
Loopback processing for Group Policies
View Agent Configuration ADM template
Agent Configuration base settings
View USB Configuration settings
Client Downloadable only Settings
Agent Configuration settings
Agent Security settings
View Client Configuration ADM template
Agent Configuration base settings
Scripting Definitions settings
Security settings
RDP settings
View USB Configuration settings
Settings not configurable by Agent
View Common Configuration ADM template
Common Configuration Base Settings
Log Configuration Settings
Performance Alarm Settings
Security Configuration Settings
View Server Configuration ADM template
Server Configuration base template
View Persona Management ADM Template
Roaming and Synchronization settings
Folder redirection settings
Desktop UI settings
Logging Group Policy settings
View PCoIP Session Variables ADM template
PCoIP Session Variables base settings
Summary
A. Advanced Details about Key Horizon View Features
View Event configuration options
vCenter provisioning options
View Local Mode desktop policy settings
Naming View desktops
Naming patterns
Specifying names manually
Configuring View PCoIP settings
PCoIP image quality levels
Maximum PCoIP session bandwidth
Summary
Index O autorze: Jason Ventresco is a 19-year veteran of the IT field, currently working for Cohesity as a Senior Implementation Practice Lead. In that role, he both develops and delivers Cohesity product training and creates professional services offerings. Jason previously worked as a Professional Services Offerings Manager for McAfee, an EUC Consultant Solutions Engineer for Dell EMC, a member of the Global Infrastructure team for FHI 360, and an IT consultant for WorkSmart and Xerox Global Services. Jason previously authored the books Implementing VMware Horizon 5.2, VMware Horizon 5.3 Design Patterns and Best Practices, VMware Horizon 6.0 Desktop Virtualization Cookbook, and Implementing VMware Horizon 7. mniej