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Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8 - Third Edition

By : Peter von Oven, Barry Coombs
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Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8 - Third Edition

By: Peter von Oven, Barry Coombs

Overview of this book

Desktop virtualization can be tough, but VMware Horizon 7.8 changes all that. With a rich and adaptive UX, improved security,and a range of useful features for storage and networking optimization, there's plenty to love. But to properly fall in love with it, you need to know how to use it, and that means venturing deeper into the software and taking advantage of its extensive range of features, many of which are underused and underpromoted. This guide will take you through everything you need to know to not only successfully virtualize your desktop infrastructure, but also to maintain and optimize it to keep all your users happy. We'll show you how to assess and analyze your infrastructure, and how to use that analysis to design a solution that meets your organizational and user needs. Once you've done that, you'll find out how to build your virtualized environment, before deploying your virtualized solution. But more than that,we'll also make sure you know everything you need to know about the full range of features on offer, including the mobile cloud, so that you can use them to take full control of your virtualized infrastructure.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: Installation and Configuration
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Section 2: Building and Delivering the Virtual Desktop Experience
13
Section 3: Advanced Features, Troubleshooting, and Upgrading an Environment

Installing the Horizon Agent for RDSH

In the next part of the process, we are going to install the Horizon View Agent onto the RDSH server. The agent is exactly the same agent as the one that you would install on virtual desktop machines and registers the RDSH with the Horizon Connection Server. To install the agent, perform the following steps:

  1. Open a remote console to the RDSH server running the applications, navigate to the shared software folder, and then find the agent installer, as shown in the following screenshot:
  1. Double-click to launch VMware-Horizon-Agent-x86_64-7.6.0-9539447. The seven-digit number at the end of the filename refers to the build version, and so you may have a different number, depending on the build version you are using.
  1. You will now see the Welcome to the Installation Wizard for VMware Horizon View Agent dialog box, as shown in the following...