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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)
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Section 1: Installation and Configuration
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Section 2: Building and Delivering the Virtual Desktop Experience
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Section 3: Advanced Features, Troubleshooting, and Upgrading an Environment

Creating a Linux virtual desktop machine

The final virtual desktop that we are going to build is for a Linux operating system, and for this example, CentOS is going to be the Linux distribution that is used.

The process is almost the same as for installing a Windows-based operating system; however, there are some differences when it comes to installing the Horizon Agent. The process starts with creating the virtual desktop machine itself.

Like with creating the previous virtual desktop machine, the first thing we need to do is build and configure the actual virtual desktop machine on the vCenter server. This will define the virtual hardware configuration.

As we mentioned previously, the process is identical to the one we followed for Windows 7 and Windows 10, and so we are going to cover the tasks and just highlight specific screenshots that are different:

  1. Follow the steps we...