Index

A

• Acme Corp
  • about / Multisite solutions
• actions, linked clone
  • Reset / Reset
  • Refresh / Refresh
  • Recompose / Recompose
  • Rebalance / Rebalance
• Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
  • about / vCenter and View Composer's advanced settings
• ADAM database
  • about / Multisite solutions, Solutions with nonpersistent vDesktops
• additional global desktop entitlements
  • creating / Step 14 – Repeating step 13 for additional global desktop entitlements that were created in step 11
• additional global pool
  • defining / Step 18 – Repeating step 17 for the additional global pool defined in step 11
• Affinity setting / Anti-affinity
• Amazon Direct Connect
  • about / Profiles in the cloud
• Anti-affinity setting / Anti-affinity
• antivirus
  • about / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• APEX card, using
  • benefits / Teradici APEX offload card
• App-V
  • about / A note about applications
• application distribution infrastructure / Application distribution infrastructure
• Application publishing
  • about / Application publishing
• applications
  • about / A note about applications
  • deploying / A note about applications
• applications used, View Planner
  • Microsoft Word / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • Microsoft Excel / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • Microsoft Outlook / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • Internet Explorer / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • Windows Media Player / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • Java Runtime / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • McAfee AntiVirus / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • 7-Zip / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
• app streaming
  • benefits / A note about applications
• architectural assumptions / Architectural assumptions
• architecture types, for pods
  • about / The architecture types for pods
  • Linked vCenter Servers / Linked vCenter Servers
  • vCenter Servers / vCenter Servers
  • VMware Update Manager Servers / VMware Update Manager Servers
• assessment
  • about / Assessment
  • components / Assessment
  • questionnaire / Questionnaire
  • metric collection / Metric collection
  • discussion / Discussion
• Atomic Test and Set (ATS) / Linked clones per datastore
• audio video interleave (AVI) / The MMR perfect storm

B

• benefits, data store level isolation
  • cost savings / Why is isolation beneficial?
  • performance tuning / Why is isolation beneficial?
  • performance segregation / Why is isolation beneficial?
  • service-level agreements (SLAs) / Why is isolation beneficial?
• Bill of materials (BOM)
  • about / Solution example – 25,000 seats of VMware View
• Blast protocol / Application publishing
• Blast Secure Gateway (BSG) / Other new features
• boot storm
  • versus login storm / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • about / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
• bring-your-own-device (BYOD) / USB filtering on the end device
• Bring Your Own (BYO) devices
  • about / Horizon Mirage
• build-to-lossless feature
  • attributes / Why lossless quality is important
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plan
  • about / Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• ByteLife
  • URL / Persistent desktops

C

• .config file
  • pcoipClientIPAddress / Security Server considerations
  • pcoipClientUDPPort / Security Server considerations
• 1,000 clones per replica / 1,000 clones per replica
• capacity sizing exercises
  • about / Capacity-sizing exercises
  • full clones, sizing / Sizing full clones
  • linked clones, sizing / Sizing linked clones
• Certificate Authority (CA) / Smart card authentication
• certnew.cer file / Preparing the environment for smart card authentication
• Chromebook
  • about / Thin clients
  • using / Thin clients
• ciphers / SSL protocols and ciphers
• Cipher Suite Order / SSL protocols and ciphers
• Cisco Global Site Selector / Connection infrastructure
• client device
  • selecting / Choosing the proper device
  • one-cable zero client solution, using / A one-cable zero client solution
• clients
  • descriptions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • questions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • values / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
• cloud
  • profiles, used in / Profiles in the cloud
  • about / Profiles in the cloud
• cloud-based persona storage
  • multisite VDI, using with / Profiles in the cloud
• Cloud Pod Architecture
  • about / Cloud Pod Architecture
  • global entitlement / Global entitlement
  • scale limits and maximums / Scale limits and maximums
  • architectural assumptions / Architectural assumptions
  • setting up / Overview for the setup of Cloud Pod Architecture
• Cloud Pod Architecture, setting up
  • first pod / Step 1 – The first pod and Connection Server
  • Connection Server / Step 1 – The first pod and Connection Server
  • second pod, joining to first pod / Step 2 – Joining the second pod to the first pod
  • initial pod, validating / Step 3 – Validating the initial pod and Connection Server settings
  • Connection Server settings, validating / Step 3 – Validating the initial pod and Connection Server settings
  • first site, creating / Step 4 – Creating the first site
  • second site, creating / Step 5 – Creating the second site
  • first site and second site, validating / Step 6 – Validating both sites
  • first pod, adding to first site / Step 7 – Adding the first pod to the first site
  • second pod, adding to second site / Step 8 – Adding the second pod to the second site
  • pods, validating in sites / Step 9 – Validating pods in the sites
  • global pool, creating for local desktop pools / Step 10 – Creating a global pool for the local desktop pools
  • global desktop entitlements / Step 11 – Repeating step 10 for additional global desktop entitlements
  • global pools, validating / Step 12 – Validating the global pools
  • local desktop pools, associating / Step 13 – Associating Local Connection Server desktop pools with global pools
  • additional global desktop entitlements, creating / Step 14 – Repeating step 13 for additional global desktop entitlements that were created in step 11
  • secondary site, creating / Step 15 – Repeating step 13 for each secondary site created in step 5, Step 16 – Repeating step 15 once for each secondary site created in step 5
  • global pool membership, verifying / Step 17 – Verifying global pool membership using the first Connection Server
  • additional global pool, defining / Step 18 – Repeating step 17 for the additional global pool defined in step 11
  • users/groups, entitling to global pools / Step 19 – Entitling users/groups to the global pools
  • configurations, validating / Step 20 – Validating your Cloud Pod Architecture configurations
• Cloud Pod Architecture configurations
  • benefits / Cloud Pod Architecture
  • validating / Step 20 – Validating your Cloud Pod Architecture configurations
• cluster maximums
  • about / Compute considerations
• clusters
  • naming conventions, used for / vCenter Servers
• Cold/Standby vCenter / Cold/Standby vCenter
• command prompt
  • using / Using the command prompt
• common access card (CAC) / View Connection Server tags
• components, VMware Horizon View 6
  • vCenter Server / vCenter Server
  • View Connection Server / View Connection Server
  • View Manager / View Manager
  • View Agent / View Agent
  • Horizon Client / Horizon Client
  • View Composer / View Composer (an optional component), Understanding View Composer
  • snapshot / Snapshots and linked clones
  • linked clone / Snapshots and linked clones
• compute, Design / Compute
• compute considerations
  • about / Compute considerations
• connection infrastructure / Connection infrastructure
• Connection Server / Step 1 – The first pod and Connection Server
• Connection Server Restrictions dialog box
  • about / View Connection Server tags
  • No Restrictions / View Connection Server tags
  • Restricted to these tags / View Connection Server tags
• Connection Server settings
  • validating / Step 3 – Validating the initial pod and Connection Server settings
• Continuity of Operations (COOP)
  • about / User personas
• controller virtual machine / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
• converged virtualization appliances / The architecture types for pods
• copy function usage
  • avoiding / Prohibiting the use of copy and paste functions
• CPU Ready
  • about / Processing the data
• CPU Wait
  • about / Processing the data
• CRL
  • about / Certificate revocation configuration
  • OCSP usage, configuring / Configuring the use of OCSP
  • usage and OCSP usage, configuring / Configuring the use of both CRL and OCSP
• crlLocation string / Configuring the use of CRL
• CRL usage
  • configuring / Configuring the use of CRL
  • and OCSP usage, configuring / Configuring the use of both CRL and OCSP
• Customization Specification Wizard
  • about / Templates

D

• DaaS / Connection infrastructure
• data
  • processing / Processing the data
• Database High Availability / Database High Availability
• datastore heartbeating
  • about / VMware High Availability
• delta/differential disk / Delta/differential disk
• delta disk
  • about / Linked clone disk
• Design
  • about / Design
  • storage / Storage
  • vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) / vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI)
  • View Storage Accelerator / View Storage Accelerator
  • networking components / Networking
  • compute / Compute
  • VMware vSphere / VMware vSphere and View desktop pool infrastructure
  • View desktop pool infrastructure / VMware vSphere and View desktop pool infrastructure
  • application distribution infrastructure / Application distribution infrastructure
  • user persona / What is a user persona?
  • user persona management / User persona management
  • connection infrastructure / Connection infrastructure
  • end devices / End devices
  • People (the end user experience) / People (the end user experience)
• design considerations, Teradici APEX offload card / Design considerations
• desktop access solution
  • use cases / Cloud Pod Architecture
• desktop pool inputs
  • questions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • values / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • descriptions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
• desktop pool types
  • scaling / Scaling desktop pool types
• DHCP considerations / DHCP considerations
• DHCP workflow
  • about / DHCP considerations
• direct connection
  • about / Connection infrastructure
• discussion, assessment / Discussion
• disks
  • about / Types of disks for vDesktops
  • redirection / Many options of disk types and redirection
  • thin provisioning, versus thick provisioning / Thin provisioning versus thick provisioning
• disks, types
  • OS disk / OS disk
  • secondary OS disk / Secondary OS disk
  • user data disk / User data disk
  • temp data disk / Temp data disk
• disk types
  • about / Disk types
  • SSDs / Disk types
  • Fibre Channel and SAS / Disk types
  • Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) / Disk types
• disposable disk
  • about / Disposable disk
  • Windows paging files / Windows paging files
  • Temporary Internet files / Temporary Internet files
• Distributed File System (DFS)
  • about / User personas
• Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R)
  • about / User personas
• Distributed vSwitch (vDS) / Virtual switch considerations
• DivX / The MMR perfect storm
• DoD CAC authentication
  • configuring / Configuring the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card authentication
• Domain Name System (DNS) / Networking
• dvPort / Port binding
• dvPortGroup / Port binding
• dvSwitch / Virtual switch considerations
• dynamic binding
  • about / Dynamic binding
  • advantage / Dynamic binding
  • disadvantage / Dynamic binding
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) / Networking, DHCP considerations

E

• E-mail server virtual machine (optional) / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
• elements, policy
  • disk stripes / View and VSAN together
  • failures to tolerate / View and VSAN together
  • object spaces reservations / View and VSAN together
  • cache reservation / View and VSAN together
• eligibility, vDesktop / The offload process
• enableOCSP string / Configuring the use of OCSP
• end devices / End devices
• end users
  • about / Knowing your end users
• Enterprise Flash Drives (EFDs) / Storage
• environment
  • preparing, for smart card authentication / Preparing the environment for smart card authentication
• ephemeral binding
  • about / Ephemeral binding
  • advantage / Ephemeral binding
  • disadvantages / Ephemeral binding
• esxtop / Storage tiering and I/O distribution

F

• -flat.vmdk file / VMware vSphere files
• factors, vDesktop
  • eligibility / The offload process
  • imaging activity / The offload process
  • priority / The offload process
• feature
  • configuring / Multi-VLAN
• Feature Packs
  • about / Feature Pack
  • URL / Feature Pack
• Feature Packs, features
  • HTML Access Agent / Feature Pack
  • Unity Touch / Feature Pack
  • HTML Access installer / Feature Pack
  • Flash URL Redirection / Feature Pack
  • Real-Time Audio-Video / Feature Pack
• features, VMware Horizon View 6
  • about / Other new features
• Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) / Storage protocols
• Fibre Channel and SAS / Disk types
• Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP)
  • about / Linked clone disk
• firewall
  • about / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
  • rules / Firewall rules
• firewalls
  • Windows OS firewall / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
  • Network firewall (internal) / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
  • Network firewall (external/DMZ) / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
  • Virtual firewall / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• firmware revision (REV) / USB filtering via the Windows operating system
• first Connection Server
  • used, for verifying global pool membership / Step 17 – Verifying global pool membership using the first Connection Server
• first pod / Step 1 – The first pod and Connection Server
  • second pod, joining to / Step 2 – Joining the second pod to the first pod
  • adding, to first site / Step 7 – Adding the first pod to the first site
• first site
  • creating / Step 4 – Creating the first site
  • and second site, validating / Step 6 – Validating both sites
  • first pod, adding to / Step 7 – Adding the first pod to the first site
• FIT
  • using / Metric collection
• Flash Read Cache Reservation / VMware Virtual SAN
• Flash URL Redirection
  • about / Feature Pack, Real-Time Audio-Video
• folder directory structure, C*\Users
  • Public / How a profile is built – the first login
  • Default / How a profile is built – the first login
  • Username / How a profile is built – the first login
• folder redirection
  • about / Folder redirection
  • advantages / Folder redirection
  • My Documents / Folder redirection
  • Application Data folder / Folder redirection
  • Desktop folder / Folder redirection
  • Start Menu folder / Folder redirection
• forensics
  • about / Forensics
• frames per second (FPS) / PCoIP connections
• Friendly name / PCoIP Secure Gateway
• full clone
  • about / Full provisioning versus linked clones
  • versus, linked clone / Full provisioning versus linked clones
• full clone desktops per datastore / Full clone desktops per datastore
• full clones
  • sizing / Sizing full clones, Scenario 1
• full clones, sizing
  • scenario 1 / Scenario 1
  • scenario 2 / Scenario 2
  • scenario 2, features / Scenario 2
  • scenario 2, requisites / Scenario 2
• fully qualified domain name (FQDN) / Preparing the environment for smart card authentication
• fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) / Linked vCenter Servers

G

• global desktop entitlements / Step 11 – Repeating step 10 for additional global desktop entitlements
• GlobalEntitlement / Step 12 – Validating the global pools
• global entitlement / Global entitlement
• global home desktop / Cloud Pod Architecture
• global pool
  • creating, for local desktop pools / Step 10 – Creating a global pool for the local desktop pools
• global pool membership
  • verifying, first Connection Server used / Step 17 – Verifying global pool membership using the first Connection Server
• global pools
  • validating / Step 12 – Validating the global pools
  • local desktop pools, associating to / Step 13 – Associating Local Connection Server desktop pools with global pools
  • users/groups, entitling to / Step 19 – Entitling users/groups to the global pools
• global roaming desktop / Cloud Pod Architecture
• Graphical Identification and Authentication (GINA) / Smart card authentication
• graphical user interface (GUI)
  • about / Templates

H

• 32 hosts per vSphere cluster
  • with View Composer / 32 hosts per vSphere cluster with View Composer
• Hand-off and manage, VMware View solution / Hand-off and manage
• hard disk drives (HDDs)
  • about / Storage I/O profile
• hard PCoIP / PCoIP connections
• hard PCoIP host / PCoIP connections
• hardware-assisted locking / Linked clones per datastore
• Heavy (15 IOPS) / Storage I/O profile
• High Availability / vCenter Servers
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) / Configuring the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card authentication
• Horizon Client
  • about / Horizon Client
  • URL, for downloading / Horizon Client
• Horizon Client, features
  • expanded Windows support / Improved end user experience
  • unmatched performance / Improved end user experience
  • very simple connectivity / Improved end user experience
  • secure from any location / Improved end user experience
  • Real-Time Audio-Video / Real-Time Audio-Video
• Horizon View 6
  • URL / Other new features
• Horizon View 6 integration, with Virtual SAN
  • about / Horizon View 6 integration with Virtual SAN
  • VSAN requirements / VSAN requirements
  • View and VSAN together / View and VSAN together
  • VSAN, benefits / How VSAN helps Horizon View
• Horizon View desktops
  • DaaS / Connection infrastructure
  • branch offices / Connection infrastructure
  • Brokerless Horizon View desktops / Connection infrastructure
• host CPU maximums
  • about / Compute considerations
• host video decoding / Multimedia redirection
• hot desking
  • about / The inherent security of VDI
  • URL / The inherent security of VDI
• HTML Access Agent
  • about / Feature Pack
• HTML Access installer
  • about / Feature Pack

I

• I/O baselines
  • Light (5 IOPS) / Storage I/O profile
  • Heavy (15 IOPS) / Storage I/O profile
• I/O distribution
  • about / Storage tiering and I/O distribution
• imaging activity, vDesktop / The offload process
• implementation, VMware View solution / Implementation
• initial pod
  • validating / Step 3 – Validating the initial pod and Connection Server settings
• Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS)
  • about / Linked clone disk
• Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS) / Metric collection
• installation, View Connection Server / Installing the Replica Connection Server
• internal disk / Internal disk
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) / View Connection Servers
• Internet Protocol (IP) / DHCP considerations
• IOPS
  • about / Storage I/O profile
• IOPS calculation
  • formulas / Storage tiering and I/O distribution
• isolation, at data store level
  • about / Isolation at the data store level
  • benefits / Why is isolation beneficial?
• Isolation Response
  • about / VMware High Availability

J

• jailbreak scenario / The jailbreak scenario
• Java Message Service (JMS)
  • about / The View pod
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) / Configuring the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card authentication

K

• key metrics
  • about / Metric collection
• key questions, use cases / Plan (define use cases)
• keytool utility / Preparing the environment for smart card authentication
• kiosk
  • about / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops

L

• .log file / VMware vSphere files
• landscape inputs
  • questions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • values / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • descriptions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
• LDAP data interchange format (LDIF) / VMware View Connection Server – ADAM Database backup
• LDF files / Using the command prompt
• Light (5 IOPS) / Storage I/O profile
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • about / Types of VMware View Connection Servers
• linked clone
  • about / Snapshots and linked clones
  • versus, full clone / Full provisioning versus linked clones
  • actions / Actions for linked clones – Reset, Refresh, Recompose, and Rebalance
• linked clone desktops
  • about / Linked clone desktops
• linked clone disk / Linked clone disk
• Linked clone Disk Profile / View and VSAN together
• linked clones, sizing
  • about / Sizing linked clones
  • parent VM / Parent VM
  • replica disks / Replica
  • scenario 1 / Scenario 1
  • scenario 1, features / Scenario 1
  • scenario 1, requisites / Scenario 1
  • scenario 2 / Scenario 2
  • scenario 2, features / Scenario 2
  • scenario 2, requisites / Scenario 2
• linked clones per datastore / Linked clones per datastore
• Linked vCenter Servers / Linked vCenter Servers
• Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity
  • about / Other third-party solutions – Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity
  • benefits / Other third-party solutions – Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity
• Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity™ / User personas
• load balancing, View Connection Server / Load balancing
• Local Area Network (LAN) / Network considerations
• local desktop pools
  • global pool, creating for / Step 10 – Creating a global pool for the local desktop pools
  • associating, to global pools / Step 13 – Associating Local Connection Server desktop pools with global pools
• local profile
  • about / Profiles
• local scale desktop / Cloud Pod Architecture
• login storm
  • versus boot storm / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • about / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
• Login VSI tool
  • URL / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
• lossless quality
  • need for / Why lossless quality is important

M

• Managed object Reference (MoRef)
  • about / VMware vCenter
• Management block / The Management block
• mandatory profile
  • about / Profiles
• maximums and limits
  • about / Maximums and limits
  • linked clones per datastore / Linked clones per datastore
  • full clone desktops per datastore / Full clone desktops per datastore
  • 32 hosts per vSphere cluster, with View Composer / 32 hosts per vSphere cluster with View Composer
  • 1,000 clones per replica / 1,000 clones per replica
• Media Access Control (MAC)
  • about / Snapshots and linked clones
• memory maximums
  • about / Compute considerations
• memory overhead
  • about / vSphere 5.0 video swap
• metric collection
  • about / Metric collection
  • goals / Metric collection
  • data, processing / Processing the data
  • Memory usage (in MB), input / Processing the data
  • Memory usage (in MB), output / Processing the data
  • CPU usage (in GHz), input / Processing the data
  • CPU usage (in GHz), output / Processing the data
  • Network throughput (in KBps), input / Processing the data
  • Network throughput (in KBps), output / Processing the data
  • Network latency (in milliseconds), input / Processing the data
  • Network latency (in milliseconds), output / Processing the data
  • Disk throughput (in MBps), input / Processing the data
  • Disk throughput (in MBps), output / Processing the data
  • Disk activity (in IOPS), input / Processing the data
  • Disk activity (in IOPS), output / Processing the data
  • Disk read/write percentage, input / Processing the data
  • Disk read/write percentage, output / Processing the data
  • Most frequently used applications, input / Processing the data
  • Most frequently used applications, output / Processing the data
  • Number of monitors, input / Processing the data
  • Number of monitors, output / Processing the data
  • Unique peripheral requirements, input / Processing the data
  • Unique peripheral requirements, output / Processing the data
  • Unused applications, input / Processing the data
  • Unused applications, output / Processing the data
  • Graphics intensity, input / Processing the data
  • Graphics intensity, output / Processing the data
• Microsoft Clustering
  • about / User personas
• Microsoft Lync 2013
  • about / Real-Time Audio-Video
• Microsoft Network Load Balancer (NLB) / Load balancing
• Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) / Processing the data
• Mirage
  • about / Horizon Mirage
  • features / Horizon Mirage
  • URL, for documentation / Horizon Mirage
• MMR
  • about / Multimedia redirection
  • supported media file types / Multimedia redirection
  • advantages / Multimedia redirection
  • disadvantages / Multimedia redirection
  • need for / The MMR perfect storm
• MMR, H.264-encoded Windows Media files
  • Windows 7 support, added for / Windows 7 support for H.264-encoded Windows Media files
• modular form architecture
  • traditional, implementing / The architecture types for pods
• multi-level cell (MLC) / Disk types
• multi-VLAN / Multi-VLAN
• multi-VLAN support
  • configuring, URL / Multi-VLAN
  • implementing, URL / Multi-VLAN
• multisite solutions
  • about / Multisite solutions
  • nonpersistent vDesktop, multisite / Why is a nonpersistent vDesktop best for a multisite?
  • replication / Replication (why distance and size matters)
  • profiles, cloud / Profiles in the cloud
• multisite VDI
  • about / Multisite solutions
  • used, with nonpersistent View vDesktops / Why is a nonpersistent vDesktop best for a multisite?, Profiles in the cloud
  • used, with persona replication / Why is a nonpersistent vDesktop best for a multisite?
  • used, with cloud-based persona storage / Profiles in the cloud

N

• .nvram file / VMware vSphere files
• naming conventions
  • used, for clusters / vCenter Servers
• network
  • sizing / Sizing the network
  • connection characteristics / Network connection characteristics
• network address translation (NAT) / Virtual enclaves
• Network considerations
  • about / Network considerations
  • network, sizing / Sizing the network
  • DHCP considerations / DHCP considerations
  • virtual switch considerations / Virtual switch considerations
• Network File System (NFS) / Linked clones per datastore
• Network firewall (external/DMZ) / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• Network firewall (internal) / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• networking components / Networking
• networking configuration
  • about / Solution design – physical server requirements
• network inputs
  • questions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • values / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • descriptions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
• network interface controller (NIC) / Port binding
• network label spec / Multi-VLAN
• network resources
  • about / Forensics
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) / Linked vCenter Servers
• NirSoft
  • about / USB filtering via the Windows operating system
• nonpersistent vDesktop
  • about / Nonpersistent desktops
  • example / Example scenario
  • advantages / Example scenario
  • benefits / Notes and considerations for nonpersistent vDesktops
  • drawback / Notes and considerations for nonpersistent vDesktops
  • used, with persistent vDesktop / A hybrid solution – persistent mixed with nonpersistent
  • and persistent vDesktop, selecting between / Choosing the right solution
  • cons / The pros and cons of both persistent and nonpersistent desktops
  • pros / The pros and cons of both persistent and nonpersistent desktops
• nonpersistent vDesktops
  • server specifications / Example scenario
  • costs / Example scenario
  • notes / Notes and considerations for nonpersistent vDesktops
  • considerations / Notes and considerations for nonpersistent vDesktops
• nonpersistent vDesktops, areas
  • about / Nonpersistent desktops
  • Desktop pool sizing / Nonpersistent desktops
  • availability / Nonpersistent desktops
  • recoverability, OS failure / Nonpersistent desktops
  • recoverability, site failure / Nonpersistent desktops
  • cost / Nonpersistent desktops
• nonpersistent vDesktop solution
  • about / Nonpersistent desktops
  / Notes and considerations for nonpersistent vDesktops
• nonpersistent vDesktop solutions
  • about / Solutions with nonpersistent vDesktops
  • design paths / Solutions with nonpersistent vDesktops
  • local storage, using / Using local storage
• nonpersistent View vDesktops
  • multisite VDI, using with / Why is a nonpersistent vDesktop best for a multisite?, Profiles in the cloud
• Nutanix
  • URL / The architecture types for pods
• Nutanix converged virtualization appliance
  • URL / Pilot and validate

O

• OCSP
  • about / Certificate revocation configuration
• ocspSigningCert string / Configuring the use of OCSP
• OCSP usage
  • configuring / Configuring the use of OCSP
  • and CRL usage, configuring / Configuring the use of both CRL and OCSP
• offload priority settings
  • about / Defining the offload tiers
• offload process / The offload process
• offload tiers
  • defining / Defining the offload tiers
• one-cable zero client solution
  • using / A one-cable zero client solution
• Operating system
  • about / Forensics
• operational considerations, with user data
  • about / Operational considerations with user data
• OS disk
  • about / OS disk
  • options / Many options of disk types and redirection
• other clients
  • about / Other clients
  • Unity Touch / Unity Touch for iPad and Android-based tablets

P

• parameters, global entitlement
  • name / Global entitlement
  • members / Global entitlement
  • desktops / Global entitlement
  • scope / Global entitlement
  • FromHome (True/False) / Global entitlement
• parent vDesktop
  • about / Parent vDesktop and templates
  • templates / Templates
• parent vDesktop, with snapshots / Parent vDesktops with snapshots
• parent VM / VMware View Composer, Parent VM
• parent VMs
  • backing up / Virtual desktop templates and parent VMs
• Parent with snapshots (linked clones)
  • type of failures / User personas
• paste function usage
  • avoiding / Prohibiting the use of copy and paste functions
• PCIe card / Teradici APEX offload card
• PCoIP
  • network fundamentals / PCoIP network fundamentals
  • -capable clients / PCoIP network fundamentals
  • -capable hosts / PCoIP network fundamentals
  • used, with Server Desktop Mode / Using PCoIP with Server Desktop Mode
  • about / Multimedia redirection, Network connection characteristics
• PCoIP, with Server Desktop Mode
  • Remote Desktop Services, installing / Installing the Remote Desktop Services
  • View Agent, installing on RDS Host / Installing View Agent on the RDS Host
  • RDS farm, creating / Creating an RDS farm
• PCoIP-capable clients / PCoIP network fundamentals
• PCoIP-capable hosts / PCoIP network fundamentals
• PCoIP connections
  • about / PCoIP connections
• PCoIP connections, types
  • soft PCoIP / PCoIP connections
  • hard PCoIP / PCoIP connections
• PCoIP Secure Gateway (PSG)
  • about / PCoIP Secure Gateway
• PCoIP software host / PCoIP connections
• People (the end user experience) / People (the end user experience)
• PerfMon
  • about / Metric collection
  • URL / Metric collection
• Permitted, Virtual security zones / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• persistent disk / Persistent disk
• Persistent Disk Profile / View and VSAN together
• persistent vDesktop
  • about / Persistent desktops
  • example / Example scenario
  • server specifications / Example scenario
  • costs / Example scenario
  • used, with nonpersistent vDesktop / A hybrid solution – persistent mixed with nonpersistent
  • and nonpersistent vDesktop, selecting between / Choosing the right solution
  • cons / The pros and cons of both persistent and nonpersistent desktops
  • pros / The pros and cons of both persistent and nonpersistent desktops
• persistent vDesktops
  • VMware High Availability (HA), using with / Using HA with persistent vDesktops
• persistent vDesktops, areas
  • Desktop pool sizing / Persistent desktops
  • availability / Persistent desktops
  • recoverability, OS failure / Persistent desktops
  • recoverability, site failure / Persistent desktops
  • cost / Persistent desktops
• persona
  • about / Forensics
• Persona Management
  • about / Persona Management
• persona replication
  • multisite VDI, using with / Why is a nonpersistent vDesktop best for a multisite?
• Phone Home option
  • about / The Phone Home option
• physical host design
  • about / Solution design – physical server requirements
• physical infrastructure
  • about / Physical infrastructure
  • VMware High Availability (HA) / VMware High Availability
  • VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS)Topicnabout / VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling
• Pilot
  • VMware View Planner tool / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
• Pivot3 vSTAC
  • URL / Pilot and validate
• Plan (define use cases) / Plan (define use cases)
• pod
  • about / Pod architecture
• pod architecture / Pod architecture
• pods
  • validating, in sites / Step 9 – Validating pods in the sites
• pool
  • creating / View and VSAN together
• pool, creating
  • Linked clone Disk Profile / View and VSAN together
  • Replica Disk Profile / View and VSAN together
  • Persistent Disk Profile / View and VSAN together
• pool type
  • about / Step 10 – Creating a global pool for the local desktop pools
  • Floating / Step 10 – Creating a global pool for the local desktop pools
  • Dedicated / Step 10 – Creating a global pool for the local desktop pools
• port binding
  • about / Port binding
  • static binding / Static binding
  • dynamic binding / Dynamic binding
  • ephemeral binding / Ephemeral binding
  / Port binding and VMware View Composer
• portgroups (PG) / Virtual enclaves
• positron emission tomography (PET) / Why lossless quality is important
• precreated Active Directory machine accounts
  • about / Precreated Active Directory machine accounts
• priority, vDesktop / The offload process
• Product ID (PID) / USB redirection and filtering
• profile management inputs
  • descriptions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • questions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • values / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
• profiles
  • used, in cloud / Profiles in the cloud
  • about / Profiles
  • registry hive / Profiles
  • profile folder / Profiles
  • first login / How a profile is built – the first login
  • building / How a profile is built – the first login
  • subsequent logins / How a profile is built – subsequent logins
  • roaming profiles / Roaming profiles
  • Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity / Other third-party solutions – Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity
• profiles, types
  • local profile / Profiles
  • roaming profile / Profiles
  • mandatory profile / Profiles
  • temporary user profiles / Profiles
• progressive building
  • about / Why lossless quality is important
• Prohibited, Virtual security zones / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• Proof-of-Concept (PoC) / Using SQL Express installation for View Composer, Cold/Standby vCenter
• public key infrastructure (PKI) / Preparing the environment for smart card authentication

Q

• questionnaire / Questionnaire

R

• RADIUS / RADIUS and two-factor authentication
• RAID types / Read/write I/O ratio
• RDS
  • using / Application publishing
• RDS farm
  • creating / Creating an RDS farm
• RDS Host
  • View Agent, installing on / Installing View Agent on the RDS Host
• RDS server
  • backing up / Remote Desktop Service host servers
  • host templates / RDS Server host templates and virtual machines
  • virtual machines / RDS Server host templates and virtual machines
• read/write I/O ratio
  • about / Read/write I/O ratio
• Real-Time Audio-Video
  • about / Feature Pack
• Rebalance action
  • about / Rebalance
• Recompose action
  • about / Recompose
• Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
  • about / View Agent
• recovery time objective (RTO)
  • about / VMware vCenter Server
• Reference Architecture Workload Code (RAWC) / VMware View Planner
• Refresh action
  • about / Refresh
• Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• Remote Desktop Services
  • installing / Installing the Remote Desktop Services
• Remote Experience options, Horizon Client
  • Microsoft Lync 2013 / Real-Time Audio-Video
  • Flash URL Redirection / Real-Time Audio-Video
• Remote Procedure Call (RPC) / Linked vCenter Servers
• replica
  • about / Snapshots and linked clones
• replica disk / Replica disk
• Replica Disk Profile / View and VSAN together
• replica disks
  • creating / Replica
• replication / Replication (why distance and size matters)
• repurposing, thick clients
  • about / Repurposing thick clients
• Reset action
  • about / Reset
• Restricted, Virtual security zones / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• roaming profiles
  • about / Profiles, Roaming profiles
  • using / Roaming profiles
  • using, with folder redirection / Using roaming profiles with folder redirection for increased performance
• RTO / User persona management

S

• (Stratusphere Hub) / Metric collection
• scalable virtual image (SVI) / Scaling desktop pool types
• Scale-out File Server
  • about / User personas
• scale limits
  • and maximums / Scale limits and maximums
• scenario 1, full clones
  • parent VM / Parent VM
  • overhead / Overhead
• scope parameter
  • about / Global entitlement
  • local / Global entitlement
  • site / Global entitlement
  • All / Global entitlement
• secondary OS disk
  • about / Secondary OS disk
• secondary site
  • creating / Step 15 – Repeating step 13 for each secondary site created in step 5, Step 16 – Repeating step 15 once for each secondary site created in step 5
• second pod
  • joining, to first pod / Step 2 – Joining the second pod to the first pod
  • adding, to second site / Step 8 – Adding the second pod to the second site
• second site
  • creating / Step 5 – Creating the second site
  • and first site, validating / Step 6 – Validating both sites
  • second pod, adding to / Step 8 – Adding the second pod to the second site
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) / Disk types
• Server Desktop Mode
  • PCoIP, used with / Using PCoIP with Server Desktop Mode
• service-level agreements (SLAs)
  • about / Why is isolation beneficial?
• session launcher virtual machine / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
• settings file
  • maxConnections / Security Server considerations
  • serverID / Security Server considerations
• Shared Content Store
  • URL / A note about applications
• Shock Wave Flash (SWF)
  • about / Feature Pack
• single-level cell (SLC) / Disk types
• Single Sign-On / Configuring smart card authentication for VMware View Connection Servers
• sites
  • pods, validating in / Step 9 – Validating pods in the sites
• size storage, consideration
  • storage size / Storage I/O profile
  • LUN size / Storage I/O profile
  • tire type / Storage I/O profile
  • IOPS (cmd/s) / Storage I/O profile
  • read/write ratio / Storage I/O profile
• smart card authentication
  • about / Smart card authentication
  • advantages / Smart card authentication
  • requisites / Smart card authentication
  • prerequisites / Smart card authentication
  • configuring, for VMware View Connection Servers / Configuring smart card authentication for VMware View Connection Servers
  • environment, preparing for / Preparing the environment for smart card authentication
  • configuring, for VMware View Security Servers / Configuring smart card authentication for VMware View Security Servers
  • RADIUS / RADIUS and two-factor authentication
  • two-factor authentication / RADIUS and two-factor authentication
  • DoD CAC authentication, configuring / Configuring the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card authentication
  • SSL protocols / SSL protocols and ciphers
  • ciphers / SSL protocols and ciphers
• snapshot
  • about / Snapshots and linked clones
• snapshots / Snapshots
• soft PCoIP / PCoIP connections
• Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) / Horizon View 6 integration with Virtual SAN
• Software as a Service (SaaS) / A unified workspace
• solid state drives (SSDs)
  • about / Storage I/O profile
• solution, thick clients
  • modification / Changes to thick and thin client solutions
• solution, thin clients
  • modification / Changes to thick and thin client solutions
• solution design, formulas
  • about / Solution design – the formulas
• solution design, physical server requirements
  • about / Solution design – physical server requirements
• solution design, pod
  • about / Solution design – the pod concept
• solution design, pools
  • about / Solution design – pools
  • View Connection Servers / View Connection Servers
• solution example, VMware View
  • about / Solution example – 25,000 seats of VMware View
  • solution design, physical server requirements / Solution design – physical server requirements
  • solution design, pod / Solution design – the pod concept
• SQL Express installation
  • using, for View Composer / Using SQL Express installation for View Composer
• SSDs / Disk types
• SSL protocols / SSL protocols and ciphers
• stateful desktops
  • about / Stateful desktops
• stateless desktops
  • about / Stateless desktops
• static binding
  • about / Static binding
  • advantage / Static binding
  • disadvantage / Static binding
• stock keeping unit (SKU)
  • about / vCenter Server
• storage
  • about / Storage
  • isolation, at data store level / Isolation at the data store level
• Storage Area Network (SAN)
  • about / Using local storage
• storage area networks (SANs)
  • about / Storage I/O profile
• storage I/O profile
  • about / Storage I/O profile
• storage inputs
  • questions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • values / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • descriptions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
• storage overcommit
  • about / Storage overcommit
• storage overcommit level
  • about / Storage overcommit
  • options / Storage overcommit level options
  • none / Storage overcommit level options
  • conservative / Storage overcommit level options
  • moderate / Storage overcommit level options
  • aggressive / Storage overcommit level options
  • unbound / Storage overcommit level options
• storage overhead per datastore
  • features / Overhead
  • requisites / Overhead
• storage protocols
  • about / Storage protocols
• success criteria
  • questions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • values / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
  • descriptions / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
• SVI files / Using the command prompt

T

• tag connection permissions
  • matrix / View Connection Server tags
• Target vDesktops / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
• temp data disk
  • about / Temp data disk
  • options / Many options of disk types and redirection
• template
  • about / Templates
• Template (full clones)
  • type of failures / User personas
• Temporary Internet files / Temporary Internet files
• temporary location
  • about / Forensics
• temporary user profiles
  • about / Profiles
• Teradici APEX offload card
  • about / Teradici APEX offload card
  • components / Teradici APEX offload card
  • APEX driver, for ESXi / Teradici APEX offload card
  • APEX driver, for Windows vDesktop / Teradici APEX offload card
  • offload process / The offload process
  • offload tiers, defining / Defining the offload tiers
  • design considerations / Design considerations
• Teradici Management Console / USB filtering on the end device
• Teradici PCoIP APEX offload decision tree / The offload process
• Teradici virtual desktop host presentation
  • about / Multimedia redirection
• terminologies, VMware vCenter Server
  • vMotion / vCenter Server
  • DRS / vCenter Server
  • cluster / vCenter Server
  • HA / vCenter Server
  • folder / vCenter Server
  • vSphere Client / vCenter Server
  • resource pool / vCenter Server
• thick clients
  • about / Thick clients
  • examples / Thick clients
  • advantages / Thick clients
  • drawbacks / Thick clients
  • repurposing / Repurposing thick clients
  • versus, thin clients / Thin clients
• thick provisioning
  • versus, thin provisioning / Thin provisioning versus thick provisioning
• ThinApp
  • about / A note about applications
  • working / A note about applications
• ThinApp repository
  • about / The ThinApp repository
• thin clients
  • about / Thin clients
  • examples / Thin clients
  • advantages / Thin clients
  • drawbacks / Thin clients
  • versus, thick clients / Thin clients
• thin provisioning
  • versus, thick provisioning / Thin provisioning versus thick provisioning
• tiered storage / Snapshots
  • about / Tiered storage, Storage tiering and I/O distribution
  • replica disk / Replica disk
  • internal disk / Internal disk
  • delta/differential disk / Delta/differential disk
  • disposable disk / Disposable disk
  • persistent disk / Persistent disk
• traditional / The architecture types for pods
  • implementing, in modular form architecture / The architecture types for pods
• traditional in modular form / The architecture types for pods
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) / Network connection characteristics
• trust.key file / Preparing the environment for smart card authentication
• two-factor authentication / RADIUS and two-factor authentication

U

• Unidesk
  • URL / Multisite solutions
• Unified Storage Solution
  • about / User personas
• unified workspace
  • about / A unified workspace
• Unity Touch
  • about / Feature Pack, Unity Touch for iPad and Android-based tablets
  • features / Unity Touch for iPad and Android-based tablets
• Universal Unique Identifier (UUID)
  • about / Snapshots and linked clones
• Update Manager
  • about / vCenter Server
• USB device
  • redirecting / USB redirection and filtering
  • filtering / USB redirection and filtering
  • USB filtering, at end device / USB filtering on the end device
  • USB filtering, via View Connection Server / USB filtering via View Connection Server
  • USB filtering, via the Windows operating system / USB filtering via the Windows operating system
• USB device filtering
  • drawbacks / USB filtering on the end device
• USBDeview
  • about / USB filtering via the Windows operating system
• USB filtering
  • about / USB redirection and filtering
  • levels / USB redirection and filtering
  • integration points / USB redirection and filtering
  • at end device / USB filtering on the end device
  • via View Connection Server / USB filtering via View Connection Server
  • via the Windows operating system / USB filtering via the Windows operating system
• USB Request Block (URB) / USB redirection and filtering
• use case
  • about / Plan (define use cases)
• user-authored data
  • primary locations / Forensics
• user-manipulated data
  • primary locations / Forensics
• user data
  • operational considerations / Operational considerations with user data
• user data disk
  • about / User data disk, Using VMware View user data disks
  • options / Many options of disk types and redirection
• user data disk (UDD) / Persistent disk
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP) / Network connection characteristics
• user migration, VMware View solution / User migration
• user persona / What is a user persona?
  • migrating / Migration of the user persona
  • physical desktop / Migration of the user persona
  • separating, from operating environment / Separating a persona from the operating environment
  • untether options / Separating a persona from the operating environment
• user persona, separating from operating environment
  • about / Separating a persona from the operating environment
  • folder redirection / Folder redirection
  • profiles / Profiles
  • types of profiles / Profiles
  • View Persona Management / View Persona Management
  • Mirage / Horizon Mirage
  • physical desktop, upgrading to virtual desktop / Cutting over from a physical to a virtual desktop
• user persona management / User persona management
• user personas
  • type of failures / User personas
• users/groups
  • entitling, to global pools / Step 19 – Entitling users/groups to the global pools
• users per core
  • calculating / Processing the data

V

• .vmsd file / VMware vSphere files
• .vmsn file / VMware vSphere files
• .vmss file / VMware vSphere files
• .vmxf file / VMware vSphere files
• .vmx file / VMware vSphere files
• .vswp file / VMware vSphere files
• Value column
  • about / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
• vc-a
  • about / vCenter Servers
• vc-b
  • about / vCenter Servers
• vc-c
  • about / vCenter Servers
• VCAI
  • about / View Composer Array Integration (VCAI)
• vCenter Database
  • type of failures / User personas
• vCenter Linked Mode
  • prerequisites / Linked vCenter Servers
• vCenter maximums
  • about / Linked vCenter Servers
• vCenter Server
  • about / vCenter Server
  • advanced settings / vCenter and View Composer's advanced settings
• vCenter Servers / vCenter Servers
• vCenter Web Service
  • about / vCenter Server
• VCSA
  • about / vCenter Server
• vDesktop
  • disks / Types of disks for vDesktops
• vDesktops
  • training / Virtual enclaves
  • faculty / Virtual enclaves
  • servers / Virtual enclaves
• VDI
  • about / Nonpersistent desktops
  • inherent security / The inherent security of VDI
• VDI calculator
  • about / The VDI calculator
  • URL / The VDI calculator
• VDI technology
  • websites / Websites and social media
• Vendor ID (VID) / USB redirection and filtering
• View
  • and VSAN / View and VSAN together
• View Admin / Nonpersistent desktops
• View Admin console / USB filtering via View Connection Server
  • URL / Design considerations
  • automatic backup frequency / VMware View Connection Server – ADAM Database backup
  • recommendation, automatic backup frequency / VMware View Connection Server – ADAM Database backup
  • backup time / VMware View Connection Server – ADAM Database backup
  • maximum number of backups / VMware View Connection Server – ADAM Database backup
  • recommendation, maximum number of backups / VMware View Connection Server – ADAM Database backup
  • folder location / VMware View Connection Server – ADAM Database backup
• View Administrator console
  • backing up / The View Administrator console
• View Agent
  • installing, on RDS Host / Installing View Agent on the RDS Host
• View Agent, capabilities
  • USB redirection / View Agent
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) / View Agent
  • virtual printing via ThinPrint technology / View Agent
  • PCoIP connectivity / View Agent
  • persona management / View Agent
  • View Composer support / View Agent
• View Agent Direct-Connection Plugin / Connection infrastructure, Other new features
• View block / The View block
• View Composer
  • advanced settings / vCenter and View Composer's advanced settings
  • about / View Composer (an optional component), Understanding View Composer
  • SQL Express installation, using / Using SQL Express installation for View Composer
  • type of failures / User personas
• View Composer database
  • backing up / The View Composer database
• View Composer for Array Integration (VCAI) / Linked clones per datastore
• View Connection maximums
  • about / View Connection Servers
• View Connection Server
  • about / View Connection Server, View Connection Server
  • installing / Installing the Replica Connection Server
  • load balancing / Load balancing
  • type of failures / User personas
  / View Connection Server tags
• View Connection Server, types
  • Full / Types of VMware View Connection Servers
  • Replica / Types of VMware View Connection Servers
  • Security / Types of VMware View Connection Servers
• View Connection Server backup
  • about / VMware View Connection Server – ADAM Database backup
  • manual backup of View database, performing / Performing a manual backup of the View database
  • View Administrator console / The View Administrator console
  • command prompt, using / Using the command prompt
• View Connection Servers / View Connection Servers
• View Connection Server tags
  • about / View Connection Server tags
• View database
  • manual backup, performing / Performing a manual backup of the View database
• View desktop pool infrastructure / VMware vSphere and View desktop pool infrastructure
• View Manager
  • about / View Manager
  • precreated Active Directory machine accounts / Precreated Active Directory machine accounts
  • vCenter Server's advanced settings / vCenter and View Composer's advanced settings
  • View Composer's advanced settings / vCenter and View Composer's advanced settings
  • Phone Home option / The Phone Home option
  • Feature Packs / Feature Pack
• View Persona Management
  • about / View Persona Management
• View pod / The View pod
• View Storage Accelerator / View Storage Accelerator
• virtual desktops
  • about / Virtual desktops
  • linked clone desktops / Linked clone desktops
  • stateful desktops / Stateful desktops
  • stateless desktops / Stateless desktops
• virtual desktop templates
  • backing up / Virtual desktop templates and parent VMs
• virtual distributed switch (vDSwitch) / Virtual enclaves
• virtual enclave
  • about / Virtual enclaves
  • jailbreak scenario / The jailbreak scenario
• Virtual firewall / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• virtual infrastructure
  • enclaves, isolating / Virtual enclaves
• Virtual Infrastructure (VI)
  • about / vCenter Server
• Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) / Standard versus distributed switches
• Virtual Machine File System (VMFS)
  • about / Using local storage
• virtual machine maximums
  • about / Compute considerations
• virtual private network (VPN)
  • about / Thin clients
• Virtual security zones
  • Permitted / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
  • Restricted / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
  • Prohibited / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• virtual switch considerations / Virtual switch considerations
  • standard, versus distributed switches / Standard versus distributed switches
  • port binding / Port binding, Port binding and VMware View Composer
  • VMware View Composer / Port binding and VMware View Composer
  • multi-VLAN / Multi-VLAN
• VMFS
  • about / Thin provisioning versus thick provisioning
• VM Storage Policies / VMware Virtual SAN
  • VM_HOME / VMware Virtual SAN
  • OS_Disk / VMware Virtual SAN
  • REPLICA_DISK / VMware Virtual SAN
  • persistent disk / VMware Virtual SAN
• VMware Communities website, for RAWC
  • URL / VMware View Planner
• VMware Data Protection (VDP)
  • about / VMware Data Protection
• VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS)
  • about / VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling
  • Anti-affinity setting / Anti-affinity
• VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) / VMware vCenter Server
• VMware Hand on Labs
  • about / VMware Hands-on Labs
• VMware Hands of Labs
  • URL / VMware Hands-on Labs
• VMware High Availability (HA)
  • about / VMware High Availability
  • using / Using VMware HA
  • using, with persistent vDesktops / Using HA with persistent vDesktops
• VMware Horizon Advanced Edition (CCU)
  • about / VMware Horizon editions
• VMware Horizon Advanced Edition (named)
  • about / VMware Horizon editions
• VMware Horizon Enterprise (CCU)
  • about / VMware Horizon editions
• VMware Horizon Enterprise (named)
  • about / VMware Horizon editions
• VMware Horizon Mirage
  • about / Thick clients
• VMware Horizon View 6
  • components / The core components of VMware Horizon View 6
  • features / Other new features
• VMware Horizon View editions
  • View Standard / VMware Horizon editions
  • Advanced / VMware Horizon editions
  • Enterprise / VMware Horizon editions
• VMware Horizon View Standard (CCU)
  • about / VMware Horizon editions
• VMware TV
  • about / VMware TV
  • URL / VMware TV
• VMware Update Manager
  • about / VMware Update Manager Servers
• VMware Update Manager Servers / VMware Update Manager Servers
• VMware vCenter
  • about / VMware vCenter
• VMware vCenter Log Insight
  • about / Other new features
• VMware vCenter Server
  • terminologies / vCenter Server
  • tasks / vCenter Server
  • about / VMware vCenter Server
  • components / VMware vCenter Server
  • VMware Data Protection (VDP) / VMware Data Protection
  • vSphere High Availability (HA) / vSphere High Availability
  • Database High Availability / Database High Availability
  • Cold/Standby vCenter / Cold/Standby vCenter
  • type of failures / User personas
• VMware View
  • about / Using VMware View user data disks
  • user data disks / Using VMware View user data disks
  • websites / Websites and social media
  • social media / Websites and social media
• VMware View Composer / Port binding and VMware View Composer
  • about / VMware View Composer
  • snapshots / Snapshots
  • snapshot, using / Snapshot and replica usage
  • replica usage / Snapshot and replica usage
  • linked clone disk / Linked clone disk
• VMware View Connection Servers
  • smart card authentication, configuring for / Configuring smart card authentication for VMware View Connection Servers
• VMware View desktops
  • assessment worksheet / Assessment worksheet for VMware View desktops
• VMware View environment
  • restoring / Restoring the VMware View environment
  • reconciliation after recovery / Reconciliation after recovery
• VMware View environment backup
  • security server considerations / Security Server considerations
  • View Composer database / The View Composer database
  • Remote Desktop Service host servers / Remote Desktop Service host servers
  • RDS host templates / RDS Server host templates and virtual machines
  • RDS virtual machines / RDS Server host templates and virtual machines
  • virtual desktops / Virtual desktops
• VMware View Planner
  • about / VMware View Planner
  • URL / VMware View Planner
• VMware View Planner tool
  • about / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • session launcher virtual machine / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • controller virtual machine / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • Target vDesktops / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • E-mail server virtual machine (optional) / The VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
  • storage platforms, comparing / Comparing storage platforms
• VMware View pod design
  • about / The VMware View pod design
  • View pod / The View pod
  • View block / The View block
  • Management block / The Management block
  • desktop pool types, scaling / Scaling desktop pool types
• VMware View Security Servers
  • smart card authentication, configuring for / Configuring smart card authentication for VMware View Security Servers
• VMware View solution
  • assessment / Assessment
  • Plan (define use cases) / Plan (define use cases)
  • Design / Design
  • Pilot / Pilot and validate
  • validation / Pilot and validate
  • implementation / Implementation
  • user migration / User migration
  • Hand-off and manage / Hand-off and manage
• VMware View specific files
  • about / VMware View specific files
  • replica-GUID.vmdk file / VMware View specific files
  • -internal.vmdk file / VMware View specific files
  • VM-s000[n].vmdk file / VMware View specific files
  • VDM-disposable-GUID.vmdk file / VMware View specific files
  • .log file / VMware View specific files
• VMware virtual networking
  • about / Virtual enclaves
• VMware Virtual SAN
  • about / VMware Virtual SAN
• VMware vSphere
  • about / VMware vSphere and View desktop pool infrastructure
  • pod architecture / Pod architecture
  • working with / Working with VMware vSphere maximums
  • solution example / Solution example – 25,000 seats of VMware View
  • VMware View pod design / The VMware View pod design
  • architecture types, for pods / The architecture types for pods
  • solution design, pools / Solution design – pools
  • solution design, formulas / Solution design – the formulas
• VMware vSphere files
  • about / VMware vSphere files
  • .vmx file / VMware vSphere files
  • .vmsd file / VMware vSphere files
  • .vmxf file / VMware vSphere files
  • .vswp file / VMware vSphere files
  • .vmss file / VMware vSphere files
  • .nvram file / VMware vSphere files
  • .vmsn file / VMware vSphere files
  • -flat.vmdk file / VMware vSphere files
  • .log file / VMware vSphere files
• vNetwork maximums
  • about / Solution design – physical server requirements
• VSAN
  • benefits / VMware Virtual SAN
  • about / Horizon View 6 integration with Virtual SAN
  • requisites / VSAN requirements
  • and View / View and VSAN together
• vscsiStats / Storage I/O profile, Storage tiering and I/O distribution
• vSphere 5.0 video swap
  • about / vSphere 5.0 video swap
• vSphere High Availability (HA)
  • about / vSphere High Availability
• vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) / Linked clones per datastore

W

• Windows Datacenter
  • about / vCenter Server
• Windows Group Policy / Persistent disk
• Windows OS firewall / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
• Windows paging files / Windows paging files
• Windows Portable Devices (WPD) / USB filtering via the Windows operating system
• Workspace Assessment
  • about / Workspace Assessment
  • reference link / Workspace Assessment

Z

• Zagg Mate
  • about / Other clients
  • URL / Other clients
• zero clients
  • about / Teradici PCoIP-powered zero clients
  • examples / Teradici PCoIP-powered zero clients
  • advantages / Teradici PCoIP-powered zero clients
  • drawbacks / Teradici PCoIP-powered zero clients
• zones
  • about / Firewalls, zones, and antivirus