Index

A

• Active Directory
  • about / How does it work?
• Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
  • about / How does it work?
• Active Directory prerequisites
  • about / Active Directory prerequisites
  • Organizational Unit (OU), creating / Creating an organizational unit
  • Group Policy Objects (GPO), creating for Horizon View / Creating Group Policy Objects for Horizon View
  • Horizon View ADM templates, importing / Importing and applying the Horizon View ADM templates
  • Horizon View ADM templates, applying / Importing and applying the Horizon View ADM templates
  • loopback policy, enabling / Enabling the loopback policy
  • policy settings example / Example policy settings
• Administrative Templates (ADM)
  • about / Active Directory prerequisites
• antivirus, virtual desktop machines
  • about / Antivirus for virtual desktop machines
  • VMware vShield Endpoint / The VMware vShield Endpoint architecture
• applications
  • installing / Installing applications and the View Agent
• architecture, Horizon View 6.0
  • about / A high-level architecture overview

B

• benefits, VDI solution deployment
  • secure desktop environment / The benefits of deploying a VDI solution
  • centralized management / The benefits of deploying a VDI solution
  • flexibility / The benefits of deploying a VDI solution
  • scalability / The benefits of deploying a VDI solution
  • bring-your-own-device (BYOD) / The benefits of deploying a VDI solution
  • mobility / The benefits of deploying a VDI solution
  • operational cost savings (OPEX) / The benefits of deploying a VDI solution
• browser-based desktop access
  • about / Browser-based desktop access

C

• Catalog option, Inventory box / Catalog
• clone
  • about / Introducing the clone technology in Horizon View
  • linked clones / Introducing the clone technology in Horizon View, Linked clones
  • full clones / Introducing the clone technology in Horizon View, Full clones
• commands.bat file
  • reference link / Optimizing the image using the commands.bat process
• commands.bat process
  • used, for optimizing images / Optimizing the image using the commands.bat process
• connection
  • testing, of desktop / Testing the connection to the desktop
• Content Based Read Cache (CBRC)
  • about / Linked clones
  / Storage
• core components, Horizon View 6.0
  • about / The Horizon View core components
  • Horizon View Connection Server / The Horizon View Connection Server
  • Horizon View Security Server / The Horizon View security server
  • Horizon View Composer / Horizon View Composer and linked clones
  • linked clones / Horizon View Composer and linked clones

D

• 3D Renderer options
  • Automatic / Creating a desktop pool for high-end graphics
  • Software / Creating a desktop pool for high-end graphics
  • Hardware / Creating a desktop pool for high-end graphics
  • Disabled / Creating a desktop pool for high-end graphics
• Dashboard page
  • about / Dashboard
  • System Health section / System Health
  • Machine Status box / Machine Status
  • datastores / Datastores
• datastores, Dashboard page / Datastores
• desktop
  • user, connecting to / How does a user connect to their desktop?
  • connection, testing / Testing the connection to the desktop
• desktop host servers, Horizon View 6.0 infrastructure
  • sizing / Sizing the desktop host servers
  • CPU sizing considerations / CPU sizing considerations
  • light user / Light user
  • medium user / Medium user
  • heavy user / Heavy user
  • memory sizing considerations / Memory sizing considerations
  • networking considerations / Networking considerations
  • storage / Storage
  • high-end graphics, delivering / Delivering high-end graphics
• desktop pool
  • about / How does it work?
  • users, entitling to / Entitling users to a desktop pool
  • creating, for high-end graphics / Creating a desktop pool for high-end graphics
• device splitting
  • about / Managing multifunction USB devices
• disposable disk
  • about / The disposable disk
• dynamic virtual channels (DVC)
  • about / Support for Microsoft Lync 2013

E

• end user computing (EUC)
  • about / An introduction to VMware Horizon 6
• ESXi host servers
  • about / ESXi host servers
• example design exercise, Horizon View 6.0 infrastructure
  • about / An example design exercise
  • user requirements / User requirements
  • pool design / The pool design
  • desktop blocks, sizing / Sizing the desktop blocks
  • storage requirements, sizing / Sizing the storage requirements
  • management blocks, sizing / Sizing the management blocks
  • network requirements / The network requirements

F

• filters
  • creating, for USB devices / Filtering supported USB devices
• full-clone desktop pool
  • configuring / Configuring a full-clone desktop pool
• full-clone virtual desktop machine
  • template, creating for / Creating a template for a full-clone virtual desktop machine
• full clones
  • about / Introducing the clone technology in Horizon View, Full clones

G

• Global Policies option, Inventory box / Global Policies
• GPU-enabled virtual desktop machine
  • building / Building a GPU-enabled virtual desktop machine, Building the virtual desktop machine
  • ESXi host, configuring / Configuring the ESXi host and vCenter Server
  • vCenter Server, configuring / Configuring the ESXi host and vCenter Server
  • operating system, installing for / Installing the operating system for GPU-enabled desktops
  • preparing / Preparing the GPU-enabled virtual desktop machine
• Group Policy Objects (GPO)
  • creating, for Horizon View / Creating Group Policy Objects for Horizon View

H

• hardware-accelerated graphics
  • about / Hardware-accelerated graphics in Horizon View
  • vSGA / Virtual Shared Graphics Acceleration
  • vDGA / Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration
• hardware-based clients
  • about / Hardware-based clients and thin clients
• high-end graphics
  • desktop pool, creating for / Creating a desktop pool for high-end graphics
• high-end graphics, Horizon View 6.0 infrastructure
  • delivering / Delivering high-end graphics
  • virtual shared graphics acceleration considerations / Virtual shared graphics acceleration considerations
  • virtual dedicated graphics acceleration considerations / Virtual dedicated graphics acceleration considerations
• Horizon 6.0 architecture
  • designing / Designing a Horizon 6.0 architecture
  • pod and block reference architecture / The pod and block reference architecture
  • Cloud Pod architecture / The Cloud Pod Architecture
• Horizon Advanced Edition / Horizon Advanced Edition
• Horizon Enterprise Edition / Horizon Enterprise Edition
• Horizon View
  • Group Policy Objects (GPO), creating for / Creating Group Policy Objects for Horizon View
• Horizon View 5.2
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• Horizon View 5.3
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• Horizon View 5.3.1
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• Horizon View 6.0
  • core components / The Horizon View core components
  • architecture / A high-level architecture overview
  • installation, preparing / Preparing for the installation
  • lab environment / Welcome to our lab environment
  • My VMware, downloading / Downloading the software
• Horizon View 6.0 infrastructure
  • assessment phase / Assessment
  • success criteria, defining / Defining the success criteria
  • technology, testing / Proving the technology
  • pilot phase / The pilot phase
  • sizing / Sizing the infrastructure
  • management servers / Management servers
  • desktop host servers, sizing / Sizing the desktop host servers
  • virtual desktop machines, sizing / Sizing the virtual desktop machines
  • client device, selecting / Choosing the right client device
• Horizon View Administrator
  • about / What is Horizon View Administrator?
• Horizon View Administrator console UI
  • about / Horizon View Administrator console UI
  • Dashboard page / Dashboard
  • Inventory box / Inventory
• Horizon View ADM templates
  • importing / Importing and applying the Horizon View ADM templates
  • applying / Importing and applying the Horizon View ADM templates
• Horizon View Client
  • about / How does it work?, Horizon View Clients
  • installing, for Windows / Horizon View Client for Windows platforms
  • launching / Launching and configuring the Horizon View Client
  • configuring / Launching and configuring the Horizon View Client
• Horizon View Client, for iPad / Horizon View Client for iPad
• Horizon View Client, for Mac / Horizon View Client for Mac
• Horizon View Clients
  • downloading / Downloading the Horizon View Clients
  • reference link / Downloading the Horizon View Clients
• Horizon View Composer
  • about / Horizon View Composer and linked clones
  • build process / What does View Composer build?
  • linked-clone disk / The linked-clone disk
  • user data disk / The persistent disk or user data disk
  • persistent disk / The persistent disk or user data disk
  • disposable disk / The disposable disk
  • internal disk / The internal disk
• Horizon View connection server
  • installing / Installing the Horizon View Connection Server
  • hardware requisites / Hardware requirements
  • software requisites / Software requirements – supported operating systems
  • installation process / The installation process
• Horizon View Connection Server
  • about / The Horizon View Connection Server
  • working / How does it work?
• Horizon View deployment
  • licensing / Licensing Horizon View
• Horizon View Replica Server
  • about / The Horizon View replica server
  • working / How does it work?
• Horizon View Security Server
  • about / The Horizon View security server
  • working / How does it work?
  • Horizon View Replica Server / The Horizon View replica server
• Horizon View software client
  • about / The Horizon View software client
• Horizon View Standard Edition / Horizon View Standard Edition
  • licensing / The Horizon View Standard Edition licensing
• Horizon View Virtual Desktop
  • used, for printing / Printing from a Horizon View Virtual Desktop
• Horizon Workspace Portal / Horizon Advanced Edition
• hosted virtual desktop (HVD)
  • about / What is virtual desktop infrastructure?

I

• image
  • preparing, for users / Preparing the image for users
• image optimization
  • about / Optimizing the image
  • commands.bat process used / Optimizing the image using the commands.bat process
  • VMware OS Optimization Tool used / VMware OS Optimization Tool
• installation, View Agent / Installing applications and the View Agent
• installation, View Composer / Installing View Composer
• installation, View replica server / Installing the View replica server
• installation, View security server / Installing the View security server
• installation, VMware Tools / Installing VMware Tools
• installation process, Horizon View connection server / The installation process
• internal disk
  • about / The internal disk
• Inventory box
  • about / Inventory
  • Users and Groups section / Users and Groups
  • Catalog option / Catalog
  • Resources option / Resources
  • View Administrator console / Monitoring
  • Global Policies option / Global Policies
  • View Configuration section / View Configuration

L

• lab environment
  • about / Welcome to our lab environment
  • infrastructure components / What you need for the example lab
  • configuration / What you need for the example lab
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • about / How does it work?
• linked-clone desktop pool
  • configuring / Configuring a linked-clone desktop pool
  • General sections / General
  • Remote Settings / Remote Settings
  • Remote Display Protocol / Remote Display Protocol
  • Adobe Flash Settings / Adobe Flash Settings for Sessions
  • Mirage Settings / Mirage Settings
• linked-clone disk
  • about / The linked-clone disk
• linked clones
  • about / Horizon View Composer and linked clones, Introducing the clone technology in Horizon View, Linked clones
  • working / How do linked clones work?
  • build process / The linked-clone process
  • features / The linked-clone features and functions
  • functions / The linked-clone features and functions
  • recompose operation / The recompose operation
  • refresh operation / The refresh operation
  • rebalance operation / The rebalance operation
  • snapshot, creating for / Creating a snapshot for linked clones
• loopback policy
  • enabling / Enabling the loopback policy

M

• Machine Status box, Dashboard page / Machine Status
• management servers, Horizon View 6.0 infrastructure
  • about / Management servers
  • ESXi host servers / ESXi host servers
  • View connection server / The View Connection Server
  • View replica server / The View replica server
  • View security server / The View security server
  • View composer / The View Composer
  • vCenter Server / vCenter Servers
• Microsoft Lync 2013
  • about / Support for Microsoft Lync 2013
• multifunction USB devices
  • managing / Managing multifunction USB devices
• My VMware
  • URL / Downloading the software

N

• NVIDIA drivers
  • reference link / Installing the operating system for GPU-enabled desktops

O

• operating system
  • installing, for GPU-enabled desktops / Installing the operating system for GPU-enabled desktops
• Organizational Unit (OU)
  • creating / Creating an organizational unit

P

• .print Client
  • about / Managing USB devices in a virtual desktop
• .print Engine
  • about / Printing from a Horizon View Virtual Desktop
• PCoIP protocol
  • about / The VMware VDI story, The PCoIP protocol – delivering the desktop experience, An introduction to PCoIP
  • Remote Desktop protocol / Other protocols – Remote Desktop Protocol
  • versus, Remote Desktop protocol / What are the key differences between PCoIP and RDP?
• PCoIP tuning tool
  • about / The PCoIP tuning tool
  • reference link / The PCoIP tuning tool
  • options / The PCoIP tuning tool
• persistent disk
  • about / The persistent disk or user data disk
• Persona Management
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• physical desktops
  • VDI desktops, comparing with / Why VDI desktops are different from physical desktops
• pilot
  • about / Pilot
• pilot phase
  • about / The pilot phase
  • design / Phase 1 – pilot design
  • deployment / Phase 2 – pilot deployment
  • test / Phase 3 – pilot test
  • review / Phase 4 – pilot review
• post-installation configuration tasks, connection server
  • about / Post-installation configuration tasks of the connection server
  • certificate, installing / Installing the certificate after the connection server installation
  • Horizon View, licensing / Licensing Horizon View
  • vCenter Server, adding / Adding vCenter Server and View Composer
  • View Composer, adding / Adding vCenter Server and View Composer
  • view events database, adding / View events database
• post optimization, image / Post-optimization
• PoT
  • about / Proof of technology
• printing
  • with Horizon View Virtual Desktop / Printing from a Horizon View Virtual Desktop
• proof of concept
  • about / Proof of concept
• proof of technology
  • about / Proof of technology
• published applications
  • delivering, with SBC / Delivering published applications with SBC
• published desktops
  • delivering, with SBC / Delivering published desktops with SBC

R

• Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV)
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• rebalance operation, linked clones
  • about / The rebalance operation
• recompose operation, linked clones
  • about / The recompose operation
• refresh operation, linked clones
  • about / The refresh operation
• Remote Desktop protocol
  • versus, PCoIP protocol / What are the key differences between PCoIP and RDP?
• Resources option, Inventory box / Resources
• Root CA role
  • adding / Adding the Root CA role
• Root CA server
  • setting up / Setting up a Root CA server
• RTAV
  • about / USB device support in Horizon View, Real-Time Audio-Video
  • issue / The issue
  • used, for fixing issue / How does RTAV fix this issue?

S

• SBC
  • about / Server-based computing and VDI
  • published applications, delivering with / Delivering published applications with SBC
  • published desktops, delivering with / Delivering published desktops with SBC
• security virtual appliance (SVA)
  • about / Antivirus for virtual desktop machines
• snapshot
  • creating, for linked clones / Creating a snapshot for linked clones
• software download pages and tools
  • references / The software's download pages and tools
• SSL certificates, Horizon View
  • about / SSL certificates for Horizon View
  • Root CA server, setting up / Setting up a Root CA server
  • installing / Installing a certificate on the connection server
• System Health section, Dashboard page / System Health

T

• technology
  • proving / Proving the technology – from PoC to production
• template
  • creating, for full-clone virtual desktop machine / Creating a template for a full-clone virtual desktop machine
• testing cycle, Horizon View 6.0 infrastructure
  • proof of technology stage / Proving the technology, Proof of technology
  • pilot stage / Proving the technology, Pilot
  • proof of concept stage / Proof of concept
• ThinApp application virtualization
  • about / ThinApp application virtualization, What is ThinApp application virtualization?
• thin client computing / Delivering published applications with SBC
• thin clients
  • about / Thin clients
  • advantages / Thin clients

U

• unified communications
  • about / Unified communications support
  • Microsoft Lync 2013 / Support for Microsoft Lync 2013
• Unity Touch feature / Horizon View Client for iPad
• USB devices
  • managing, in virtual desktop / Managing USB devices in a virtual desktop
  • supporting, in Horizon View / USB device support in Horizon View
  • filters, creating for / Filtering supported USB devices
  • multifunction USB devices, managing / Managing multifunction USB devices
• user
  • connecting, to desktop / How does a user connect to their desktop?
• user data disk
  • about / The persistent disk or user data disk
• users
  • entitling, to desktop pool / Entitling users to a desktop pool
• Users and Groups section, Inventory box / Users and Groups

V

• vCenter Server
  • virtual machine, building in / Creating the virtual machine in the vCenter Server
• vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) / Installing View Composer
• vCenter Servers
  • about / vCenter Servers
• vDGA
  • about / Hardware-accelerated graphics in Horizon View, Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration
  • architecture / Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration
• VDI
  • about / What is virtual desktop infrastructure?
• VDI desktops
  • comparing, with physical desktops / Why VDI desktops are different from physical desktops
• VDI project
  • approaching / Proving the technology – from PoC to production
• VDI solution deployment
  • benefits / The benefits of deploying a VDI solution
• vGPU
  • about / Hardware-accelerated graphics in Horizon View
• View 4.5
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• View 4.6
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• View 5.0
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• View 5.1
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• View Administrator console, Inventory box
  • about / Monitoring
  • View events monitoring option / View events monitoring
  • View session monitoring option / View session monitoring
• View Agent
  • installing / Installing applications and the View Agent
• View Composer
  • installing / Installing View Composer
• View composer
  • about / The View Composer
• View Composer Array Integration (VCAI)
  • about / Linked clones
  / Storage
• View Configuration section, Inventory box
  • about / View Configuration
  • Global Settings section / Global Settings
  • Administrators section / Administrators
  • Event Configuration section / Event Configuration
• View connection server
  • about / The View Connection Server
• View Persona Management
  • about / View Persona Management
  • user profiles, managing / Do we need to manage user profiles differently?
  • benefits / The benefits of using View Persona Management
  • printing, from Horizon View Virtual Desktop / Printing from a Horizon View Virtual Desktop
• View replica server
  • about / The View replica server
  • installing / Installing the View replica server
• View security server
  • about / The View security server
  • installing / Installing the View security server
• View Storage Accelerator (VSA)
  • about / Linked clones
  / Storage
• virtual dedicated graphics acceleration (vDGA)
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• virtual dedicated graphics acceleration considerations
  • about / Virtual dedicated graphics acceleration considerations
  • vDGA supported configurations / vDGA supported configurations
  • virtual desktops, supported with vDGA / How many virtual desktops are supported with vDGA?
• virtual desktop machine
  • creating / Creating the virtual desktop machine
  • creating, in vCenter Server / Creating the virtual machine in the vCenter Server
• virtual desktop machine BIOS configuration
  • about / Configuring the virtual desktop machine BIOS
  • settings, updating / Updating the BIOS settings
  • guest operating system installation, starting / Starting the guest operating system installation
• virtual desktop machines
  • antivirus / Antivirus for virtual desktop machines
• virtual desktop machines, Horizon View 6.0 infrastructure
  • sizing / Sizing the virtual desktop machines
  • pool design / Pool design
  • user assignments / User assignments – dedicated or floating desktops?
  • dedicated-assignment desktop option / User assignments – dedicated or floating desktops?
  • floating-assignment desktop option / User assignments – dedicated or floating desktops?
• Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM)
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• virtual printing solution
  • .print Engine / Printing from a Horizon View Virtual Desktop
  • .print Client / Printing from a Horizon View Virtual Desktop
• Virtual SAN (vSAN)
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• virtual shared graphics acceleration (vSGA)
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• virtual shared graphics acceleration considerations
  • about / Virtual shared graphics acceleration considerations
  • vSGA supported configurations / vSGA Supported Configurations
  • virtual desktops, supported with vSGA / How many virtual desktops are supported with vSGA?
• VMware Blast / Browser-based desktop access
• VMware Horizon 6
  • about / An introduction to VMware Horizon 6
  • editions / VMware Horizon 6 editions
  • Horizon, editions Enterprise Edition / Horizon Enterprise Edition
• VMware Horizon 6, editions
  • Horizon View Standard Edition / Horizon View Standard Edition
  • Horizon Advanced Edition / Horizon Advanced Edition
• VMware Mirage / Horizon Advanced Edition
• VMware official documentation
  • references / The VMware official documentation
• VMware OS Optimization Tool
  • used, for optimizing images / VMware OS Optimization Tool
  • reference link / VMware OS Optimization Tool
• VMware Tools
  • installing / Installing VMware Tools
• VMware VDI
  • history / The VMware VDI story
• VMware View
  • about / The VMware VDI story
• VMware vShield Endpoint
  • architecture / The VMware vShield Endpoint architecture
• vSGA
  • about / Hardware-accelerated graphics in Horizon View
  • architecture / Virtual Shared Graphics Acceleration

W

• Windows
  • Horizon View Client, installing for / Horizon View Client for Windows platforms

Z

• zero clients / Zero clients