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Implementing VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By : Jason Ventresco
Book Image

Implementing VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

VMware Horizon 7 has been a buzz since it was announced. One of the major reasons is the introduction of the new Instant Clones feature. This book will complement the product documentation by providing real-life examples of how it is implemented along with the latest features and components of the platform. We'll explore the latest features of the platform, including those added through product acquisitions such as User Environment Manager and App Volumes. Further on, you will also be introduced to the new capabilities added to the core product such Linked-Clone RDS pools. Upon completion of this book, you will have an understanding of the capabilities and benefits VMware Horizon can provide to your organization, and how each of its components are implemented.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Implementing VMware Horizon 7 Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Horizon Composer recovery


The same process is used to recover or move Horizon Composer to a new host server. To retain the current settings, all that needs to be restored is the Horizon Composer database and the RSA key container or custom SSL certificate.

Restoring the Horizon Composer database

The Horizon Composer database should be restored using the native Horizon command line tool sviconfig.exe. This tool is located within the install directory of Horizon Composer, which is at the following location on our sample server: D:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware View Composer.

You will need the following information to restore the database:

  • The name of your Database Source Name (DSN) connection on the Horizon Connection Server. On our sample server, the name is: Composer_Pod1

  • Horizon Composer database username. On our sample server, the name is: composer

  • * Horizon Composer database password. On our sample server, the password is: Password123

  • The backup file path location of the Backup-2015-1223101427...