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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
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Preface

Chapter 6. Implementing a Horizon Cloud Pod

This chapter discusses how to enable, configure, and administer a VMware Horizon Cloud Pod. The Cloud Pod feature enables Horizon administrators to deploy multi-site, multi-pod View environments that support cross-Horizon pod user entitlements. Additionally, when deployed in a multi-pod configuration Horizon is capable of supporting up to 50,000 client connections, or five times as many as a single Horizon pod. In this chapter, we will review the concepts behind a VMware Horizon Cloud Pod and cover key areas related to the Horizon Cloud Pod functionality.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • VMware Horizon Cloud Pod overview

  • Cloud Pod port requirements and topology limits

  • Configuring a Cloud Pod

  • Configuring and associating users and groups to Horizon sites

  • Creating Global Entitlements for Horizon desktop and application pools

  • Updating Global Entitlements

  • Determining the effective Horizon site for a user

  • Monitoring connections to Cloud Pod...