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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
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Preface

Monitoring Global Entitlement Horizon client sessions


Monitoring a Horizon client session to a Global Entitlement requires a slightly different approach, due to the fact that one Horizon pod could be brokering a connection for desktops in another. Consider the following scenario:

A user with RTP home site assignment connects to Horizon pod in Hopkinton, and is connected to a desktop in the RTP pod.

If you reviewed the Monitoring - Sessions window in the RTP pod, you might expect to see the connection to the desktop. This is not how it works in a Cloud Pod; the session data is maintained by the pod the user initially connected to, not the one where their desktop is hosted (we are assuming they are different for this example). Additionally, the Monitoring - Sessions window is not Cloud Pod-aware; unless you know where Horizon pools were actually located you wouldn't know what Horizon pod a user is actually using for their desktop session.

The following screenshot was taken from the Hopkinton...