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Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 - Third Edition

By : Jason Ventresco
Book Image

Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 - Third Edition

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

This third edition of Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 has been updated to get you up to speed with VMware Horizon 7.7 by showing you how to use its key features and deploying an end-user computing infrastructure for your own organization. The book begins by guiding you on how to deploy all the core requirements for a VMware Horizon infrastructure. It then moves on to show you how to provision and administer end-user computing resources using VMware Horizon. You’ll not only be able to deploy the core VMware Horizon features, but you’ll also be able to implement new features, such as the Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP) and the Horizon Console. You’ll also focus on the latest features and components of the Horizon platform and learn when and how they are used. By the end of the book, you will have developed a solid understanding of how your organization can benefit from the capabilities VMware Horizon offers and how each of its components is implemented.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Performing instant clone desktop maintenance

In this section, we will look at the different techniques that are used to perform maintenance on instant clone desktop pools or individual instant clone desktops.

Updating the instant clone desktop parent image

Because of the stateless nature of instant clone desktops, the process used to replace their base images is called push image rather than recompose. Since instant clone desktops do not save their state, all that is really performed during a push image operation is the base VM that the desktops are dependent on is replaced with an updated version.

A push image operation does require that the desktops be briefly powered off, but the operation can be delayed until the current...