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Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

By : Jason Ventresco
Book Image

Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

VMware Horizon View helps you simplify desktop and application management while increasing security and control. This book will introduce you to all of the components of the VMware Horizon View suite, walk you through their deployment, and show how they are used. We will also discuss how to assess your virtual desktop resource requirements, and build an optimized virtual desktop. "Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2" will provide you the information needed to deploy and administer your own end-user computing infrastructure. This includes not only the View components themselves, but key topics such as assessing virtual desktop resource needs, and how to optimize your virtual desktop master image. You will learn how to design and deploy a performant, flexible and powerful desktop virtualization solution using VMware Horizon View. You will implement important components and features, such as VMware View Connection Server, VMware View Composer, VMware View Transfer Server, and VMware View Security Server."Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2" will take you through application virtualization with VMware ThinApp, the implementation of Persona Management, and creation of Desktop Pools. We then cover View Client options, Desktop maintenance, and Virtual Desktop Master Image. Finally we discuss View SSL certificates management, Group Policies, PowerCLI, and VMware View Design and Maintenance to help you get the most out of VMware View.If you want to learn how to design, implement and administrate a complex, optimized desktop virtualization solution with VMware View, then this book is for you.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

View Composer requirements


View Composer requires a minimum server configuration to ensure adequate performance and to properly support linked clone provisioning and maintenance operations.

Hardware requirements

The View Composer software has specific requirements with regard to the hardware specifications and host operating system. View Composer may be installed on a dedicated virtual or physical server, or on an existing vCenter virtual or physical server. The vCenter Server Linux-based virtual appliance also supports View Composer but requires that it be installed on a dedicated server.

The following table outlines both the minimum and recommended hardware specifications of a dedicated View Connection Server.

Hardware component

Minimum requirement

Recommended

Processor

2 CPUs (1.4 GHz 64-bit or faster)

4 CPUs (2.0 GHz or faster)

Memory

4 GB

8 GB minimum for deployments of 50 or more desktops

Networking

One or more 10/100 MBps network interface cards (NICs)

1 Gbps NICs

Hard disk...