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VMware Horizon View 6 Desktop Virtualization Cookbook

By : Jason Ventresco
Book Image

VMware Horizon View 6 Desktop Virtualization Cookbook

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
VMware Horizon View 6 Desktop Virtualization Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
4
Managing VMware Horizon View with PowerCLI
Index

Performing a Horizon View Composer backup


The Connection Server backs up the Composer database as part of its own native backup process. This is the preferred method of backing up the Composer database, as it will be backed up at the same time as the Connection Server's AD LDS database. As these databases contain related information, it is critical that they be backed up at the same time.

Getting ready

The information required to restore Horizon View Composer is stored in two different locations:

  • The Composer database

  • The Horizon View Composer's SSL certificates or the RSA key container

The Composer database and SSL components should be backed up as part of a larger backup plan that includes the vCenter database, the Connection Server AD LDS database, and the Horizon View Event database. By default, each Connection Server backs up both the AD LDS database and the Composer databases to a folder on the Connection Server described in the Backing up the AD LDS database section of this chapter, which...