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Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By : Barry Coombs
Book Image

Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By: Barry Coombs

Overview of this book

Desktop virtualization can be a bit of a headache. But VMware Horizon 7 changes all that. With a rich and adaptive UX, improved security and a range of useful features for storage and networking optimization, there’s plenty to love. But to properly fall in love with it, you need to know how to use it. And that means venturing deeper into the software, taking advantage of its extensive range of features, many of which are underused and underpromoted. This guide will take you through everything you need to know to not only successfully virtualize your desktop infrastructure but also to maintain and optimize the infrastructure to keep all your users happy. We’ll show you how to assess and analyze your infrastructure, and how to use that analysis to design a solution that meets your organizational and user needs. Once you’ve done that, you’ll find out how to build your virtualized environment, before deploying your virtualized solution. But more than that, we’ll also make sure you know everything you need to know about the full range of features on offer, including mobile cloud, so you can use them to take full control of your virtualized infrastructure.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Horizon View design specifics


Now that we have looked at some of the more general elements of your infrastructure, and the vSphere platform that is going to support your environment, it's now time to turn your attention to the Horizon View-specific components of the infrastructure.

Let's start by looking at the requirements of those components, before looking at sizing the actual virtual desktop machines themselves.

The View Connection Server

The View Connection Server is a Windows Server with Horizon View installed as an application. This Server would be hosted as a virtual machine on the management block, and have a recommended configuration as shown in the following table:

As we have touched on previously, if this is purely for a POC or pilot with a limited number of users, you can lower the specification to maybe two vCPUs and 4 GB of memory. You can't resize this afterwards, hence the reason why you should size appropriately should you want to move straight into production without reinstalling...