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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

Welcome to the lab environment


Throughout the practical stages of this book, you have the opportunity to follow the tasks and steps that are being described using the example lab environment. If you prefer, you can use these guides to set up your own environment, whether that's for a proof of concept, pilot, or production deployment.

What you need for the example lab

We are going to start with the management block infrastructure. The example lab management block consists of the following infrastructure components:

  • 2 x ESXi host servers running vSphere 6.0 U1

  • Tintri T820 VMaware hybrid storage array

  • 11 x Windows Server 2012 R2 Enterprise Edition virtual machines for the following roles, which we will configure throughout this chapter:

    • Domain controller (dc.pvolab.com)

    • Connection Server (hzn7-cs1.pvolab.com)

    • Security Server (hzn7-ss1.pvolab.com)

    • Replica Server (hzn7-cs2.pvolab.com)

    • Connection Server for second site CPA (hzn7-cs1b)

    • View Composer (hzn7-cmp.pvolab.com)

    • Enrollment Server (hzn7-enroll.pvolab...