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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

Upgrade compatibility


Before undertaking any upgrades, you should start off by reading the release notes and the upgrade guide for Horizon View. With a number of interdependent components, not only do you need to check the compatibility between the different versions of these components, but also ensure that you undertake the upgrade in the correct order, to minimize the risk of failure and disruption to our users.

In this section, we are going to look at the compatibility, starting with which versions you are able to upgrade to Horizon 7. The following list shows the different versions:

  • Latest maintenance release of Horizon View 5.3

  • Latest maintenance release of VMware Horizon 6.0 (with View)

  • Latest maintenance release of VMware Horizon 6 version 6.1

  • Latest maintenance release of VMware Horizon 6 version 6.2

You also need to check the compatibility between the different View components and whether Horizon 7 works with earlier versions of these components. By components, we mean the connection...