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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

Linux virtual desktop machines


The final virtual desktop that we are going to build is for Linux operating system, and for this example, CentOS is going to be the Linux distribution that is used.

The process is almost the same as that used for installing a Windows-based operating system; however, there are some differences when it comes to installing the Horizon View Agent. The process starts with creating the virtual desktop machine itself.

Creating the virtual desktop machine container

As with creating the previous virtual desktop machines, the first thing we need to do is build and configure the actual virtual desktop machine on the vCenter Server. This will define the virtual hardware configuration. To define the configuration, follow these steps:

  1. Open a browser and log in to the vSphere Web Client for the vCenter vcs1.pvolab.com .

  2. Navigate to the Data center where you want to create the virtual desktop. In the example lab, the data center is called PVO's Datacenter.

  3. Click and highlight the...