As expected, it is important to back up the fundamental components of a VMware View solution. While a resilient design should mitigate most types of failure, there are still occasions when a backup may be needed to bring an environment back up to an operational level. This chapter covered the major components of View and provided some of the basic options for creating backups of those components. The Connection Server and Composer database along with vCenter were explained. There was a good overview of the options used to protect the different types of virtual desktops. The ThinApp repository and Persona Management was also explained. The chapter also covered the basic recovery options and where to find information on the complete View recovery procedures.

The next chapter will cover many of the new and exciting features found in Horizon View 6. It will cover new solutions that allow you to extend your View solution to multiple data centers and explains the all new application-and...