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Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

By : Jason Ventresco
Book Image

Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

VMware Horizon View helps you simplify desktop and application management while increasing security and control. This book will introduce you to all of the components of the VMware Horizon View suite, walk you through their deployment, and show how they are used. We will also discuss how to assess your virtual desktop resource requirements, and build an optimized virtual desktop. "Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2" will provide you the information needed to deploy and administer your own end-user computing infrastructure. This includes not only the View components themselves, but key topics such as assessing virtual desktop resource needs, and how to optimize your virtual desktop master image. You will learn how to design and deploy a performant, flexible and powerful desktop virtualization solution using VMware Horizon View. You will implement important components and features, such as VMware View Connection Server, VMware View Composer, VMware View Transfer Server, and VMware View Security Server."Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2" will take you through application virtualization with VMware ThinApp, the implementation of Persona Management, and creation of Desktop Pools. We then cover View Client options, Desktop maintenance, and Virtual Desktop Master Image. Finally we discuss View SSL certificates management, Group Policies, PowerCLI, and VMware View Design and Maintenance to help you get the most out of VMware View.If you want to learn how to design, implement and administrate a complex, optimized desktop virtualization solution with VMware View, then this book is for you.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

View Client Configuration ADM template


The View Client Configuration ADM template file (vdm_client.adm) contains policy settings related to the View Client configuration. Where applicable, the default values for the settings are provided.

Agent Configuration base settings

The following settings apply to the base level of the View Agent Configuration ADM template:

Policy

Applied to

Default value

Description

Delay the start of replications when starting the View Client with Local Mode

Computers

900 seconds

This specifies the number of seconds to delay the start of replication of Local Mode desktop data after the View Client with Local Mode starts.

Replication will begin after the delay period, based on the replication schedule as configured in local mode policies in the View Manager Admin console.

Determines if the View Client should use proxy.pac file

Computers

Disabled

This determines whether View Client uses a Proxy Auto Config (PAC) file, which is used to control which...