Book Image

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

Creating a GPU-enabled desktop pool


In the previous sections, we have covered creating desktop pools using different build options (Linked/full/Instant Clones), and for dedicated and floating assignments, as well as a manual desktop pool. These could have potentially been configured that way based on the end user's requirements.

Another use case for creating a desktop pool is when you have a specific hardware requirement for the virtual desktop machine, such as a high-end graphics cards for taking advantage of either vSGA or vDGA. We have covered previously the building of a virtual desktop machine that is GPU-enabled. In this section, we will build a desktop pool specifically for this virtual desktop machine.

To create the desktop pool, follow the steps as described here:

  1. From the Inventory section, click Desktop Pools (1), and then click the Add... button (2).

  2. Click the radio button for Manual Desktop Pool from the pool type menu and click the Next > button to continue.

  3. On the User Assignment...