Administration

Configuring Horizon Connection
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After you install and perform initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server, you can add
vCenter Server instances and View Composer services to your Horizon 7 deployment, set up roles
to delegate administrator responsibilities, and schedule backups of your configuration data.
This chapter includes the following topics:
n Configuring vCenter Server and View Composer
n Backing Up Horizon Connection Server
n Configuring Settings for Client Sessions
n Disable or Enable Horizon Connection Server
n Edit the External URLs
n Join or Withdraw from the Customer Experience Program
n View LDAP Directory
Configuring vCenter Server and View Composer
To use virtual machines as remote desktops, you must configure View to communicate with
vCenter Server. To create and manage linked-clone desktop pools, you must configure View
Composer settings in Horizon Administrator.
You can also configure storage settings for Horizon 7. You can allow ESXi hosts to reclaim disk
space on linked-clone virtual machines. To allow ESXi hosts to cache virtual machine data, you
must enable View Storage Accelerator for vCenter Server.
Create a User Account for View Composer AD Operations
If you use View Composer, you must create a user account in Active Directory that allows View
Composer to perform certain operations in Active Directory. View Composer requires this account
to join linked-clone virtual machines to your Active Directory domain.
To ensure security, you should create a separate user account to use with View Composer. By
creating a separate account, you can guarantee that it does not have additional privileges that are
defined for another purpose. You can give the account the minimum privileges that it needs to
create and remove computer objects in a specified Active Directory container. For example, the
View Composer account does not require domain administrator privileges.
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