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Table Of Contents
- VMware Horizon View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- VMware Horizon View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to Horizon View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Benefits of Using View Desktops in Local Mode
- Accessing USB Devices Connected to a Local Computer
- Printing from a View Desktop
- Streaming Multimedia to a View Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a View Desktop
- Using Multiple Monitors with a View Desktop
- Managing Desktop Pools from a Central Location
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines
- Virtual Machine Requirements
- Horizon View ESX/ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Transfer Server Virtual Machine Configuration and Storage
- vSphere Clusters
- Storage and Bandwidth Requirements
- Horizon View Building Blocks
- Horizon View Pods
- Advantages of Using Multiple vCenter Servers in a Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting View Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure View Desktops
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding Horizon View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a Horizon View Environment
- Index
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View Open Client, which supports the VMware partner certification program. View Open Client is not
an official View client and is not supported as such.
View Portal
To use View Portal, end users on a Windows, Linux, or Mac PC or laptop open a Web browser and enter the
URL of a View Connection Server instance. View Portal provides links for downloading the installers for the
full View Client.
By default, when you open a browser and enter the URL of a View Connection Server instance, the View Portal
page that appears contains links to the VMware Downloads site for downloading View Client. The links on
the View Portal page are configurable, however. For example, you can configure the links to point to an internal
Web server, or you can limit which client versions are available on your own View Connection Server.
If you use the HTML Access feature, View Portal also displays a link to the View Web Client, which allows
you to open a View desktop inside a supported browser. No View Client application is installed on the client
system or device. For more information, see the Horizon View clients documentation at
https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.
View Agent
You install the View Agent service on all virtual machines, physical systems, and Terminal Service servers that
you use as sources for View desktops. On virtual machines, this agent communicates with View Client to
provide features such as connection monitoring, virtual printing, View Persona Management, and access to
locally connected USB devices.
If the desktop source is a virtual machine, you first install the View Agent service on that virtual machine and
then use the virtual machine as a template or as a parent of linked clones. When you create a pool from this
virtual machine, the agent is automatically installed on every virtual desktop.
You can install the agent with an option for single sign-on. With single sign-on, users are prompted to log in
only when they connect to View Connection Server and are not prompted a second time to connect to a virtual
desktop.
View Administrator
This Web-based application allows administrators to configure View Connection Server, deploy and manage
View desktops, control user authentication, and troubleshoot end user issues.
When you install a View Connection Server instance, the View Administrator application is also installed. This
application allows administrators to manage View Connection Server instances from anywhere without having
to install an application on their local computer.
View Composer
You can install this software service on a vCenter Server instance that manages virtual machines or on a separate
server. View Composer can then create a pool of linked clones from a specified parent virtual machine. This
strategy reduces storage costs by up to 90 percent.
Each linked clone acts like an independent desktop, with a unique host name and IP address, yet the linked
clone requires significantly less storage because it shares a base image with the parent.
Because linked-clone desktop pools share a base image, you can quickly deploy updates and patches by
updating only the parent virtual machine. End users' settings, data, and applications are not affected. You can
also use linked-clone technology for View desktops that you download and check out to use on local systems.
Although you can install View Composer on its own server host, a View Composer service can operate with
only one vCenter Server instance. Similarly, a vCenter Server instance can be associated with only one View
Composer service.
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