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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
vCenter Server
This service acts as a central administrator for VMware ESX/ESXiservers that are connected on a network.
vCenter Server, provides the central point for configuring, provisioning, and managing virtual machines in
the datacenter.
In addition to using these virtual machines as sources for View desktop pools, you can use virtual machines
to host the server components of Horizon View including Connection Server instances, Active Directory
servers, and vCenter Server instances.
You can install View Composer on the same server as vCenter Server to create linked-clone desktop pools.
vCenter Server then manages the assignment of the virtual machines to physical servers and storage and
manages the assignment of CPU and memory resources to virtual machines.
With vCenter Server 5.1 or later, if you add the View Desktops plug-in to the vSphere Web Client, you can use
the View Desktops feature in vSphere Web Client to search for a View user, display the user's desktop, and
troubleshoot problems with the underlying virtual machine.
You install vCenter Server in a Windows Server 2008 server, preferably on a VMware virtual machine.
View Transfer Server
This software manages and streamlines data transfers between the datacenter and View desktops that are
checked out for use on end users' local systems. View Transfer Server is required to support desktops that run
View Client with Local Mode.
Several operations use View Transfer Server to send data between the View desktop in vCenter Server and the
corresponding local desktop on the client system.
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When a user checks in or checks out a desktop, View Manager authorizes and manages the operation.
View Transfer Server transfers the files between the datacenter and the local desktop.
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View Transfer Server synchronizes local desktops with the corresponding desktops in the datacenter by
replicating user-generated changes to the datacenter.
Replications occur at intervals that you specify in local-mode policies. You can also initiate replications in
View Administrator. You can set a policy that allows users to initiate replications from their local desktops.
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View Transfer Server distributes common system data from the datacenter to local clients. View Transfer
Server downloads View Composer base images from the Transfer Server repository to local desktops.
Integrating and Customizing Horizon View
To enhance the effectiveness of Horizon View in your organization, you can use several interfaces to integrate
Horizon View with external applications or to create administration scripts that you can run from the command
line or in batch mode.
Integrating with Horizon Workspace
You can integrate Horizon Workspace with Horizon View to provide the following benefits to IT managers
and end users:
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End users have on-demand access to View desktops through the same Web-based
Horizon Workspace Catalog they use to access SaaS, Web, and Windows applications, with the same single
sign-on convenience.
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End users can access the Horizon Workspace Web Client from inside a View desktop for applications they
need.
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If you also use the HTML Access feature, end users can open a View desktop inside a browser, without
having to install any client application on the client system or device.
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