5.2
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
security servers
best practices for deploying 69
firewall rules for 72
implementing 69
load balancing 69
overview 12
PCoIP Secure Gateway 77
setup, VMware View 81
shared storage 28, 50
single sign-on (SSO) 13, 26, 66
smart card authentication 65
smart card readers 24, 65
snapshots 30
software provisioning 31
storage, reducing, with View Composer 28, 29
storage bandwidth 52
storage configurations 50
streaming applications 31
streaming multimedia 25
suspend files 35, 38
swap files 35
T
tablets 11
task workers 34, 35, 41
TCP ports
Active Directory 79
View Agent 78
View Client with Local Mode 79
View Connection Server 78
technical support 5
templates, GPO 32
terminal servers 46
thin client support 11, 17
ThinApp 31
tunnel connection 46, 62
tunneled communications 63, 77
two-factor authentication 65
U
UDP ports 72
Unified Access 46
USB devices, using with View desktops 9, 17,
24
USB redirection 24, 25
user authentication
Active Directory 64
methods 64
smart cards 65
user profiles 21
user types 34
V
vCenter, configuration 45
vCenter Server, in pod design 59
vdmadmin command 14
View Administrator 13, 32
View Agent 13, 32
View Broker 77
View Client 12, 32
View Client for Linux 12
View Client with Local Mode, connections 63
View Composer, operations 46, 50, 54
View Connection Server
configuration 13, 32, 46
grouping 69
load balancing 69
overview 12
smart card authentication 65
View deployment diagram 10
View desktop configurations 33
View Messaging 78
View node configuration 39
View Open Client 12
View pod 57
View Portal 11, 13
View PowerCLI 14
View Secure Gateway Server 77
View Transfer Server
configuration 47
synchronizing local desktops 14
virtual machine configuration
for vCenter 45
for View Composer 45
for View Connection Server 46
for View desktops 33
for View Transfer Server 47
virtual printing feature 9, 17, 25
virtual private networks 69
virtual profiles 9, 17
VMotion 48
VMware View with Local Mode, See local
desktop
vSphere 7, 9, 28
vSphere cluster 48, 57
W
WAN support 55
Windows page file 38
Windows roaming profiles 21
worker types 33–35, 37, 40
Wyse MMR 17, 25
Index
VMware, Inc. 85