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Table Of Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix for View Agent
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using Hosted Applications
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using 3D Graphics Applications
- Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
- Printing from a Remote Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a Remote Desktop
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Managing Desktop and Application Pools from a Central Location
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines for Remote Desktop Deployments
- Virtual Machine Requirements for Remote Desktops
- View ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- vSphere Clusters
- Storage and Bandwidth Requirements
- View Building Blocks
- View Pods
- Advantages of Using Multiple vCenter Servers in a Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting Remote Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure Remote Desktops and Applications
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a View Environment
- Index
View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine
Configuration
When you install View Connection Server, the View Administrator user interface is also installed.
View Connection Server Configuration
Although you can install View Connection Server on a physical machine, this example uses a virtual
machine with the specifications listed in Table 4-8. The ESXi host for this virtual machine can be part of a
VMware HA cluster to guard against physical server failures.
Table 4‑8. Connection Server Virtual Machine Example
Item Example
Operating system 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 R2
RAM 10GB
Virtual CPU 4
System disk capacity 70GB
Virtual SCSI adapter type LSI Logic SAS (the default for Windows Server 2008)
Virtual network adapter VMXNET 3
Network adapter 1Gbps NIC
View Connection Server Cluster Design Considerations
You can deploy multiple replicated View Connection Server instances in a group to support load balancing
and high availability. Groups of replicated instances are designed to support clustering within a LAN-
connected single-datacenter environment.
IMPORTANT To use a group of replicated View Connection Server instances across a WAN, MAN
(metropolitan area network), or other non-LAN, in scenarios where a View deployment needs to span
datacenters, you must use the Cloud Pod Architecture feature. You can link together four View pods to
provide a single large desktop brokering and management environment for two geographically distant sites
and manage up to 20,000 remote desktops. For more information, see Administering View
Cloud Pod Architecture.
Maximum Connections for View Connection Server
Table 4-9 provides information about the tested limits regarding the number of simultaneous connections
that a View deployment can accommodate.
This example assumes that you are using View with vSphere 4.1 or later and vCenter Server 4.1 or later. It
also assumes that View Connection Server is running on a 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
operating system.
Table 4‑9. Remote Desktop Connections
Connection Servers per
Deployment Connection Type
Maximum Simultaneous
Connections
1 Connection Server Direct connection, RDP or PCoIP:
Tunneled connection, RDP:
PCoIP Secure Gateway connection:
2,000 (tested limit)
2,000 (hard limit)
2,000 (hard limit)
7 Connection Servers Direct connection, RDP or PCoIP 10,000 (tested, and therefore
supported, limit)
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