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Table 45. View Composer Virtual Machine Example (Continued)
Item
Example for a View Composer
That Manages 10,000 Desktops
Example for a View Composer That
Manages 2,000 Desktops
Maximum concurrent View
Composer maintenance operations
12 12
Maximum concurrent View
Composer provisioning operations
8 8
IMPORTANT VMware recommends that you place the database to which vCenter Server and View Composer
connect on a separate virtual machine.
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 4-6. The ESXi host for this virtual machine can be part of a
VMware HA cluster to guard against physical server failures.
Table 46. 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 4-7 provides information about the tested limits regarding the number of simultaneous connections
that a View deployment can accommodate.
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