Installation guide
Chapter 4: Solution Implementation
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EMC VSPEX End-User Computing: VMware Horizon View 5.3
and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual Desktops
Implementation Guide
Task
Description
Reference
Configure the
database for
VMware vCenter
Server
Create the database required for
vCenter Server on the appropriate
datastore.
Preparing vCenter Server
Databases
Configure the
database for
VMware Update
Manager
Create the database required for
Update Manager on the
appropriate datastore.
Preparing the Update
Manager Database
Configure the
database for
VMware Horizon
View Composer
Create the database required for
Horizon View Composer on the
appropriate datastore.
VMware Horizon View
Installation
Configure the
database for
VMware Horizon
View Manager
Create the database required for
Horizon View Manager event logs
on the appropriate datastore.
VMware Horizon View
Installation
Configure the
VMware Horizon
View and View
Composer
database
permissions
Configure the database server with
appropriate permissions for the
Horizon View and Horizon View
Composer databases.
VMware Horizon View
Installation
Configure VMware
vCenter database
permissions
Configure the database server with
appropriate permissions for
vCenter.
Preparing vCenter Server
Databases
Configure VMware
Update Manager
database
permissions
Configure the database server with
appropriate permissions for
Update Manager.
Preparing the Update
Manager Database
VMware vCenter Server deployment
Table 15 describes the tasks to be completed to configure VMware vCenter Server for
the solution.
Note: EMC recommends that you put the OS volume for the vCenter Server virtual machine
into the VSPEX private cloud pool. The recommended values for CPU and Memory are 4 and
8 GB respectively.
Tasks for vCenter configuration Table 15.
Task
Description
Reference
Create the vCenter
host virtual machine
Create a virtual machine for
vCenter Server.
vSphere Virtual Machine
Administration