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Solution Technology Overview
VMware Horizon View 5.3 and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual
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 Dynamic thresholds and smart alerts that notify administrators
early in the process and provide more-specific information about
impending performance issues
 Automated root-cause analysis, session lookup, and event
correlation for faster troubleshooting of end-user problems
 Integrated approach to performance, capacity and
configuration management that supports holistic management
of VDI operations
 Design and optimizations specifically for VMware Horizon View
 Availability as a virtual appliance for faster time to value
Horizon Data is a component of VMware Horizon Workspace that
combines applications and data into a single, aggregated workspace.
Horizon Data provides the flexibility for employees to access the data, no
matter where that data resides, reducing the complexity of IT
administration. This solution requires the presence of Active Directory (AD)
and Domain Name Resolution (DNS).
Key Components
Horizon Workspace is distributed as a vApp, or an Open Virtual Appliance
(.OVA) file, which can be deployed through VMware vCenter. Figure 15
shows the architecture of a basic Horizon Workspace layout. The OVA file
contains the Virtual Appliances (VA) described in Table 3:
Table 3. OVA virtual applications
Application
Description
Configurator
(configurator-va)
The Configurator appliance provides the central
wizard UI and distributes settings across all other
appliances in the vApp. It also provides the
function of change the Network Gateway,
vCenter, and SMTP settings.
Connector
(connector-va)
The Connector appliance provides user
authentication services; it can also bind with an
Active Directory and synchronize under a defined
schedule.
Manager
(service-va)
The Manager appliance provides the web-based
Horizon Workspace admin user interface, which
controls the application catalog, user
entitlements, workspace groups, and reporting
service.
Data
(data-va)
The Data appliance provides the service that
allows you to store and share user files. It includes
a web-based interface for previewing and
performing functions on the user file.
VMware Horizon
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