Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2电子书

Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

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Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

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Preface

Why Virtual Desktops?

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Designing a VMware Horizon View Infrastructure

VMware Horizon View components

VMware Horizon View Connection Server

VMware vSphere

VMware vCenter Server

VMware Horizon View Composer

VMware Horizon View Transfer Server

VMware Horizon View Agent

VMware Horizon View Client

VMware Horizon View Persona Management

VMware ThinApp

VMware Horizon View licensing

VMware Horizon View core infrastructure requirements

Microsoft infrastructure requirements

Operating system requirements

Database requirements

vCenter Server requirements

VMware Horizon View Agent supported operating systems

Measuring Virtual Desktop resource requirements

Using Performance Monitor to gather Windows counters

Configuring Performance Monitor

Using Performance Monitor to properly size the infrastructure

Basics of sizing a View infrastructure

Interpreting Performance Monitor data

Virtual Desktop overhead and vSphere reserve capacity

Calculating virtual machine overhead

The need for vSphere reserve capacity

View Client network bandwidth requirements

Client bandwidth estimates

The importance of a VMware Horizon View pilot

Summary

2. Implementing VMware Horizon View Connection Server

Overview of VMware Horizon View Connection Server

VMware Horizon View Connection Server requirements

Hardware requirements

Software requirements

Limits of a View Connection Server

Load balancing Connection Servers

Round Robin DNS

Microsoft Windows Network Load Balancing

Load-balancing appliances

vCenter Server requirements

View Connection Server networking

Tunneling versus direct client connections

Introduction to View communication protocols

Installation and configuration

Installation prerequisites

A vCenter user account

View event database

Deploying the first View Connection Server

Installing the first View Connection Server

Configuring the first View Connection Server

Deploying a View Replica Connection Server

Installing a View Replica Connection Server

View Connection Server backup

Backing up the vCenter Server database

Backing up the AD LDS database

View Connection Server recovery

Restoring a single View Connection Server

Removing a View Connection Server

Restoring the vCenter database

Restoring the View Connection Server AD LDS database

Summary

3. Implementing VMware Horizon View Composer

Overview of VMware Horizon View Composer

Recomposing linked clone desktops

Refreshing linked clone desktops

View Composer requirements

Hardware requirements

Software requirements

Limits of View Composer

View Composer networking

Installation prerequisites

View Composer user account

Configuring View Composer vCenter permissions

Active Directory permissions

View Composer database

Deploying View Composer

Installing View Composer

Configuring View Composer

Backing up View Composer

Backing up the View Composer database

Backing up the View Composer SSL certificates

View Composer recovery

Restoring the View Composer database

Restoring the View Composer SSL certificates

Restoring View Composer with a new default SSL certificate

Restoring View Composer with a custom SSL certificate

Summary

4. Implementing VMware Horizon View Transfer Server

VMware Horizon View Transfer Server overview

View Transfer Server requirements

Hardware requirements

Software requirements

View Transfer Server networking

View Transfer Server installation prerequisites

The View Transfer Server repository and user account

Deploying a View Transfer Server

Installing a View Transfer Server

Configuring the View Transfer Server repository

Linking the View Transfer Server

Enabling Local Mode

View Transfer Server backup

Backing up the View Transfer Server SSL certificate

Backing up the View Transfer Server repository

View Transfer Server recovery

Restoring the View Transfer Server SSL certificate

Restoring the View Transfer Server repository

Summary

5. Implementing VMware Horizon View Security Server

VMware Horizon View Security Server overview

View Security Server requirements

Security Server limits

Security Server additional considerations

View Security Server networking

Installing and configuring View Security Server

Installation prerequisites

View Security Server Pairing Password

Deploying a View Security Server

Installing a View Security Server

Updating the View Security Server settings

Security Server options

Enabling Secure Tunnel and Secure Gateway

View Security Server backup

View Security Server recovery

Summary

6. Using VMware ThinApp

An overview of VMware ThinApp

ThinApp-supported Windows operating systems

ThinApp recommendations

Version of the operating system

ThinApp capture desktop

The ThinApp Administrative Workstation

ThinApp common terms

Installing ThinApp

Capturing an application with ThinApp

Deploying ThinApps in View

Configuring the View ThinApp repository

Scanning for ThinApp packages

Assigning ThinApp applications

Assigning an application directly

Assigning applications using a template

Removing ThinApp assignments

Removing a ThinApp assignment from a desktop

Removing a ThinApp assignment from a desktop pool

Updating ThinApp packages

Using built-in application updaters

Using alternate entry points

Advanced ThinApp topics

Summary

7. Implementing View Persona Management

View Persona Management overview

Understanding View Persona Management

Features of View Persona Management

Deploying View Persona Management

Infrastructure requirements

Persona Management repository

View Agent Persona Management component

Using the Persona Management Group Policies

Advanced Persona Management options

Roaming and Synchronization

Folder redirection

Desktop UI

Logging

Summary

8. Creating VMware Horizon View Desktop Pools

VMware desktop pool overview

Desktop pool common terms

Desktop pool considerations

Linked clone versus full clone

Full Clone desktops

View Composer linked clones

QuickPrep versus Sysprep

Creating a View desktop pool

Creating a pool using View Composer linked clones

Creating a pool using full clones

Monitoring the desktop creation process

View Manager Admin console

The vSphere client

Common provisioning problems

Entitling access to desktop pools

Summary

9. VMware Horizon View Client Options

View Client platforms

Software clients

Thin clients

Zero clients

HTML5 clients

Choosing your View Client

Why software clients?

Why thin or zero clients?

Installing the View Client for Windows

Using the View Client

View Client command-line options

Command-line options available during installation

Command-line options for launching the View Client

Summary

10. Performing View Desktop Maintenance

An overview of linked-clone maintenance

Desktop refresh

Desktop recompose

Desktop rebalance

Managing View maintenance tasks

Global settings for View maintenance

Logoff warning and timeout

Concurrent maintenance operations

Storage overcommit

Updating datastore storage overcommit settings

Refreshing linked-clone desktops

Refreshing individual desktops

Recomposing linked-clone desktops

Recomposing individual desktops

Rebalancing linked-clone desktops

Rebalancing individual desktops

Managing View Composer persistent disks

Detaching persistent disks

Recreating a desktop using a persistent disk

Attaching a detached persistent disk to an existing desktop

Importing a persistent disk

Summary

11. Creating a Master Virtual Desktop Image

Why is desktop optimization important?

Optimization results – desktop IOPS

Optimization results – CPU utilization

Virtual Desktop hardware configuration

Disabling virtual machine logging

Removing unneeded devices

Customizing the Windows desktop OS cluster size

Windows OS pre-deployment tasks

Installing VMware Tools

Cleaning up and defragmenting the desktop hard disk

Windows OS optimizations

Disabling Windows Error Reporting

Disabling automatic updates

Removing unnecessary application updaters

Disabling the Adobe AIR updater

Disabling the Adobe Acrobat automatic updater

Disabling the Java updater utility

Removing unneeded Windows components

Changing NTFS filesystem settings

Pre-compiling .NET Framework assemblies

Disabling Windows hibernation

Disabling Windows System Restore

Sizing virtual machine RAM properly

Setting the Windows page file to a fixed size

Disabling paging the executive

Disabling Content Indexing of the C drive

Disabling the content indexing of the remaining file locations

Disabling unnecessary services

SuperFetch

Removing unnecessary scheduled tasks

Removing unnecessary Windows 8 Metro applications

Disabling login success logging

Changing the Group Policy refresh interval

Disabling the Windows boot animation

Optimizing the Windows profile

Adjusting for best performance

Turning off system sounds

Disabling the Windows background and screen saver

Summary

12. Managing View SSL Certificates

Installing the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) console

Creating a Local Computer Certificates console

Creating a certificate request

Requesting a certificate using Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services

Requesting a certificate's Subject Alternative Names

Replacing the certificate in a View Connection Server

Replacing the certificate on a View Security Server

Replacing the View Composer certificate

Replacing the certificate on a View Transfer Server

Summary

13. Implementing VMware Horizon View Group Policies

View Group Policy overview

Loopback processing for Group Policies

View Agent Configuration ADM template

Agent Configuration base settings

View USB Configuration settings

Client Downloadable only Settings

Agent Configuration settings

Agent Security settings

View Client Configuration ADM template

Agent Configuration base settings

Scripting Definitions settings

Security settings

RDP settings

View USB Configuration settings

Settings not configurable by Agent

View Common Configuration ADM template

Common Configuration Base Settings

Log Configuration Settings

Performance Alarm Settings

Security Configuration Settings

View Server Configuration ADM template

Server Configuration base template

View Persona Management ADM Template

Roaming and Synchronization settings

Folder redirection settings

Desktop UI settings

Logging Group Policy settings

View PCoIP Session Variables ADM template

PCoIP Session Variables base settings

Summary

A. Advanced Details about Key Horizon View Features

View Event configuration options

vCenter provisioning options

View Local Mode desktop policy settings

Naming View desktops

Naming patterns

Specifying names manually

Configuring View PCoIP settings

PCoIP image quality levels

Maximum PCoIP session bandwidth

Summary

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