To manage OS patches and software updates with instant clones, you can use the push-image operation for the patching process with zero downtime. You start by preparing a new virtual machine and snapshot and then scheduling a push-image. Horizon deletes old desktops that are unused and quickly create new desktops, for other desktops, it waits until the user logs off and then recreates those desktops. This approach eliminates boot storms, reduces storage […]
In the last post, I configured the Horizon Connection Server and it is ready to publish and deploy new desktops. In this post, I’ll walk through deploying a windows 11 desktop pool. Horizon 8 Series: When we talk about a virtual desktop infrastructure, there are usually two ways to provide a desktop to a user: either you provide a single virtual […]
In the last post, I installed Horizon Connection Server and now I want to configure the Connection Server to be able to create pools of desktops and RDSH-published applications. This configuration includes the following tasks: Horizon 8 Series: Creating appropriate domain users and OUs 1- Log in to the Active Directory and open Active Directory Users and Computers from Server Manager. […]
In this step, you have to fulfill some requirements to be able to install the Connection Server. If you already have an Active Directory or a SQL Server, you can skip installing a new one. One design principle is to eliminate a single point of failure, however, since this is a lab environment, we are not considering this at the […]
Horizon view uses a virtual machine template as the basis of the pool whatever it is linked pool or instance pool. With an automated desktop pool that contains full virtual machines, you create a virtual machine template and Horizon 7 uses that template to create virtual machines in vCenter Server for each desktop. I will spend more on this post […]
The event database stores information about horizon view events in a database. You create an event database by adding it to an existing database server and then configure horizon view to use this database for storing events. Add a Database and Database User for View Events If you are not familiar with the procedure to create databases on Microsoft SQL […]
For Horizon View it is recommended that you configure your VMware View Horizon Servers with a signed SSL certificate. After you enter the URL of view horizon administrator to log in, you will see the following error in the address bar that is related to the certificate. In this post, we will discuss how to assign a proper certificate to […]
The Connection Server acts as a broker for client connections by authenticating and directing incoming user desktop requests. When you install the Connection Server, the Horizon Administrator is installed as well. The Horizon Administrator is the web-based interface for the management, provisioning, and deployment of virtual desktops. As an administrator, you can centrally manage thousands of virtual desktops from a […]
Horizon 7 uses Active Directory to authentication and management users and computers. You have to the following task to prepare Active Directory for use with Horizon 7 Creating an OU for Remote Desktops Creating Groups for Users and Admins Creating a User Account for vCenter Server Create a User Account for View Composer AD Operations Create a User Account for […]
Today I’m going to talk about the first part of VMware horizon series. Before I go through horizon I’d like to turn your attention to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and discuss virtual desktop infrastructure briefly and then point out to the VMware Horizon. VDI is software technology which offers users a virtualized version of the desktop interface while the user […]
