VMware Horizon View essentials : successfully design, install, and configure an end-to-end VDI infrastructure with VMware Horizon View / / Peter von Oven

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463378803321
• Autore: Oven Peter von
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham : , : Packt Publishing, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-78439-660-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Collana: Professional expertise distilled
• Disciplina: 005.109246
• Soggetti: Virtual computer systems; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introducing VDI and VMware Horizon 6.0; What is virtual desktop infrastructure?; How does a user connect to their desktop?; Why VDI desktops are different from physical desktops; Server-based computing and VDI; Delivering published applications with SBC; Delivering published desktops with SBC; VDI, published applications, or desktop sessions?; The benefits of deploying a VDI solution; The VMware VDI story; An introduction to VMware Horizon 6; VMware Horizon 6 editions; Horizon View Standard EditionHorizon Advanced Edition; Horizon Enterprise Edition; Summary; Chapter 2: Horizon View 6.0 Architectural and Feature Overview; The Horizon View core components; A high-level architecture overview; The Horizon View Connection Server; How does it work?; The Horizon View Security Server; How does it work?; The Horizon View Replica Server; How does it work?; Horizon View Composer and linked clones; Introducing the clone technology in Horizon View; Full clones; Linked clones; What does View Composer build?; The linked-clone disk; The persistent disk or user data disk; The disposable diskThe internal disk; The linked-clone process; The linked-clone features and functions; The recompose operation; The refresh operation; The rebalance operation; View Persona Management; Do we need to manage user profiles differently?; The benefits of using ; View Persona Management; Printing from a Horizon View Virtual Desktop; Managing USB devices in a virtual desktop; USB device support in Horizon View; Filtering supported USB Devices; Managing multifunction USB devices; ThinApp application virtualization; What is ThinApp application virtualization?; Antivirus for virtual desktop machinesThe VMware vShield Endpoint architecture; The PCoIP protocol - delivering the desktop experience; An introduction to PCoIP; Other protocols - the Remote Desktop Protocol; What are the key differences between PCoIP and RDP?; Hardware-accelerated graphics in Horizon View; Virtual Shared Graphics Accleration; Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration; Unified communications support; Support for Microsoft Lync 2013; Real-time Audio Video; The issue; How does RTAV fix this issue?; Horizon View Clients; The Horizon View Standard Edition licensing; Summary; Chapter 3: Designing and Building a Horizon View 6.0 InfrastructureProving the technology - from PoC to production; Assessment; Defining the success criteria; Proving the technology; Proof of concept; Proof of technology; Pilot; The pilot phase; Phase 1 - pilot design; Phase 2 - pilot deployment; Phase 3 - pilot test; Phase 4 - pilot review; Designing a Horizon 6.0 architecture; The pod and block reference architecture; The Cloud Pod Architecture; Sizing the infrastructure; Management servers; ESXi host servers; The View connection server; The View replica server; The View security server; The View Composer
• Sommario/riassunto: If you are a desktop administrator or an end user of a computing project team looking to speed up to the latest VMware Horizon View solution, then this book is perfect for you. It is your ideal companion to deploy a solution to centrally manage and virtualize your desktop estate using Horizon View 6.0.