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Implementing VMware Horizon 7

Implementing VMware Horizon 7

By : Ventresco
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Implementing VMware Horizon 7

Implementing VMware Horizon 7

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By: Ventresco

Overview of this book

VMware Horizon 7 has been a buzz since it was announced. One of the major reasons is the introduction of the new Instant Clones feature. This book will complement the product documentation by providing real-life examples of how it is implemented along with the latest features and components of the platform. We'll explore the latest features of the platform, including those added through product acquisitions such as User Environment Manager and App Volumes. Further on, you will also be introduced to the new capabilities added to the core product such Linked-Clone RDS pools. Upon completion of this book, you will have an understanding of the capabilities and benefits VMware Horizon can provide to your organization, and how each of its components are implemented.
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An overview of instant and linked clone maintenance

To understand why a linked clone desktop requires different techniques from a physical or full clone desktop, we must again understand what makes it different. The following diagram shows the relationship between the linked clone disk and the shared replica disk:

An overview of instant and linked clone maintenance

The replica disk is a read-only copy of the virtual desktop master image virtual hard disk; it is shared among as many as 1000 desktops within a given Horizon desktop pool. The linked clone disk is used by the virtual desktop when it needs to write data; one virtual desktop is created for each linked clone desktop.

One of the primary advantages of linked clone desktops is that they require far less storage space than full clone desktops; this is made possible by the shared replica disk. This reduced storage utilization is certainly useful at the time the desktops are deployed, but to maintain this advantage over time, you must use the Horizon native recompose or refresh features...

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