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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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Overview of VMware Horizon Composer

Horizon Composer is used to provision linked clone virtual desktops, which are a type of virtual machine that shares a common virtual desktop master image, sometimes referred to as a golden image. Horizon and vSphere support up to 4,000 desktops for each single replica of the virtual desktop master image, which enables significant storage savings over traditional full clone virtual desktops.

The concept behind a linked clone desktop is demonstrated in the following diagram, which shows the relationship between the master Replica Disk Read Only and the Linked Clone Disk.

Overview of VMware Horizon Composer

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This diagram is to illustrate the concept of a linked clone, the actual architecture of a linked clone virtual machine is explained next.

When a pool of linked clone desktops is provisioned, a replica of the virtual desktop master image is copied to storage accessible by the Horizon ESXi servers. This replica will be used as a read-only copy of the virtual desktop master image; all...

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