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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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Common VMware Virtual SAN terms


The following terms will be used throughout this chapter when discussing VSAN:

  • Components: This term is used to refer to the virtual machine data files once they have been written to a VSAN datastore. The components include the virtual machine files, any replicas as defined by the vSphere VSAN SPBM, witness components, and metadata. Understanding the number of components required is important, as this impacts on the number of vSphere VSAN hosts that are required.

  • Data efficiency: A term used by VMware to refer to the deduplication and compression features introduced in version 6.2.

  • Datastore: A VSAN datastore is similar in appearance to a traditional vSphere datastore, but is created using VSAN disk groups rather than local or remote storage devices.

  • Disk group: This is a collection of magnetic hard disks and a flash-based storage device within a VSAN cluster.

  • Network: VSAN uses a vSphere VMkernel network adapter to replicate data between hosts in the VSAN cluster...

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