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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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Virtual SAN and the vSphere VSAN SPBM framework


VMware VSAN uses the vSphere VSAN SPBM framework to control how Horizon desktops utilize VSAN storage resources. When a Horizon desktop pool is created on a VSAN datastore, a set of default policies is created based on the recommended VMware guidelines. The policies shown in the following screenshot can be viewed by clicking on the VM Storage Policies icon on the vSphere Web Client home page. Note that these policies will not be created until after you provision a Horizon desktop pool that uses VSAN as a storage target.

In this figure, we see a number of different policies that were created for both floating and dedicated assignment linked clone desktop pools. The policies are applied automatically to each individual Horizon desktop when it is created, and they are applied directly to the desktop virtual hard disk to which they apply. Policies were created for the desktop OS disk (for persistent desktops), OS floating disk (for floating assignment...

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