Horizon View 5.3 -10 – View Security Server
The View Security Server is VMware’s method of addressing this. This component of the Horizon View environment contains a subset of the Connection Server components, and it is designed to sit...
Horizon View 5.3 – 9 – Configuring view Environment
Horizon View is primarily managed from the View Administrator web-based management interface. This interface is based on Adobe Flex, so you will need a Flash-enabled web browser. I hope that this...
Horizon View 5.3 – 8 – View Connection Server Requirements and Installation
Some of the other things that a Connection Server does are:
Run the View Administrator web application that is used for managing a Horizon View environment
Host the ADLS (LDAP) database that contains...
Horizon View 5.3 – 7 – Installing View Composer
Configuring the Composer Database
Before Composer can be installed, a blank database must be configured on your SQL Server. The steps to configure the database are:
1. Log into your database server and...
Horizon View 5.3 – 6 – Composer Requirements
One of the options for virtual desktops in a Horizon View environment is a linked-clone desktop. A linked-clone is a copy of a virtual machine, in this case a desktop, that...
Horizon View 5.3 – 5 – Horizon View Components
There are five server components in a Horizon View environment. These components, and their roles in the environment are:
View Connection Server – the View Connection Server is main component of the...
Horizon View 5.3 – 4 – Active Directory and vCenter Configuration
The only desktops that are supported for virtual desktops in Horizon View 5.3 are Windows-based. This includes the latest versions of the Windows Desktop operating system and Windows Server running Windows...
Horizon View 5.3 – 3 – Prerequisites
Horizon View is a virtual desktop environment, and the environment is based upon the vSphere platform. The compatibility matrix for Horizon View 5.3 has not changed from the previous version, and...
Horizon View 5.3 – 2 – What’s New
What’s New in Horizon View 5.3
Support for virtual desktops running Windows Server 2008 R2 – this is perhaps the biggest new feature as it provides one avenue for providing VDI without...
Horizon View 5.3 – 1 – Introduction
Agenda
Pag 1 – Introduction
Pag 2 – What’s New
Pag 3 – Prerequisites
Pag 4 – Active Directory and vCenter Configuration
Pag 5 – Horizon View Components
Pag 6 – Composer Requirements
Pag 7 – Installing View...