This hands-on training course builds your skills in installing, configuring, and managing the nn™ View™ component of VMware Horizon™. You will gain practical experience with these concepts through the completion of 15 hands-on labs. View includes: VMware View® Manager™, VMware® View® Composer™, and View security server. This course is based on the Horizon 6 release and fulfills the prerequisite for the VMware Certified Professional - Desktop (VCP5-DT).
What You'll Learn
- Identify View components
- Install and configure View Connection Server
- Install and configure virtual machines that become desktops
- Configure and manage VMware Horizon™ Client™ systems
- Configure and manage pools of existing physical machines
- Configure and manage automated pools of full virtual machines
- Configure and manage pools of linked-clone machines
- Configure and manage RDS pools of desktops and applications
- Use View Administrator to configure the View environment
- Configure secure access to View desktops
- Describe steps to deploy View Persona Management for user profile management
- Manage performance and scalability of a View deployment
Who Needs to Attend
System administrators and system integrators responsible for deploying the VMware virtual desktop infrastructure
Prerequisites
- Experience in Microsoft Windows Active Directory administration
- Experience with VMware vSphere®
- Before attending this course, you must be able to perform the following tasks:
- Create a template in the VMware vCenter Server™ system and deploy a virtual machine from a template.
- Modify a vCenter Server customization specification.
- Open a virtual machine console in the vCenter Server system and access the guest operating system.
Follow-On Courses
There are no follow-ons for this course.
Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks
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Course Outline
1. Introduction to Horizon and View
- Overview of Horizon 6
- Introduce View features and components
2. View Connection Server
- Install and configure View Connection Server
- Configure View events database and syslog server
3. View Desktops
- Preparing virtual machines as View desktops
- Compare PCoIP and RDP remote display protocols
- Explain USB redirection and multimedia redirection
- Install Horizon™ View Agent™ in a template
- Deploy a manual pool and entitle users to access it
4. Horizon Client Options
- Introduce Horizon Client for Windows and Mac OS X
- Describe HTML Access, thin clients, and zero clients
- Configure Virtual Printing with Horizon Client
5. Creating and Managing Automated Pools
- Configure and provision automated pools of desktops
- Compare dedicated and floating-assignment pools
- Compare storage options, including VMware Virtual SAN™
6. Creating and Managing Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Overview of View Composer operations
- Deploy and provision linked-clone desktops
- Compare storage options, including Virtual SAN and tiered storage
- Manage linked-clone desktops
- Manage persistent disks
7. Creating and Managing RDS Desktop and Application Pools
- Set up RDS hosts to create a farm
- Deploy and provision RDS desktop pools
- Deploy and provision RDS application pools
- Mange application pools
8. Using View Administrator
- Configure the View environment
- Compare authentication options for desktop access
- Manage users, sessions, and policies
- Implement role-based delegated administration
- Monitor the View environment
9. Managing View Security
- Describe recommended network configurations and authentication options
- Configure the View security server
10. View Persona Management
- Configure user profiles with View Persona Management
- Describe View Persona Management and Windows roaming profiles
- Configure a View Persona Management deployment
- Describe best practices for a View Persona Management deployment
11. Command-Line Tools and Backup Options
- Introduce the vdmadmin utility
- Describe client systems in kiosk mode
- Back up the View databases
- Restore the View databases
12. View Performance and Scalability
- Describe multiserver deployments to create a pod
- Explain performance considerations and load balancing for a single pod
- Explain Cloud Pod Architecture for multiple View pod deployments
Labs
1. Installing and Configuring View Connection Server
- Log In to the ControlCenter Desktop
- License the vCenter Server System and the ESXi Host
- Verify the Setup of the Virtual Machine to Be Used as the Connection Server
- License the vCenter Server System and the ESXi Host
- License the View Manager Software
- Associate a vCenter Server Instance with View Connection Server
- Configure an Event Database
2. Installing Horizon View Agent in Desktops
- Create a vCenter Server Resource Pool for Horizon View Desktop Pools
- Prepare the Windows 7 Desktop
- Install Horizon View Agent
- Establish a Remote Desktop Connection to the Virtual Desktop
3. Creating and Entitling a View Desktop
- Clone the dt1 Virtual Machine to a Template
- Modify the Customization Specification that Is Used to Clone Windows 7 Desktops
- Deploy a Second Windows Desktop Virtual Machine from the Template
- Verify Correct Deployment of the Virtual Machine
- Create Two Manual Pools, Each with a Desktop Virtual Machine
- Entitle Manual Pools
4. Installing and Using Horizon Client
- Install Horizon Client on the Client A Machine
- Connect to a View Desktop
5. Configuring and Using Virtual Printing
- Install and Use a Virtual Printer
- Configure a Virtual Printer Instance on the Virtual Desktop
6. Creating and Using an Automated Pool
- Set Up a vCenter Server Folder for View Machines
- Create an Automated Desktop Pool with Dedicated-Assignment Desktops
- Verify the Creation of the Pool by Connecting to a Machine
- Test a Second, Concurrent Connection to a Machine in the Pool
- Delete the Automated Desktop Pool
7. Installing View Composer on a Standalone System
- Prepare the Standalone Windows 2008 System for View Composer
- Install View Composer on the Standalone System
8. Deploying Linked-Clone Machines
- Install View Agent in the Parent Virtual Machine and Take a Baseline Snapshot
- Enable View Composer and Authorize a View Administrator Account for QuickPrep to Use
- Create an Automated Desktop Pool of Linked-Clone Machines
- Test an Individual Linked-Clone Machine
9. Modifying Linked-Clone Machines
- Install Foxit Reader on All Linked-Clone Machines
10. Managing Linked-Clone Persistent Disks
- Detach a View Composer Persistent Disk from a Linked-Clone Machine
- Attach the Detached Persistent Disk to Another Linked-Clone Machine as a Secondary Disk
- Verify that the Secondary Disk Is the Persistent Disk from the First Linked-Clone Machine
11. Creating and Using RDS Pools
- Set Up a Remote Desktop Services Host
- Create a Farm
- Create an Application Pool
- Verify the Creation of the Application Pool
- Create an RDS Desktop Pool
- Verify the Creation of the RDS Desktop Pool
12. Modifying Global Settings and Managing Users and Sessions
- Modify Global Settings Values
- Limit vCenter Server Provisioning Operations
- Use View Administrator to Disconnect a Logged-In User and Reset a Virtual Desktop
- Retrieve Information About Specific Users
- Examine Recent Connection Server Events
13. Role-Based Delegated Administration
- Create a View Access Group
- Move a Desktop Pool into a New Access Group
- Modify Permissions on a Access Group
- Verify Permissions on a Access Group
- Use Global Permissions to Allow a User or Group Limited Access to the View Environment
- Remove All Administrator Permissions
14. Configuring a View Security Server
- Install and Configure the View Security Server
- Configure Client B to Access the Security Server from the Public Network
15. Configuring View Persona Management in the Local Computer Policy Environment
- Set Up a Remote Repository for User Profiles on the Connection Server
- Add the View Persona Management Administrative Template to the Local Computer Policy Environment
- Configure Group Policy Settings for View Persona Management
- Deploy a Floating Desktop Pool from a New Parent Virtual Machine Snapshot
- Connect to a Machine in the Persona Management Pool and Verify that You View the Same Machine at Each Login
