Installation guide
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EMC VSPEX End-User Computing: VMware Horizon View 5.3
and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual Desktops
Implementation Guide
3. Select Properties.
4. Set the MTU size to 9,000.
5. Click OK to apply the changes.
Jumbo frames might also need to be enabled on each network switch. Consult your
switch configuration guide for instructions.
Connect the data stores configured in Prepare and configure the storage array to the
appropriate vSphere servers. These include the datastores configured for:
Virtual desktop storage
Infrastructure virtual machine storage (if required)
SQL Server storage (if required)
The VMware
vSphere Storage Guide
provides instructions on how to connect the
VMware datastores to the vSphere host. Refer to the list of documents in Reference
Documentation for more information.
Install and configure the SQL Server database
Table 14 describes the tasks for setting up and configuring a Microsoft SQL Server
database for the solution. When the tasks are complete, SQL Server is set up on a
virtual machine, with the all databases required by vCenter, Update Manager, Horizon
View, and View Composer configured for use.
Note: EMC recommends that you put the OS volume for the SQL Server virtual machine into
the VSPEX private cloud pool. The recommended values for CPU and memory are 2 and 6 GB
respectively.
Tasks for SQL Server database setup Table 14.
Task
Description
Reference
Create a virtual
machine for
Microsoft SQL
Server
Create a virtual machine to host
SQL Server on one of the vSphere
servers designated for
infrastructure virtual machines,
and use the datastore designated
for the shared infrastructure.
Verify that the virtual server meets
the hardware and software
requirements.
vSphere Virtual Machine
Administration
Install Microsoft
Windows on the
virtual machine
Install Microsoft Windows Server
2008 R2 Standard Edition on the
virtual machine.
Installing Windows Server
2008 R2
Install Microsoft
SQL Server
Install Microsoft SQL Server on the
virtual machine.
SQL Server Installation (SQL
Server 2008 R2)
Connect VMware
datastores