Installation guide

Chapter 4: Solution Implementation
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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
Task
Description
Reference
Connect VMware Horizon
View to vCenter and View
Composer
Use the View Manager web
interface to connect Horizon View
to the vCenter server and View
Composer.
VMware Horizon View
Administration Guide
Prepare a master virtual
machine
Create a master virtual machine as
the base image for the virtual
desktops.
Configure View Persona
Management group policies
Configure AD group policies to
enable View Persona
Management.
Configure folder redirection
group policies for EMC
Avamar
Configure AD group policies to
enable folder redirection for
Avamar.
Configure View PCoIP group
policies
Configure AD group policies for
PCoIP protocol settings.
Install the View Connection Server software using the instructions in the VMware
Horizon View Installation Guide . Select Standard when prompted for the View
Connection Server type. Enter the View license key in the View Manager web console.
Configure the View event log database connection using the database server name,
database name, and database login credentials. Review the VMware Horizon View
Installation Guide for specific instructions on how to configure the event log.
Repeat the View Connection Server installation process on the second target virtual
machine. When prompted for the connection server type, specify Replica, and then
provide the VMware Horizon View administrator credentials to replicate the View
configuration data from the first View Connection Server instance.
On the server that will host the View Composer service, create an ODBC connection
for the previously configured View Composer database. Review the VMware Horizon
View Installation Guide for specific instructions on how to configure the ODBC
connection.
On the server that will host the View Composer service, install the View Composer
software. Specify the previously configured ODBC connection when prompted during
the installation process. Review the VMware Horizon View Guide for specific
instructions on how to configure the ODBC connection.
Using the Horizon View Manager web console, create the connection between
Horizon View and both the vCenter server and View Composer. Review the VMware
Horizon View Administration Guide for specific instructions on how to create the
connections. When presented with the option, enable vSphere host caching (also
known as View Storage Accelerator or Content Based Read Cache) and set the cache
amount at 2 GB, which is the maximum amount supported.
Install VMware
View Connection
Server
Configure the View
event log database
connection
Add a replica View
Connection Server
instance
Configure the View
Composer ODBC
connection
Install View
Composer
Connect VMware
Horizon View to
vCenter and View
Composer