Installation guide

Chapter 5: Solution Verification
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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
Overview
After you configure the solution, complete the tasks in Table 19 to verify the
configuration and functionality of specific aspects of the solution and ensure that the
configuration supports core availability requirements.
Tasks for testing the installation Table 19.
Task
Description
Reference
Verify
installation
with post
installation
checklist
Verify that adequate virtual ports exist
on each vSphere host virtual switch.
vSphere Networking
Verify that each vSphere host has
access to the required datastores and
VLANs.
 vSphere Storage Guide
 vSphere Networking
Verify that the vMotion interfaces are
configured correctly on all vSphere
hosts.
vSphere Networking
Deploy and
test a single
virtual
desktop
Deploy a single virtual machine from
the vSphere interface by using the
customization specification.
 vCenter Server and Host
Management
 vSphere Virtual Machine
Management
Verify
redundancy of
the solution
components
Restart each storage processor in turn
and ensure that connectivity to the
VMware datastores is maintained.
Verify the redundancy of the
solution components
Disable each of the redundant switches
in turn and verify that the vSphere host,
virtual machine, and storage array
connectivity remains intact.
Vendor’s documentation
On a vSphere host that contains at
least one virtual machine, enable
maintenance mode and verify that the
virtual machine can successfully
migrate to an alternate host.
vCenter Server and Host
Management
Provision
remaining
virtual
desktops
Provision desktops using View
Composer linked clones.
VMware Horizon View
Administration