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Contents VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation 5 1 Introducing vRealize Operations for Horizon 7 vRealize Operations for Horizon Architecture 8 Horizon Adapter 8 vRealize Operations for Horizon Desktop Agent 9 vRealize Operations for Horizon Broker Agent 9 2 System Requirements for vRealize Operations for Horizon 11 Product Compatibility for vRealize Operations for Horizon 11 Software Requirements for vRealize Operations for Horizon 11 Support for Oracle Databases that Provide Horizon Even
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VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation provides information about installing, configuring, and ® troubleshooting VMware vRealize™ Operations for Horizon . Intended Audience This information is intended for anyone who wants to install and configure vRealize Operations for Horizon. VMware, Inc.
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Introducing vRealize Operations for Horizon 1 vRealize Operations for Horizon collects performance data from monitored software and hardware objects in your Horizon environment and provides predictive analysis and real-time information about problems in your Horizon infrastructure. vRealize Operations for Horizon presents data through alerts, on configurable dashboards, and on predefined pages in vRealize Operations Manager.
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation vRealize Operations for Horizon Architecture The vRealize Operations for Horizon components include the Horizon adapter, broker agent, and desktop agents. Figure 1‑1.
Chapter 1 Introducing vRealize Operations for Horizon If your Horizon environment resembles one of the following configurations, VMware recommends that you create the Horizon adapter instance on a remote collector node. Large-scale Horizon installation with more than 5,000 desktops To improve scalability, create the Horizon adapter instance on a remote collector node to offload processing from the vRealize Operations Manager cluster data nodes.
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System Requirements for vRealize Operations for Horizon 2 vRealize Operations for Horizon has specific system requirements. Verify that your environment meets these system requirements before you install vRealize Operations for Horizon.
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation The broker agent has the following software requirements: n View Connection Server 6.0.1 or later n Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5 Desktop Agent Software Requirements In VMware Horizon 6 version 6.2.1 environments, the vRealize Operations for Horizon desktop agent version 6.2 is installed as part of the Horizon Agent installation. NOTE The desktop agent version that is installed depends on the version of Horizon Agent that you install.
3 Installing and Configuring vRealize Operations for Horizon Installing or upgrading vRealize Operations for Horizon involves downloading the installation files from the VMware product download page and installing and configuring software components on machines in your vRealize Operations Manager and View environments.
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation Prerequisites n Verify that your environment meets product compatibility, hardware, and software requirements. See Chapter 2, “System Requirements for vRealize Operations for Horizon,” on page 11. n Verify that View is installed and running. See the installation document for your Horizon version. n Verify that vRealize Operations Manager is deployed and running.
Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring vRealize Operations for Horizon Install the vRealize Operations for Horizon Solution You install vRealize Operations for Horizon solution from a PAK file in vRealize Operations Manager. NOTE The installation process restarts vRealize Operations Manager. Data is not collected while vRealize Operations Manager is restarting. Procedure 1 Copy the VMware-vrops-viewadapter-6.2.0-buildnumber.pak file to a temporary folder.
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation Associate Horizon Objects with Your vRealize Operations for Horizon License Key You must associate Horizon objects with your vRealize Operations for Horizon license key by editing license groups in vRealize Operations Manager. A license group is a way to gather certain objects, called license group members, under a particular license key.
Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring vRealize Operations for Horizon c In the first Select the Object Type that matches all of the following criteria drop-down menu, select Host System, define the criteria Relationship, Descendant of, is not, and type All Hosts in the Object name text box.
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation 7 In Basic Settings, configure an adapter ID and credential for the adapter instance. a Type an identifier for the adapter instance in the Adapter ID text box. The identifier must be unique across all Horizon adapter instances in the cluster. b Configure the credential to use when the broker agent pairs with the Horizon adapter instance. Option Action Use an existing credential Select the credential from the Credential drop-down menu.
Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring vRealize Operations for Horizon What to do next Install the vRealize Operations for Horizon broker agent. See “Install the vRealize Operations for Horizon Broker Agent,” on page 19. Install the vRealize Operations for Horizon Broker Agent You install the vRealize Operations for Horizon broker agent on one Horizon Connection Server host in each Horizon pod in your Horizon environment. IMPORTANT You cannot install the broker agent on a Horizon security server.
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation During broker agent configuration, you pair the broker agent with a Horizon adapter instance. Pairing the broker agent with a Horizon adapter instance is a necessary authentication step that enables the broker agent and desktop agents to communicate with the Horizon adapter. The broker agent and desktop agents cannot communicate with the Horizon adapter until the pairing process is complete.
Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring vRealize Operations for Horizon 8 In the Horizon Pool Filter section, perform these steps to monitor specific desktop pools in vRealize Operations Manager, or click Next to proceed to the next dialog box. If you do not specify specific desktop pools, vRealize Operations Manager monitors all desktop pools. a Select the Specify desktop pools check box and type the IDs of the desktop pools to monitor in the text box. Use a comma to separate each desktop pool ID.
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation 5 Use the Horizon Broker Agent Status widget to view metrics for the selected broker agent. The Horizon Broker Agent Status widget shows the topology, metric, and database collection times and the user session, desktop virtual machine, and database event record counts.
Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring vRealize Operations for Horizon c Run the EXE file, accept the EULA, and click Install. d When the installation finishes, click Finish. The desktop agent is installed in the same folder as Horizon Agent. e Shut down the parent virtual machine. f In vSphere Client, take a snapshot of the parent virtual machine in its powered-down state. g In Horizon Administrator, recompose the linked-clone desktops.
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation n Verify that Horizon is installed and running. See the installation document for your Horizon version. n Verify that vRealize Operations Manager is deployed and running. n If you have not yet upgraded to vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.3 or vRealize Operations Manager 6.1, upgrade vRealize Operations Manager before you upgrade vRealize Operations for Horizon.
Index A S about information 5 adapter configuration 17 B security 19 supported database 12 system requirements, software 11 System Requirements 11 broker agent configuration 19 broker agent 9 broker agent installation 19 tokens 19 C U components 8 configuring adapter instance 17 broker agent 19 Horizon adapter 17 upgrading 23 T V verifying an installation 21 View adapter 8 D database support 12 desktop agent 9, 22 E events database 12 I installation broker agent 19 desktop agent 22 overview
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