VMware vCenter Server

Horizon View uses VMware vCenter for all provisioning tasks, and without a functioning VMware vCenter Server, it is impossible to create, refresh, recompose, rebalance, or delete vDesktops. Therefore, utmost importance must be placed on protecting the VMware vCenter Server(s) used in the solution.

There are two primary components to the VMware vCenter Server service. They are as follows:

• The VMware vCenter Server service

• The backend database

The VMware vCenter Server service should be protected in a way that minimizes downtime or provides a recovery time objective (RTO) that meets the organization policies. The host and virtual desktops continue to operate when vCenter Server is down. However, the absence of vCenter Server will greatly impact the management and operation of the View environment. For an extremely active VDI, prolonged downtime can result in an inability to provide desktop resources to the requesting end users.

As vCenter needs a minimum of 2 vCPUs, the VMware...