To get the most out of this book

You should have a basic understanding of the following concepts, which are integral to the implementation and management of View:

• Microsoft Windows Server
• Microsoft Active Directory:
  • Certificate services
  • DNS
  • Group policies
• VMware vSphere:
  • vCenter Server
  • Virtual machine snapshots
  • Virtual machine templates
  • VMware tools
  • vSphere administration
• Networking:
  • DHCP
  • Protocol and port types
  • Basics of LAN and WAN networking

The following software is required to implement the solutions described in this book:

• VMware Horizon installation media, including all optional components
• VMware App Volumes installation media, including all additional components
• VMware User Environment Manager installation media, including all additional components
• vSphere 6.7 Update 1 installation media, including vCenter Server and vSphere
• Windows Server 2012 R2 installation media
• Installation media for a supported Windows desktop OS

The installation media for the required VMware products can be obtained from the VMware.com website. If you do not have a current license for the products, you can register for a trail to obtain access to the software.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system."

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

 sviconfig -operation=restoredata -dsnname=Composer_Pod1 -
username=composer -password=Password123 -
backupfilepath="C:\Temp\Backup-2018-1004180731-
horcomp01_vjason_local.SVI."

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Select System info from the Administration panel."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.