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VMware Horizon 6 Desktop Virtualization Solutions

You're reading from   VMware Horizon 6 Desktop Virtualization Solutions Plan, design, and secure your virtual desktop environments with VMware Horizon 6 View

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782170709
Length 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Components of VMware Horizon View 6 FREE CHAPTER 2. Solution Methodology 3. Persistent or Nonpersistent vDesktops 4. End Devices 5. The PCoIP Protocol 6. Sizing the VDI 7. Building Redundancy into the VDI Solution 8. Sizing the Storage 9. Security 10. Migrating User Personas 11. Backing Up the VMware View Infrastructure 12. Exciting New Features in Horizon View 6 A. Additional Tools Index

USB redirection and filtering


The USB device is redirected from a physical device to the virtual desktop using USB Request Block (URB) network redirection. The USB device driver needs to be installed on the virtual desktop, but it does not need to be installed on the client machine. Recent enhancements in VMware View have improved device compatibility as well as expanded support for USB redirection on Windows, Mac, and Linux hosts.

In a growing number of organizations, USB hard drives are prohibited. This is because of the risk of data leakage from end users copying sensitive data to a USB hard drive and then misusing the device or using the USB hard drive's data maliciously. However, simply blocking all USB devices may disallow the following perfectly accepted USB devices:

  • Pointing devices

  • Audio headsets

  • Transcription playback pedals

  • Medical equipment, for example, a patient monitoring device

  • Scientific equipment, for example, a metering device

  • Photographic equipment, for example, a video recorder...

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