Using VSAN with VMware Horizon
VMware Horizon requires no additional configuration in order to use VSAN as a target datastore for Horizon desktops. In this section, we will see how to select VSAN when creating a new Horizon desktop pool, a process described in greater detail in Chapter 10, Creating Horizon desktop pools .
The following steps outline how to use a VSAN datastore to deploy VMware Horizon desktops:
Use the Horizon Administrator console to begin the process of creating a Horizon desktop pool, stopping at the Storage Optimization window.
Navigate to Add Desktop Pool | Storage Optimization, select the Use VMware Virtual SAN radio button, as shown in the following screenshot, and then click on Next. This option will ensure that the vSphere VSAN SPBM policies are created and applied to the virtual machines.
Navigate to Add Desktop Pool - vCenter Settings. Under the Datastores step, select the VSAN datastore as the target datastore for the desktops. This process is identical to selecting...
