Horizon View 6.0 - Part 3 - Configuring Horizon View Administrator, Events DB, vCenter and Active Directory So far in this Horizon View 6.0 how to series, we have installed a single View Connection Server and installed View Composer on the vCenter server.   We are now going to proceed configuring the service accounts for View to connect to vCenter and join desktops to the domain foll...

Horizon View 6.0 - Part 2 - Installing Horizon View Composer VMware View Composer is a component of VMware Horizon View (all editions). Horizon View Composer offers features such as storage reduction, improved OS management and rapid desktop deployment.   VMware Horizon View Composer uses linked clones to provide a 50% to 90% reduction in storage requirements for virtual desktops. I...

Horizon View 6.0 - Part 1 - Installing Horizon View Connection Server Firstly, what is VMware Horizon? It's a collection of products which covers both virtual desktops, physical desktops, RDS hosts and virtual applications. There are 3 editions of VMware Horizon; Standard, Advanced and Enterprise (Feature comparison: http://www.vmware.com/products/horizon-view/compare.html)   H...

Installing VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Generally, installing virtual appliances has been pretty straight forward – import an OVA and enter the necessary details in the deployment wizard, or access the virtual appliances management interface (such as those typically on port 5480 from VMware). However, as of the Release Candidate for VMware vSphere 6.0, the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)...

View Composer Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User To support View Composer, the vCenter Server user must have privileges in addition to those required to support View. Create a View Composer role for the vCenter Server user with the View Manager privileges and these additional privileges. View Composer Privileges Privilege Group Privileges to Enable ...

Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User The vCenter Server user must have sufficient vCenter Server privileges to enable View to perform operations in vCenter Server. Create a View Manager role for the vCenter Server user with the required privileges. Privileges Required for the View Manager Role Privilege Group Privileges to Enable Folder ...