There are multiple configuration options within Horizon's that affect Horizon refresh, recompose, and rebalance operations. This section will explain where those options can be found, and their purposes.
Global settings for Horizon maintenance
by Jason Ventresco
Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 - Third Edition
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Contributors
- About Packt
- Preface
- VMware Horizon Infrastructure Overview
- Implementing Horizon Connection Server
- Overview of VMware Horizon Connection Server
- Horizon Connection Server requirements
- Horizon installation prerequisites
- Deploying the first Horizon Connection Server
- Configuring the Horizon Instant Clone Engine
- Deploying a Horizon Replica Connection Server
- Upgrading an existing Horizon Connection Server
- Backing up a Horizon Connection Server
- Horizon Connection Server recovery
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Implementing Horizon Composer
- Implementing Horizon Security Server
- Horizon Security Server overview
- Horizon Security Server limits
- Horizon Security Server additional considerations
- Security Server network requirements
- Installing and configuring Horizon Security Server
- Deploying a Horizon Security Server
- Updating the Horizon Security Server settings
- Horizon Security Server backup
- Horizon Security Server recovery or upgrade
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Implementing Horizon Unified Access Gateway
- Horizon Unified Access Gateway overview
- Horizon Unified Access Gateway limits
- Horizon Unified Access Gateway additional considerations
- Horizon Unified Access Gateway network requirements
- Preparing the infrastructure for a Horizon Unified Access Gateway
- Deploying a Horizon Unified Access Gateway
- Troubleshooting a Horizon Unified Access Gateway deployment
- Updating the Horizon Unified Access Gateway configuration
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Implementing a Horizon Cloud Pod
- Horizon Cloud Pod overview
- Configuring a Horizon Cloud Pod
- Creating Cloud Pod Global Entitlements
- Removing a Horizon pod from a Cloud Pod
- Updating the settings of a Global Entitlement
- Determining the effective home site of a user or security group
- Monitoring Global Entitlement Horizon client sessions
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Creating Horizon Desktop Pools
- Horizon desktop pool overview
- Desktop pool common terms
- Horizon desktop pool options
- QuickPrep versus Sysprep
- Advantages of Linked or Instant Clone desktops
- Considerations for Linked and Instant Clone desktops
- Creating a Horizon desktop pool
- Monitoring the desktop creation process
- Common provisioning problems
- Managing Horizon Desktop pool entitlements
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Implementing the Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Application and Desktop Pools
- Configuring a Microsoft RDSH server for use with Horizon
- Microsoft RDS licensing
- Microsoft RDSH Server recommended hardware configuration
- Importing the Horizon RDS AD group policy templates
- Installing the Horizon Agent on the Microsoft RDS host
- vSphere customization specification for the Microsoft RDS servers
- Additional resources related to using Microsoft RDS servers
- Creating a Microsoft RDS farm in Horizon
- Creating a Horizon application pool
- Creating an RDS desktop pool
- Using the Horizon Client to access application pools
- Monitoring the status of Horizon application pool clients and RDS servers
- Modifying or deleting a Horizon application pool
- Managing a Horizon RDS farm or server
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Configuring a Microsoft RDSH server for use with Horizon
- Performing Horizon Pool Maintenance
- Creating a Master Virtual Desktop Image
- The importance of desktop optimization
- Optimization results – Horizon desktop IOPS
- Optimization results – CPU utilization
- Customizing the Windows desktop OS cluster size
- Permanently removing Windows Store applications
- Windows OS pre-deployment tasks
- Removing an unwanted application – native update features
- Windows OS optimizations
- Disabling Windows Error Reporting
- Disabling automatic updates
- Removing unnecessary Windows components
- Pre-compiling Microsoft .NET Framework assemblies
- Disabling Windows hibernation
- Disabling Windows System Restore
- Sizing virtual machine RAM properly
- Setting the Windows page file to a fixed size
- Disabling paging the executive
- Disabling Content Indexing of the desktop drive
- Disabling Content Indexing for the remaining file locations
- Disabling unnecessary services
- Removing unnecessary scheduled tasks
- Changing the Group Policy refresh interval
- Disabling the Windows boot animation
- Optimizing the Windows profile
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Implementing App Volumes
- App Volumes overview
- App Volumes prerequisites
- Installing App Volumes Manager server
- Configuring App Volumes Manager
- Deploying additional App Volumes Manager servers
- Installing the App Volumes Agent
- Creating an AppStack
- Assigning AppStacks
- Deleting AppStacks assignments
- Enabling Writable Volumes
- Deleting Writable Volumes
- App Volumes backup and recovery
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Implementing User Environment Manager
- Implementing the Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP)
- Using Horizon PowerCLI
- Enabling remote management in Windows
- Establishing a remote Horizon PowerCLI session
- Viewing all the PowerCLI commands and their options
- Configuring the Horizon infrastructure
- Administering Horizon desktop pools
- Creating a dedicated assignment persistent linked clone pool
- Creating a floating assignment (non-persistent) linked clone pool
- Creating an automatically provisioned full clone desktop pool
- Creating a manually provisioned desktop pool
- Updating the configuration of a Horizon desktop pool
- Updating a linked clone pool
- Updating an automatically provisioned full clone pool
- Updating a manually provisioned pool
- Refreshing a linked clone desktop or pool
- Recomposing a linked clone desktop pool
- Rebalancing a linked clone desktop pool
- Resetting a Horizon desktop
- Managing Horizon client entitlements and sessions
- Retrieving information about the Horizon infrastructure
- Retrieving Horizon composer server information
- Retrieving a list of the Horizon desktop pools
- Retrieving the global Horizon configuration data
- Retrieving the Horizon connection broker information
- Retrieving a list of virtual machines managed by Horizon
- Get-DesktopVM - ComposerTask refresh
- Retrieving the AD user or group information
- Retrieving information about user persistent data disks
- Retrieving the Horizon event reports and their descriptions
- Retrieving the Horizon infrastructure health monitors and their status
- Retrieving information about remote Horizon sessions
- Retrieving a list of the vCenter servers linked to the Horizon environment
- Retrieving the Horizon license information
- Reviewing the desktop pool entitlement
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Assessments
- Chapter 1, VMware Horizon Infrastructure Overview
- Chapter 2, Implementing Horizon Connection Server
- Chapter 3, Implementing Horizon Composer
- Chapter 4, Implementing Horizon Security Server
- Chapter 5, Implementing Horizon Unified Access Gateway
- Chapter 6, Implementing a Horizon Cloud Pod
- Chapter 7, Creating Horizon Desktop Pools
- Chapter 8, Implementing Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Application and Desktop Pools
- Chapter 9, Performing Horizon Pool Maintenance
- Chapter 10, Creating a Master Virtual Desktop Image
- Chapter 11, Implementing App Volumes
- Chapter 12, Implementing User Environment Manager
- Chapter 13, Implementing the Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP)
- Chapter 14, Using Horizon PowerCLI
- Chapter 15, Implementing Horizon Group Policies
- Chapter 16, Managing Horizon SSL Certificates
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