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- Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7
- Contents
- Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7
- Introduction to Virtual Desktops
- Creating and Preparing a Virtual Machine for Cloning
- Creating a Virtual Machine for Cloning
- Create a Virtual Machine in vSphere
- Install a Guest Operating System
- Prepare a Guest Operating System for Remote Desktop Deployment
- Prepare Windows Server Operating Systems for Desktop Use
- Install Desktop Experience on Windows Server 2008 R2
- Install Desktop Experience on Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, or 2016
- Configure the Windows Firewall Service to Restart After Failures
- Install Horizon Agent on a Virtual Machine
- Install Horizon Agent Silently
- Configure a Virtual Machine with Multiple NICs for Horizon Agent
- Optimize Guest Operating System Performance
- Disable the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program
- Optimizing Windows for Instant-Clone and View Composer Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Benefits of Disabling Windows Services and Tasks
- Windows Services and Tasks That Cause Disk Growth in Instant Clones and Linked Clones
- Disable Scheduled Disk Defragmentation on a Windows Parent Virtual Machine
- Disable Windows Update
- Disable the Diagnostic Policy Service on Windows Virtual Machines
- Disable the Prefetch and Superfetch Features on Windows Virtual Machines
- Disable Windows Registry Backup on Windows Virtual Machines
- Disable the System Restore on Windows Virtual Machines
- Disable Windows Defender on Windows Virtual Machines
- Disable Microsoft Feeds Synchronization on Windows Virtual Machines
- Preparing a Parent Virtual Machine
- Configure a Parent Virtual Machine
- Activating Windows on Instant Clones and View Composer Linked Clones
- Disable Windows Hibernation in the Parent Virtual Machine
- Configure Local Storage for View Composer Linked Clones
- Record the Paging File Size of a View Composer Parent Virtual Machine
- Increase the Timeout Limit for ClonePrep and QuickPrep Customization Scripts
- Creating Virtual Machine Templates
- Creating Customization Specifications
- Creating a Virtual Machine for Cloning
- Creating Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
- Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
- Image Publishing and Rebalancing an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool
- Add an Instant-Clone Domain Administrator
- Worksheet for Creating an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool
- Create an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool
- ClonePrep Guest Customization
- Change the Image of an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool
- Monitor a Push-Image Operation
- Reschedule or Cancel a Push-Image Operation
- Perform Maintenance on Instant-Clone Hosts
- Instant-Clone Maintenance Utilities
- Creating Automated Desktop Pools That Contain Full Virtual Machines
- Automated Pools That Contain Full Virtual Machines
- Worksheet for Creating an Automated Pool That Contains Full Virtual Machines
- Create an Automated Pool That Contains Full Virtual Machines
- Clone an Automated Desktop Pool
- Rebuild a Virtual Machine in a Full-Clone Desktop Pool
- Desktop Settings for Automated Pools That Contain Full Virtual Machines
- Configure Full Clones with vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption
- Creating Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Worksheet for Creating a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool
- Create a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool
- Clone an Automated Desktop Pool
- Desktop Pool Settings for Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- View Composer Support for Linked-Clone SIDs and Third-Party Applications
- Keeping Linked-Clone Machines Provisioned for Use in Remote Desktop Sessions During View Composer Operations
- Use Existing Active Directory Computer Accounts for Linked Clones
- Creating Manual Desktop Pools
- Configuring Desktop Pools
- User Assignment in Desktop Pools
- Naming Machines Manually or Providing a Naming Pattern
- Manually Customizing Machines
- Desktop Pool Settings for All Desktop Pool Types
- Adobe Flash Quality and Throttling
- Setting Power Policies for Desktop Pools
- Power Policies for Desktop Pools
- Configure Dedicated Machines To Be Suspended After Users Disconnect
- How Power Policies Affect Automated Desktop Pools
- Power Policy Examples for Automated Pools with Floating Assignments
- Power Policy Example for Automated Pools with Dedicated Assignments
- Preventing Horizon 7 Power Policy Conflicts
- Configuring 3D Rendering for Desktops
- Prevent Access to Horizon 7 Desktops Through RDP
- Deploying Large Desktop Pools
- Managing Desktop Pools and Virtual Desktops
- Managing Desktop Pools
- Edit a Desktop Pool
- Modifying Settings in an Existing Desktop Pool
- Fixed Settings in an Existing Desktop Pool
- Disable or Enable a Desktop Pool
- Disable or Enable Provisioning in an Automated Desktop Pool
- Delete a Desktop Pool
- Configure Horizon 7 to Disallow the Deletion of a Desktop Pool That Contains Desktop Machines
- Managing Virtual Machine-Based Desktops
- Export Horizon 7 Information to External Files
- Managing Desktop Pools
- Managing View Composer Linked-Clone Desktop Virtual Machines
- Reduce Linked-Clone Size with Machine Refresh
- Update Linked-Clone Desktops
- Rebalance Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Manage View Composer Persistent Disks
- View Composer Persistent Disks
- Detach a View Composer Persistent Disk
- Attach a View Composer Persistent Disk to Another Linked Clone
- Edit a View Composer Persistent Disk's Pool or User
- Recreate a Linked Clone With a Detached Persistent Disk
- Restore a Linked Clone by Importing a Persistent Disk from vSphere
- Delete a Detached View Composer Persistent Disk
- Preparing Unmanaged Machines
- Entitling Users and Groups
- Add Entitlements to a Desktop or Application Pool
- Remove Entitlements from a Desktop or Application Pool
- Review Desktop or Application Pool Entitlements
- Configuring Start Menu Shortcuts for Desktop and Application Pools
- Restricting Desktop or Application Access
- Restricting Remote Desktop Access Outside the Network
- Reducing and Managing Storage Requirements
- Managing Storage with vSphere
- Reducing Storage Requirements with Instant Clones
- Reducing Storage Requirements with View Composer
- Storing View Composer Linked Clones on Local Datastores
- Storing Replicas and Clones on Separate Datastores for Instant Clones and View Composer Linked Clones
- Storage Sizing for Instant-Clone and View Composer Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Storage Overcommit for View Composer Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- View Composer Linked-Clone Data Disks
- Configure View Storage Accelerator for View Composer Linked Clones
- Reclaim Disk Space on View Composer Linked Clones
- Using VAAI Storage for View Composer Linked Clones
- Set Storage Accelerator and Space Reclamation Blackout Times for View Composer Linked Clones
- Configuring User Profiles with Horizon Persona Management
- Providing User Personas in Horizon 7
- Using Horizon Persona Management with Standalone Systems
- Migrating User Profiles with Horizon Persona Management
- Horizon Persona Management and Windows Roaming Profiles
- Configuring a Horizon Persona Management Deployment
- Overview of Setting Up a Horizon Persona Management Deployment
- Configure a User Profile Repository
- Install Horizon Agent with the Horizon Persona Management Option
- Install Standalone Horizon Persona Management
- Add the Horizon Persona Management ADMX Template File
- Configure Horizon Persona Management Policies
- Create Desktop Pools That Use Horizon Persona Management
- Best Practices for Configuring a Horizon Persona Management Deployment
- Horizon Persona Management Group Policy Settings
- Monitoring Virtual Desktops and Desktop Pools
- Troubleshooting Machines and Desktop Pools
- Display Problem Machines
- Troubleshooting Instant Clones in the Internal VM Debug Mode
- Restart Desktops and Reset Virtual Machines
- Send Messages to Desktop Users
- Problems Provisoning or Recreating a Desktop Pool
- Instant-Clone Provisioning or Push Image Failure
- Instant Clone Image Publish Failure
- Endless Error Recovery During Instant-Clone Provisioning
- Cannot Delete Orphaned Instant Clones
- Pool Creation Fails if Customization Specifications Cannot Be Found
- Pool Creation Fails Because of a Permissions Problem
- Pool Provisioning Fails Due to a Configuration Problem
- Pool Provisioning Fails Due to a View Connection Server Instance Being Unable to Connect to vCenter
- Pool Provisioning Fails Due to Datastore Problems
- Pool Provisioning Fails Due to vCenter Server Being Overloaded
- Virtual Machines Are Stuck in the Provisioning State
- Virtual Machines Are Stuck in the Customizing State
- Removing Orphaned or Deleted Linked Clones
- Troubleshooting Machines That Are Repeatedly Deleted and Recreated
- Troubleshooting QuickPrep Customization Problems
- Finding and Unprotecting Unused View Composer Replicas
- View Composer Provisioning Errors
- Troubleshooting Network Connection Problems
- Connection Problems Between Machines and Horizon Connection Server Instances
- Connection Problems Between Horizon Client and the PCoIP Secure Gateway
- Connection Problems Between Machines and Horizon Connection Server Instances
- Connection Problems Due to Incorrect Assignment of IP Addresses to Cloned Machines
- Troubleshooting USB Redirection Problems
- Manage Machines and Policies for Unentitled Users
- Resolving Database Inconsistencies with the ViewDbChk Command
- Further Troubleshooting Information