The VCP7-DTM exam is more than just Horizon View. During this session I reviewed some fo the other components that make up the exam.

1. VCP7-DTM: More Than Just Horizon View

2. About Me
• What do I do?
• IT Manager at The C3 Group Inc.
• Where to find me:
• 42u.ca / matt@42u.ca
• @MattThatITGuy
• SWOVUG.ca
• Industry stuff:
• Veeam Vanguard / Champion, vExpert 2018,
VCP6-DCV, VCP7-DTM …

3. Why Desktop & Mobility?
• VCP’s expire after 2 years
• Horizon Experience
• Started on Horizon 5
• Deployed Horizon 7 & saw big changes
• Potential for future projects

4. EUC on the VCP7-DTM
• Horizon View
• Identity Manager
• Mirage
• App Volumes
• User Environment Manager
• Workspace ONE

5. Horizon View
• Many Components
• Connection Server
• Replica Server
• Composer
• Security Server
• Unified Access Gateway
• Enrollment Server

6. Connection Server
• Manages most aspects of Horizon
• Create pools / desktops here
• Configuration for most of the environment
• Connects users to VM resources
• Supports up to 4000
connections (2000)
• Runs on Windows

7. Replica Server
• Everything after the first Connection Server
• Enables high availability
• Cloud Pods
• Used for across MANs/WANs
• 1 Pod = Connection Servers, storage, db, etc.
• Up to 7 sites (site = collection of pods)
• Up to 25 pods
• 7.0 / 7.1 - 75,000 Sessions
• 7.2 – 120,000 Sessions
• 7.3 – 140,000 Sessions

8. Horizon – Desktop Pools
• Automated, Manual, Remote Desktop Services
• Floating or Dedicated assignments
• Define parameters
(protocols, # of desktops, etc.)
• Different VM builds
• Linked Clones
• Instant Clones
• Full Clones

9. Pools – Automated
• Uses template or VM
snapshot from vCenter
• Supports dedicated or
floating assignments
• Can be full or Composer
linked clones

10. Pools – Manual
• Existing machines
• Can be physical or virtual
• Requires View Agent

11. Pools – RDS
• Microsoft Remote Desktop
Services
• Not a collection of machines
• Provides session on RDS host
• Application pool runs on RDS
Farm
• Farms: collection of RDS hosts

12. Pools – Linked Clone
• Uses a parent image / snapshot
• Makes for easier maintenance
• Changes are written to a delta disk
• Potential for performance degradation
• Requires View Agent
• Relies on View Composer

13. Pools – Full Clone
• Uses a parent image
• A full independent copy of the VM
• May offer better performance vs linked clone
• Requires View Agent
• Relies on View Composer

14. Pools – Instant Clone
• Introduced in Horizon 7 Enterprise
• Very fast
• Desktop deleted at logoff
• No persistent disks
• Windows 7 & Windows 10

15. Horizon View Agent
• vRealize Ops
• Persona Management
• SmartCard
• Adobe Flash redirection
• Installed on base VM
• Provides connectivity to desktop
• Allows support for:
• Serial port
• Scanners
• USB redirection
• A/V
• Client drive redirection

16. Horizon View Composer
• One-to-one mapping to vCenter
• Cannot be installed Connection Server
• Requires SQL Server or Oracle
• Manages linked and full clones

17. Horizon – Enrollment Server
• Enables “True SSO”
feature
• Allows users to
authenticate w/o
entering AD credentials
• Leverages VMware
Identity Manager
• Cannot be on
Connection Server or
DC

18. Horizon – Security Server
• For external users
• Runs on Windows
• Does not need to be
joined to the Domain

19. Unified Access Gateway
• Secure gateway for external users
• Formerly known as Access Point
• Appliance communicates directly
with Connection Server
• Supports up to 2000 sessions

20. Mirage
• Image Management
• Focuses on machine
• Pushes / Pulls “layers”
• Can be used on physical
or virtual machines
• Uses:
• Manage endpoints
• Migrate OS
• Backup / Recovery

21. Mirage (cont’d)
• Centralized Virtual Desktop (CVD) = full image
• Collections = logical grouping of endpoints
• Reference CVD = gold / master image
• Layers:
• Base – O/S, drivers, etc.
• Application – manage
/ deliver applications
• Driver library & profile

22. Mirage (cont’d)
• Can be used to migrate OS
• Single Instance Storage (SIS)
• Data sits on file server / MongoDB
• Branch Reflectors

23. User Environment Manager
• Used to configure and manage user environments
• User-specific vs. machine-specific (Mirage)
• Follows the user

24. App Volumes
• Manages applications
• Stored in read-only VMDKs
• Assigned to users, groups, devices
• Requires agent
• Supports writeable volumes
• User Profiles
• Supports Citrix XenApp,
XenDesktop, MS RDSH

25. Identity Manager
• Unifies authentication across products and platforms
• Single Sign On (SSO)
• Authentication Types:
• Smart Card
• Two-Factor
• SAML
• Biometric
• Can tie into external applications
• Provide access to ThinApps

26. Workspace One
• Web-based portal

27. Resources
• VCP7-DTM Exam Preparation Guide - https://goo.gl/qXqgWD
• Pluralsight – Greg Shields VCP7-DTM Track
• VMware Hands On Labs
• Books
• Mastering VMware Horizon 7
• Level Up Project - https://www.druva.com/blog/level-up-
program/
• Blogs
• Sean Massey - https://thevirtualhorizon.com/horizon-
view/horizon-7-0/