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    VMware Horizon View 6.0 Connection Server HA
About this book
Publication date:
November 2015
Publisher
Packt
Pages
216
ISBN
9781785287398

 

Chapter 1. VMware Horizon View 6.0 Connection Server HA

In this chapter, we will examine and deploy VMware Horizon View Connection servers configured in a High Availability pair. We will cover the function of the vCenter server, View Composer, and View Connection server. We will examine topologies that can be used to provide High Availability to the View components and tips on how to deploy them. We will cover DRS rules and power on procedures. We will also cover basic service requirements to provide highly available network resources required by View.

In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:

  • Licensing Horizon View

  • Database considerations for Horizon View

  • Functions of the vCenter server for View

  • Functions of the View Composer

  • Installation of the View Composer

  • Functions of the View Connection servers

  • Installation of View Connection servers

  • Network Services HA

  • Failure testing

 

Licensing Horizon View


There are multiple license models for VMware Horizon View. Here, we used Horizon View Standard Edition for most of the functionality, but you will require Horizon View Advanced Edition to utilize VMware Virtual SAN technology.

Tip

You can review the license features at: http://www.vmware.com/products/horizon-view/compare.html

VMware vSphere is required for use in this book. VMware Horizon View can be used with all editions of vSphere but I would strongly recommend vSphere Enterprise, vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Standard, or vSphere Essentials Plus Kit levels of licensing for access to Distributed Resource Schedule (DRS) and DRS Rules. DRS is essential to ensure that hosts are properly balanced within a cluster and that VMs are bound to the correct host. High Availability is also required to bring VMs up after a host failure.

Tip

You can review the vSphere editions on VMware's website at http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html.

For VMware Horizon View, you will need to license Windows Enterprise Edition for the Client Desktops and have a Microsoft KMS (short for Key Management Service) activation server deployed.

Tip

Microsoft has released a guide on configuring KMS licensing hosts available here:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793409.aspx

For Windows servers, you will need at least three licensed copies; up to five are used in this book. You will need the following components on separate Windows servers: vCenter, View Composers, View Security server, Active Directory servers, and any redundant pairs. Each server should be licensed with a Windows Server Standard license.

For Microsoft databases, you will need either a Microsoft SQL Standard or higher license for High Availability or use the Express Edition.

Tip

For licensing information about Oracle databases, please review the Oracle documentation regarding licensing at http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/sig-070616.pdf.

 

Database considerations for Horizon View


Every highly available application requires a highly available database, and VMware Horizon View is no exception.

The View Composer supports both Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle.

Note

Note that not all versions of vCenter support the same database versions that the View Composer does.

The following table lists the databases compatible with the View Composer and various versions of vCenter:

Database

Database High Availability

vCenter Server 6.0

vCenter Server 5.5

vCenter Server 5.1

vCenter Server 5.0

vCenter Server 4.1

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard and Enterprise (32- and 64-bit)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express (32- and 64-bit)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP1) Standard and Enterprise (32- and 64-bit)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express (R2 SP2) (64-bit)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP3), Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (32- and 64-bit)

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (R2 SP2), Standard and Enterprise (32- and 64-bit)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oracle 10g Release 2, Standard, Standard ONE, and Enterprise [10.2.0.4] (32- and 64-bit)

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oracle 11g Release 2, Standard, Standard ONE, and Enterprise [11.2.0.3] (32- and 64-bit)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oracle 12C, Standard, ONE Edition, Enterprise, Release 1 [12.1.0.1.0] - 64-bit

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Note

Check out the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes for more details:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php

With the flexibility of VMware vSphere comes multiple ways to approach High Availability for databases. We can utilize VMware High Availability to ensure that database VMs are protected in the event of host failure. We can utilize database clusters to ensure that the database is always available and to provide load balancing. We can also use active-passive configurations to provide access to the database in the event of a failure.

As with all systems, good backups of the databases are essential to get things running again in the event of a disaster.

                 
About the Author
  • Andrew Alloway

    Andrew Alloway was born and raised in Edmonton, Canada. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a computer science degree. While working at Nuna Logistics Limited, he supported northern mining sites for their unique and challenging IT environment. In 2012, some of his projects and work were featured in the Winter 2012 edition of Aptitude Magazine in an article entitled "Building the road to streamlined license agreements". He is a supporter of open source technology and products such as Ubuntu, ICTFax, Apache, Drupal, and Piler, among other projects. He has designed and implemented projects, which include Exchange migrations, Lync deployments, System Center Configuration Manager, and various VMware products. In 2013, he received the VMware Certified Professional 5 Data Center Virtualization certification. He has previously worked with Packt Publishing on VMware Horizon Workspace Essentials and VMware Horizon View High Availability.

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