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This Post will cover Objective 3.1 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 3.1 Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View View Administration View Administrator Skills and Abilities: Determine appropriate pool configurations based on a deployment plan When using Horizon View you can create the following pool types: Desktop Pools - there are 3 types of devices that can be used to make up a desktop pool virtual machine based desktops, Session-based desktops, and Physical Computers. 3 types of desktop pools: Automated: Use a vCenter server VM template or a snapshot to create a group of identical VMs. Dedicated-Assignment Pools:  Each user is assigned a particular remote desktop and returns to the same desktop at each login. Users can personalize their desktops, install applications, and store data. Stateful Desktop Images:  Users who need a stateful desktop image have data in the operating system image itself that must be p...

This Post will cover Objective 2.3 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 2.3 vSphere 6.0 Resource Management Guide vSphere 6.0 Availability Guide vSphere Client / Web Client Skills and Abilities: Create vSphere Resource Pools according to a deployment plan In the vSphere Web Client navigator, select a parent object for the resource pool (a host, another resource pool, or a DRS cluster). Right-click the object and select New Resource Pool. Type a name to identify the resource pool. Specify how to allocate CPU and memory resources. The CPU resources for your resource pool are the guaranteed physical resources the host reserves for a resource pool. Normally, you accept the default and let the host handle resource allocation. Shares - Specify shares for this resource pool with respect to the parent’s total resources. Sibling resource pools share resources according to their relative share values bounded by the reservation and limit. Reserva...

This Post will cover Objective 2.2 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 2.2 Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View Optimization Guide for Desktops and Servers in View in VMware Horizon 6 and VMware Horizon Air Desktops and VMware Horizon Air Apps Image Management for View Desktops using Mirage VMware Mirage Administrator's Guide VMware OS Optimization Tool Skills and Abilities: Configure/Manage Horizon View desktop images Your VDI Pools will use the same hardware specs as the master image vCPU Memory Hard disk - should be set to Tin Provisioned should use a LSI Logic SAS storage controller Network adapter should be the VMXNET 3 Remove the Floppy drive as it is not needed If you have serial ports make sure to remove them as well as they are not needed. Items to install in master image VMware tools always make sure tools is installed before View Agent this includes if you update tools you have to make sure to reinst...

This Post will cover Objective 2.1 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 2.1 View Administration Group Policy Editor ADM/ADMX templates Skills and Abilities: Configure View Persona Management settings A remote file repository must be configured to store user profiles when using Persona Management VMware documentation link for access permissions required for file repository  click here To be able to use persona management you must select the option when installing the View Agent. From the parent VM run the view agent installer in the options for features to install select Horizon View Persona Management You must add the View persona Management GPO template to your GPO that will be applied to VDIs Template File: ViewPM.adm VMware documentation link for settings  click here Settings that must be configured for Persona Management to work: Manage User Persona Persona repository location Configure PCoIP settings ...

 This Post will cover Objective 1.5 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 1.5 View Administration View Administrator Skills and Abilities: Collect diagnostic information for View Connection Server using the support tool You can use the support tool to set logging levels and generate log files for View Connection Server. When you have collected enough information about the behavior of View Connection Server, select Start > All Programs > VMware > Generate View Connection Server Log Bundle. The support tool writes the log files to a folder called vdm-sdct on the desktop of the View Connection Server instance. File a support request on the Support page of the VMware Web site and attach the output files. Adjust the View Connection Server log levels according to a deployment plan Select Start > All Programs > VMware > Set View Connection Server Log Levels. In the Choice text box, type a numeric value to set the lo...

This Post will cover Objective 1.4 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 1.4 VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Installation VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Administration Maximizing the Use of VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Skills and Abilities: Install and configure vRealize Operations for Horizon Configure license key and associate View objects Steps to configure License Key: Log into vRealize Operations Select Administration > Licensing Add your license key to the VMware Horizon Solution on the License Keys tab Steps to Associate license key with View objects: Log in to the vRealize Operations Manager user interface. In the left pane, select Administration > Licensing. Click the License Groups tab. License groups appear in the top pane. The license group for vRealize Operations for Horizon is called VMware Horizon Solution Licensing. The license group for vRealize Operations Manager is called Produ...

This Post will cover Objective 1.3 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 1.3: Installing and Configuring VMware Identity Manager Upgrading to VMware Identity Manager 2.4. x from 2.1 or 2.1.1 Upgrading to VMware Identity Manager 2.4. x from 2.4 VMware Identity Manager Administration Setting Up Resources in VMware Identity Manager Using VMware Identity Manager Apps Portal VMware Identity Manager Admin Console Skills and Abilities: Prepare environment to install VMware Identity Manager Portal Check  Installing and Configuring VMware Identity Manager  for System and network configuration requirements. Create DNS records and IP addresses A DNS entry and a static IP address must be available for the VMware Identity Manager appliance. Because each company administers their IP addresses and DNS records differently, before you begin your installation, request the DNS record and IP addresses to use Determine database options (interna...

This Post will cover Objective 1.2 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 1.2: VMware Mirage Getting Started Guide VMware Mirage Installation Guide VMware Mirage Administrator's Guide Mirage Deployment and Design Considerations Mirage Large-Scale Reference Architecture VMware Mirage Management Console Skills and Abilities: Configure/Manage Mirage Permissions Open VMware Mirage Console from desktop and connect to your Mirage server by specifying FQND or IP address. In new console window select Users and Roles. To create new Role right click Users and Roles and select Add Role. Type Name and Description and click OK to create.  To change a new role select Users and Roles to show all existing and new role, choose the permission you want to assign to the new role. To add AD group to new role select that role and click green plus at the top left corner. Manage bandwidth limitation to prevent Mirage from consuming all b...

This Post will cover Objective 1.1 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 1.1: View Architecture Planning View Installation Scenarios for Setting Up SSL Certificates for View View Administration Administering View Cloud Pod Architecture View Security VMware End-User-Computing Best Practices Poster VMware Horizon 6 Network Ports Diagram Horizon 6 Storage Considerations Horizon 6 Decision Maker VMware Horizon 6 Reference Architecture View Administrator vdmimport Skills and Abilities: Set External URLs for a View Connection Server instance Note: By default a view connection server or security server host can only be connected by tunnel clients that reside within the same network so you will need to setup External URL settings inside View Administrator. There are 3 types of External URLs that can be configured: Secure Tunnel External URL, PCoIP External URL, and Blast External URL. The secure tunnel external URL, PCoIP external URL, ...