VMware Horizon 7: Troubleshooting and Performance Optimization [V7]
COURSE OUTLINE:
In this course, you will learn how to troubleshoot the View component of VMware Horizon 7. This course enhances you skills and competence in using VMware and third-party tools to analyze and solve problems associated with a View implementation. This lab-intensive course provides you with a comprehensive environment to test your skills at identifying and solving a broad range of issues.
Audience
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for maintaining the View component of VMware Horizon 7
Learning Objectives
- Use the Horizon Administrator Web client, log files, and VMware and third-party tools to analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot problems in a View environment
- Optimize the display protocol and the virtual desktop to ensure an optimal end-user experience
- Infrastructure problems as they relate to View
- View installation problems and best practices
1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2. Introduction to Troubleshooting
- Discuss troubleshooting techniques
- Describe methods for efficient troubleshooting in a consistent and repeatable manner
3. Troubleshooting Tools
- Understand how to use Horizon Administrator to troubleshoot View problems
- Understand how to use the command line to troubleshoot View problems
- Understand how to use VMware and third-party tools to identify and troubleshoot View problems
- Interpret log files
4. Troubleshooting Virtual Desktops
- Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot virtual desktop problems
- Use VMware tools to optimize virtual desktops
5. Troubleshooting USB Connectivity and Printing
- Discuss how View supports connecting USB devices to clients as well as printing to local and remote printers
- Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot USB connectivity and printing problems
6. Troubleshooting Display Protocols
- Discuss the topology and architecture of display protocols in View
- Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot Remote Desktop Protocol, Blast Extreme, HTML Access, and PCoIP problems
- Optimize PCoIP and Blast Extreme for performance
7. Troubleshooting View Composer
- Discuss the architecture, purpose, and benefits of View Composer
- Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot View Composer problems
8. Troubleshooting Instant Clones
- Discuss the architecture, purpose, and benefits of instant clones
- Understand how to create and deploy instant-clone desktop pools
- Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot instant-clone problems
9. Troubleshooting SSL Certificates
- Discuss certificate authority and SSL certificates
- Discuss the proper method to install and replace certificate authority and SSL certificates
- Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot SSL certificate problems
10. Infrastructure
11. Best Practices