About this Course

The extended-hours, hands-on VMware Mirage [V5.0] and Horizon with View [V6.0]: Fast Track course provides you with skills that they need to deploy a unified image management system using VMware Mirage as well as installing, configuring, and managing the VMware Horizon View component of VMware Horizon.

You learn how to:

• Configure security
• Manage images
• Perform a Windows migration
• Set up endpoint protection
• Perform various management functions with Mirage

You will also gain practical experience with View concepts through the completion of hands-on labs that include VMware View Manager, VMware View Composer, and the View security server.

Audience Profile

• Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for deploying Mirage and Horizon with View

At Course Completion

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the key concepts of Mirage
• Recognize how Mirage fits into the VMware end-user computing vision
• Identify the main Mirage use classifications
• Define the function of each of the Mirage solution components
• Install, configure, and upgrade Mirage
• Identify the tasks for SSL configuration on a Mirage system
• Discuss the management functions available in the Mirage Management Console
• Deploy Mirage to endpoints
• Explain the tasks for capturing and assigning base layers and application layers
• Describe methods for performing disaster recovery with Mirage
• Outline how to plan and perform a mass hardware migration with Mirage
• Recognize how the file portal is set up and used
• Identify View components
• Install and configure View Connection Server
• Install and configure virtual machines that become desktops
• Configure and manage VMware Horizon Client systems
• Configure and manage pools of existing physical machines
• Configure and manage automated pools of full virtual machines
• Configure and manage pools of linked-clone machines
• Configure and manage RDS pools of desktops and applications
• Use View Administrator to configure the View environment
• Configure secure access to View desktops
• Describe steps to deploy View Persona Management for user profile management
• Manage performance and scalability of a View deployment

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you must have:

• Ability to use VMware vSphere Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
• Experience accessing the guest operating system from the VMware vCenter Server virtual machine console
• Ability to navigate Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2008
• Experience in Microsoft Windows Active Directory administration

Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Introduction to Mirage

• Discuss the key concepts of Mirage
• Describe how Mirage works with Horizon 6
• Define the main Mirage use cases
• Discuss Mirage features and benefits

Module 3: Components and Architecture

• Identify the function of each of the Mirage solution components
• Define the Mirage layers
• Diagram the Mirage architecture

Module 4: Installing and Configuring Mirage

• Outline the tasks for installing and configuring Mirage
• Discuss the process for deploying the Mirage client
• Identify the high-level tasks for upgrading Mirage

Module 5: Mirage Security

• Recognize the architecture and components of the
• Mirage Gateway server and how they interact
• Identify tasks for performing SSL configuration on a Mirage system
• Explain how to configure Mirage load balancing

Module 6: Mirage Management Overview

• Explain how to use the Mirage dashboard and transaction logs to monitor your Mirage system environment
• Recognize the process for setting up static and dynamic centralized virtual desktop (CVD) collections
• Explain the main Image Composer functions
• Describe how Mirage roles are set up and used

Module 7: Mirage Web Manager

• Identify the main installation and configuration tasks for Mirage Web Manager
• Discuss how to use Mirage Web Manager logs
• Recognize how to configure SSL on Mirage Web Manager

Module 8: Mirage Single Image Management

• Diagram the layer management lifecycle
• Explain how to set up a reference machine
• Recognize the process for capturing and assigning base layers and application layers

Module 9: Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 Migration

• Identify steps for performing a Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 migration and how to monitor the migration process
• Discuss the backup capabilities of Mirage
• Explain the Mirage endpoint disaster recovery options

Module 10: Endpoint Protection with Mirage

• Discuss the backup capabilities of Mirage and how upload policies are used to define backup parameters
• Explain the Mirage endpoint disaster recovery options

Module 11: Working with the Mirage File Portal

• Explain the process for configuring the file portal
• Recognize how to configure end-user CVD mapping
• Describe how to access files using the file portal

Module 12: Introduction to Horizon and View

• Overview of Horizon 6
• Introduce View features and components

Module 13: View Connection Server

• Install and configure View Connection Server
• Configure the View events database and syslog server

Module 14: View Desktops

• Prepare virtual machines as View desktops
• Compare PCoIP and RDP remote display protocols
• Explain USB redirection and multimedia redirection
• Install Horizon View Agent in a template
• Deploy a manual pool and entitle users to access it

Module 15: Horizon Client Options

• Introduce Horizon Client for Windows and Mac OS X
• Describe HTML Access, thin clients, and zero clients
• Configure Virtual Printing with Horizon Client

Module 16: Creating and Managing Automated Pools

• Configure and provision automated pools of desktops
• Compare dedicated and floating-assignment pools
• Compare storage options, including VMware Virtual SAN

Module 17: Creating and Managing Linked-Clone Desktop Pools

• Overview of View Composer operations
• Deploy and provision linked-clone desktops
• Compare storage options, including Virtual SAN and tiered storage
• Manage linked-clone desktops
• Manage persistent disks

Module 18: Creating and Managing RDS Desktop and Application Pools

• Set up RDS hosts to create a farm
• Deploy and provision RDS desktop pools
• Deploy and provision RDS application pools
• Manage application pools

Module 19: Using View Administrator

• Configure the View environment
• Compare authentication options for desktop access
• Manage users, sessions, and policies
• Implement role-based delegated administration
• Monitor the View environment

Module 20: Managing View Security

• Describe recommended network configurations and authentication options
• Configure the View security server

Module 21: View Persona Management

• Configure user profiles with View Persona Management
• Describe View Persona Management and Windows roaming profiles
• Configure a View Persona Management deployment
• Describe best practices for a View Persona Management deployment

Module 22: Command-Line Tools and Backup Options

• Introduce the vdmadmin utility
• Describe client systems in kiosk mode
• Back up the View databases
• Restore the View databases

Module 23: View Performance and Scalability

• Describe multiserver deployments to create a pod
• Explain performance considerations and load balancing for a single pod
• Explain Cloud Pod Architecture for multiple View pod deployments