VMware Horizon Mirage essentials : manage your entire desktop environment with a single management tool - VMware Horizon Mirage /: manage your entire desktop environment with a single management tool - VMware Horizon Mirage. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter von Oven ; foreword by Joe Baguley, Chief Technology Officer, EMEA, Brian Gammage, Chief Market Technologist, VMware.
• Other Names: Oven, Peter von
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; Forewords; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: An Introduction to VMware Horizon Mirage; A quick history of Horizon Mirage; What is Horizon Mirage?; Horizon Mirage terminologies and naming conventions; Endpoint; Centralized Virtual Desktop (CVD); Collections; Reference CVD; Base layer; Application layer; Driver library / driver profile; Single Instance Store (SIS); Horizon Mirage use cases; Manage; Endpoint repair; Single Image management; Application layering. Remote office management with Mirage Branch ReflectorsMigrate; Windows XP / Windows Vista to Windows 7; Hardware refresh; Protect; Centralized endpoint backup; Desktop recovery; Horizon Mirage infrastructure components; Mirage server; Mirage Management Server; Mirage Management Console; Database; File Portal; Horizon Mirage Client; Branch Reflector; How to license Horizon Mirage; VMware Horizon Suite; Horizon Mirage standalone; Migration-only license; How does this book work?; What do you need?; Summary; Chapter 2: Design, Install, and Configure; Infrastructure overview and requirements. Overview of Horizon Mirage infrastructureHorizon Mirage components up close; Horizon Mirage Management Server; Horizon Mirage Server; Horizon Mirage database; File Portal; Horizon Mirage Client; Horizon Mirage Management Console; Branch Reflector; Web Management Console; Hardware requirements; Horizon Mirage Server; Horizon Mirage Client; Storage requirements; Design considerations; Assessment first; Sizing the Horizon Mirage Server; Example -- small-scale deployment; Example -- medium-scale deployment; Example -- large-scale deployment; Storage design considerations. Network design considerationsInstalling and deploying Horizon Mirage; Before you start -- the prerequisites; Installing the Horizon Mirage Management Server; Installing the Horizon Mirage Management Console; Installing the Horizon Mirage Server; Installing the Horizon Mirage File Portal / Web Access; Stage 1 -- installing IIS; Stage 2 -- installing the File Portal; Installing the Web Management Console; Installing the Horizon Mirage Client; Horizon Mirage Client -- silent installation; Troubleshooting connection issues; Summary; Chapter 3: A Guided Tour of Management Consoles. The Horizon Mirage Management ConsoleA high-level overview of Horizon Mirage tasks; Common Wizards; Dashboard; Task Monitoring; Inventory; Image Composer; Driver Library; Reports; Logs; Users and Roles; System configuration; Web-based Management Consoles; Management Console overview -- Web Help Desk role; Logging in; Searching and adding a device or user; Navigating the Web Help Desk Management Console; Management Console overview -- the Protection Manager role; Logging in; Summary; Chapter 4: Getting Started with Horizon Mirage Layering Technology; An introduction to layering technology.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (166 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 005.43; COMPUTERS -- Management Information Systems; Operating systems (Computers); Windows (Computer programs); Computer; Virtual computer systems; VMware; Operating systems (Computers); Windows (Computer programs); COMPUTERS -- System Administration -- Windows Administration; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782172369; 1782172351; 9781782172352
• Related ISBNs: 178217236X; 9781782172352
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 10, 2014).
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