Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon

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This section describes how to create and provision pools of virtual machines. It includes information about preparing machines and provisioning desktop pools.

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Introduction to Virtual Desktops
With Horizon 8, you can create desktop pools that include thousands of virtual desktops. You can deploy desktops that run on virtual machines (VMs) or manage access to desktops that run on non-vSphere machines or physical machines. Create one VM as a golden image, and Horizon 8 can generate a pool of virtual desktops from that image. The golden image is also known as a base image.
Creating and Preparing a Virtual Machine for Cloning
You can create a pool of desktop machines by cloning a vCenter Server virtual machine (VM). Before you create the desktop pool, you need to prepare and configure this VM, which is used to spawn cloned virtual desktops. For instant-clone desktop pools, the base image is called a golden image. For full-clone desktop pools, the base image is called a Template Virtual Machine.
Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
To provide users access to instant-clone desktops, you must create an instant-clone desktop pool.
Creating and Managing Automated Full-Clone Desktop Pools
With an automated desktop pool that contains full-clone virtual machines, you create a virtual machine template and Horizon 8 uses that template to create virtual machine desktops.
Creating and Managing Manual Desktop Pools
Use a manual desktop pool if you have pre-existing groups of desktops that you want to manage with Horizon 8. Compared to an automated desktop pool, a manual desktop pool has limited features. For example, Horizon 8 does not manage the lifecycle of the desktops in a manual desktop pool. Instant clones are not applicable to manual desktop pools.
Configuring All Virtual Desktop Pool Types
When you create a virtual desktop pool, you select configuration options that determine how the pool is managed and how users interact with the desktops.
Managing Storage for Virtual Desktops
Deploying desktops on virtual machines that are managed by vCenter Server provides all the storage efficiencies and capabilities enabled by vCenter. Using instant clones as desktop machines increases the storage savings because all virtual machines in a pool share a virtual disk with a base image.
Monitoring Virtual Desktops and Desktop Pools
In Horizon Administrator, you can monitor the status of virtual desktops, unmanaged machines, or the status of vCenter Server virtual machines in your Horizon 7 deployment.
Troubleshooting Machines and Desktop Pools
You can use a variety of procedures to diagnose and fix problems that you encounter when you create and use machines and desktop pools.

Parent topic: Windows Desktops and Applications in Horizon

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