3. Configuring Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture
In this section we will be enabling VMware Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture for a Multi-site implementation.
In a previous lab you have already enabled a 3rd Global Load-balancer which is a requirement
Part 1. Cleaning up Local Entitlements for Desktop Pools
To complete our Day 1 Tasks, our Desktop Pools were configured with local entitlements.
Specific Local Entitlements will be cleared on both Site 1 and Site 2.
We will clean this out before we start off with implementing VMware Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture
- On your ControlCenter server
- Open your site 1 browser
- In the favourites bar
- select the Horizon shortcut
- In the VMware Horizon login page
- In the Username area
- enter administrator
- In the Password area
- enter VMware1!
- select Sign in
- In the Username area
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Side Menu pane
- expand Inventory
- select Desktops
- expand Inventory
- In the Side Menu pane
- In the Desktop Pools area
- next to W11-BLR-FC
- select the Checkbox
-
next to Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- select Remove Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- next to W11-BLR-FC
- In the Remove Entitlements window
- next to
- Developers/euc-livefire.com
- Sales/euc-livefire.com
- select the checkbox
- select OK
- select the checkbox
-
when prompted with the Remove Entitlements window
- select OK
- next to
- Please Note
- If prompted to Terminate User Sessions
- select OK
- If prompted to Terminate User Sessions
- In the Desktop Pools area
- next to W10-BLR-INST
- select the Checkbox
-
next to Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- select Remove Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- next to W10-BLR-INST
- In the Remove Entitlements window
- next to
- Developers/euc-livefire.com
- Sales/euc-livefire.com
-
IT Support/euc-livefire.com
- select the checkbox
- select OK
- select the checkbox
-
when prompted with the Remove Entitlements window
- select OK
- next to
- Please Note
- If prompted to Terminate User Sessions
- select OK
- If prompted to Terminate User Sessions
- On your ControlCenter server
- Open your site 2 browser
- In the favourites bar
- select the Horizon shortcut
- In the VMware Horizon login page
- In the Username area
- enter administrator
- In the Password area
- enter VMware1!
- select Sign in
- In the Username area
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Side Menu pane
- expand Inventory
- select Desktops
- expand Inventory
- In the Side Menu pane
- In the Desktop Pools area
- next to W11-SEA-FC
- select the Checkbox
-
next to Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- select Remove Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- next to W11-SEA-FC
- In the Remove Entitlements window
- next to
- Developers/euc-livefire.com
-
Sales/euc-livefire.com
- select the checkbox
- select OK
- select the checkbox
-
If prompted Terminate User sessions
- select OK
-
In the Remove Entitlements window
- select OK
- next to
- In the Desktop Pools area
- next to W10-SEA-INST
- select the Checkbox
-
next to Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- select Remove Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- next to W10-SEA-INST
- In the Remove Entitlements window
- next to
- Developers/euc-livefire.com
- Sales/euc-livefire.com
-
IT Support/euc-livefire.com
- select the checkbox
- select OK
- select the checkbox
-
when prompted with the Remove Entitlements window
- select OK
- next to
- Please Note
- If prompted to Terminate User Sessions
- select OK
- If prompted to Terminate User Sessions
Part 2. Deploying VMware Cloud Pod Architecture for multi-site
We will Initialize VMware Cloud Pod Architecture on Site 1 and do a Federation Join on Site 2
- On your Site 1 Browser
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory pane
- under Settings
- select Cloud Pod Architecture
- under Settings
- In the Inventory pane
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Cloud Pod Architecture window
- select Initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture feature
- In the Initialize window
- select Initialize
- On your Site 2 Browser
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory pane
- under Settings
- select Cloud Pod Architecture
- under Settings
- In the Inventory pane
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Cloud Pod Architecture window
- select Join the pod federation
- In the Join window
- under Connection Server (host name or IP address)
- enter horizon-01a.euc-livefire.com
- under User name(domain\username)
- enter euc-livefire.com\administrator
- under Password
- enter VMware1!
- In the bottom right corner
- select Join
- under Connection Server (host name or IP address)
- On your ControlCenter server
-
Switch back to your Site 1 Horizon Admin Console session
- In the Cloud Pod Architecture window
- top right corner
- select refresh
- top right corner
- Note that you have two Pods in the same Default First Site
- In the Cloud Pod Architecture window
-
Switch back to your Site 1 Horizon Admin Console session
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory pane
- under Settings
- select Sites
- under Settings
- In the Inventory pane
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory pane
- In the Sites window
-
next to Default First Site
- select the radio button
- select Edit
-
next to Default First Site
- In the Sites window
- In the Inventory pane
- In the Edit Site window
- next to *Name
- edit Default First Site
- to Bangalore
- select OK
- edit Default First Site
- next to *Name
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory pane
- In the Sites window
- select Add
- In the Sites window
- In the Inventory pane
- In the Add Site window
- next to * Name
- type Seattle
- select OK
- next to * Name
- In the Sites window
- next to Bangalore
- select the radio button
- under Pod
- next to Cluster-HORIZON-02A
- select the radio button
- select Edit
- next to Cluster-HORIZON-02A
- next to Bangalore
- In the Edit Pod window
- next to Site
- from the dropdown
- change Bangalore
- to Seattle
- change Bangalore
- Select OK
- from the dropdown
- next to Site
- In the Sites window
- note both Seattle and Bangalore each have their own POD
Part 3: Enable Global Entitlements for VMware Cloud Pod Architecture for Instant Clone Desktops
This session is divided into 2 steps
- Step 1. We will configure a Global Desktop Entitlement for Sales on Site 1
- Step 2. We will configure Global Desktop Entitlement for Sales on Site 2
- On your ControlCenter server
-
Site 1 Chrome Browser
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory
- select Global Entitlements
- In the Inventory
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
-
Site 1 Chrome Browser
- In the Global Entitlements area
- select Add
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Type
- leave Desktop entitlement as default
-
Type
- In the bottom right-corner
- select Next
- next to :
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Name and Policies
- under Name
- enter Enterprise Corp Instant Clone
- under Display Name
- enter Enterprise_Desktop
- under Name
-
Name and Policies
- next to :
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Name and Policies
- under Policies > User Assignment
- next to Floating
- select the radio button
- next to Floating
- under Default Display Protocol
- from the dropdown
- select VMware Blast
- from the dropdown
- In the bottom right-corner
- select Next
- under Policies > User Assignment
-
Name and Policies
- next to :
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Users and Groups
- under Add users or groups to the global entitlement
- select Add
- under Add users or groups to the global entitlement
-
Users and Groups
- next to :
- In the Find User or Group window
- in line with Name/User Name
- next to Starts with
- enter Sales
- next to Starts with
- under Description
- select Find
- under Name
- next to sales
- select the checkbox
- next to sales
- in the bottom right-corner
- select OK
- in line with Name/User Name
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Users and Groups
- under Add users or groups to the global entitlement
- select Add
- under Add users or groups to the global entitlement
-
Users and Groups
- next to :
- In the Find User or Group window
- in line with Name/User Name
- next to Starts with
- enter Developers
- next to Starts with
- under Description
- select Find
- under Name
- next to sales
- select the checkbox
- next to sales
- in the bottom right-corner
- select OK
- in line with Name/User Name
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
-
Users and Groups
- in the bottom right-corner
- select Next
- in the bottom right-corner
-
Users and Groups
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
-
Ready to Complete section
- in the bottom right-corner
- select Finish
- in the bottom right-corner
-
Ready to Complete section
- In the Global Entitlements window
- select Enterprise Corp Instant Clone
- In the Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
- select the Local Pools tab
- In the Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
- In the Local Pools tab area
- select Add
- In the Local Pools tab area
- In the Assign Pools - Enterprise Instant Clone window
- under ID
- next to W10-BLR-INST
- select the checkbox
- next to W10-BLR-INST
- select Add
- under ID
- In the Global Entitlements window
- Note you now have a Global Desktop Entitlement
- called Enterprise Corp Instant Clone
- Note you now have a Global Desktop Entitlement
- On your ControlCenter server
-
Site 2 Chrome Browser
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory
- select Global Entitlements
- In the Inventory
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
-
Site 2 Chrome Browser
- In the Global Entitlements window
- select Enterprise Corp Instant Clone
- In the Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
- select the Local Pools tab
- In the Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
-
Local Pools tab
- select Add
-
Local Pools tab
- In the Assign Pools - Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
- next to W10-SEA-INST
- select the checkbox
- select Add
- next to W10-SEA-INST
- In the Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
- select the Summary tab
- Review the configurations
- select the Summary tab
This concludes the VMware Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture lab.
In the next lab we will integrate VMware Horizon with Workspace ONE Access and test the entire days excercises
Part 4: Enable Global Entitlements for VMware Cloud Pod Architecture & for Developer Full Clone Desktops
This session is divided into 2 steps
- Step 1. We will configure a Global Desktop Entitlement for Sales on Site 1
- Step 2. We will configure Global Desktop Entitlement for Sales on Site 2
- On your ControlCenter server
-
Site 1 Chrome Browser
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory
- select Global Entitlements
- In the Inventory
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
-
Site 1 Chrome Browser
- In the Global Entitlements area
- select Add
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Type
- leave Desktop entitlement as default
-
Type
- In the bottom right-corner
- select Next
- next to :
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Name and Policies
- under Name
- enter Enterprise Corp Full Clone Desktop
- under Display Name
- enter Developers
- under Name
-
Name and Policies
- next to :
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Name and Policies
- under Default Display Protocol
- from the dropdown
- select VMware Blast
- from the dropdown
- In the bottom right-corner
- select Next
- under Default Display Protocol
-
Name and Policies
- next to :
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Users and Groups
- under Add users or groups to the global entitlement
- select Add
- under Add users or groups to the global entitlement
-
Users and Groups
- next to :
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
-
Users and Groups
- under Add users or groups to the global entitlement
- select Add
- under Add users or groups to the global entitlement
-
Users and Groups
- next to :
- In the Find User or Group window
- in line with Name/User Name
- next to Starts with
- enter Developers
- next to Starts with
- under Description
- select Find
- under Name
- next to Developers
- select the checkbox
- next to Developers
- in the bottom right-corner
- select OK
- in line with Name/User Name
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
-
Users and Groups
- in the bottom right-corner
- select Next
- in the bottom right-corner
-
Users and Groups
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
-
Ready to Complete section
- in the bottom right-corner
- select Finish
- in the bottom right-corner
-
Ready to Complete section
- In the Global Entitlements window
- select Enterprise Corp Full Clone Desktop
- In the Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
- select the Local Pools tab
- In the Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
- In the Local Pools tab area
- select Add
- In the Local Pools tab area
- In the Assign Pools - Enterprise Instant Clone window
- under ID
- next to W11-BLR-FC
- select the checkbox
- next to W11-BLR-FC
- select Add
- under ID
- In the Global Entitlements window
- Note you now have a Global Desktop Entitlement for Site 1 for Developers
- called Enterprise Corp Full Clone Desktop
- Note you now have a Global Desktop Entitlement for Site 1 for Developers
- On your ControlCenter server
-
Site 2 Chrome Browser
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory
- select Global Entitlements
- In the Inventory
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
-
Site 2 Chrome Browser
- In the Global Entitlements window
- select Enterprise Corp Full Clone Desktop
- In the Enterprise Corp Full Clone Desktop window
- select the Local Pools tab
- In the Enterprise Corp Full Clone Desktop window
-
Local Pools tab
- select Add
-
Local Pools tab
- In the Assign Pools - Enterprise Corp Full Clone Desktop window
- next to W11-SEA-FC
- select the checkbox
- select Add
- next to W11-SEA-FC
- In the Enterprise Corp Full Clone Desktop window
- Review the configurations
This concludes the VMware Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture lab.
In the next lab we will federate Unified Access Gateway and VMware Horizon with Workspace ONE Access
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