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 Site 1 shortcut
- In the VMware Horizon login page
- In the Username area
- enter administrator
- In the Password area
- enter Pa$$w0rd
- select Sign in
- In the Username area
- In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the Side Menu pane
- expand Inventory
- select Desktops
- expand Inventory
- In the Side Menu pane
- In the Desktop Pools area
- next to W11-BLR-INST
- select the Checkbox
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next to Entitlements
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from the dropdown
- select Remove Entitlements
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from the dropdown
- next to W11-BLR-INST
- In the Remove Entitlements window
- next to
- Developers/Techseals.co
- Sales/Techseals.co
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Marketing/Techseals.co
- select the checkbox
- select OK
- select the checkbox
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when prompted with the Remove Entitlements window
- select OK
- next to
- In the Remove Entitlements window
- next to
- Developers/Techseals.co
- Sales/Techseals.co
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IT Support/Techseals.co
- select the checkbox
- select OK
- select the checkbox
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when prompted with the Remove Entitlements window
- select OK
- next to
- On your ControlCenter server
- Open your Site 2 browser
- In the favourites bar
- select the Horizon shortcut
- In the VMware Horizon login page
- In the Username area
- enter administrator
- In the Password area
- enter Pa$$w0rd
- 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-INST
- select the Checkbox
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next to Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- select Remove Entitlements
-
from the dropdown
- next to W11-SEA-INST
- In the Remove Entitlements window
- next to
- Developers/techseals.co
- Sales/techseals.co
-
Marketing/techseals.co
- select the checkbox
- select OK
- select the checkbox
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In the Remove Entitlements window
- select OK
- next to
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.Techseals.co
- under User name(domain\username)
- enter Techseals.co\administrator
- under Password
- enter Pa$$w0rd
- In the bottom right corner
- select Join
- under Connection Server (host name or IP address)
- On your ControlCenter server
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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
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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
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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
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Site 1 Chrome Browser
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory
- select Global Entitlements
- In the Inventory
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
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Site 1 Chrome Browser
- In the Global Entitlements area
- select Add
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
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Type
- leave Desktop entitlement as default
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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
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Name and Policies
- next to :
- In the Add Global Entitlement window
- next to :
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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
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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
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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 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 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
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Site 2 Chrome Browser
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
- In the Inventory
- select Global Entitlements
- In the Inventory
-
VMware Horizon Admin Console
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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
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Local Pools tab
- select Add
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Local Pools tab
- In the Assign Pools - Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
- next to W11-SEA-INST
- select the checkbox
- select Add
- next to W11-SEA-INST
- In the Enterprise Corp Instant Clone window
- select the Summary tab
- Review the configurations
- select the Summary tab
This concludes the Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture lab.
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