The
VMware
Horizon Workspace Installation and Configuration Guide
leads you through the installation and configuration process for the
Horizon
Workspace server. When the installation is finished, you can use
VMware®
Horizon Workspace® to entitle users for managed, multi-device
access to your organization's data and applications, including Windows
applications, software as a service (SaaS) applications, files, View desktops,
and mobile applications.
Horizon
Workspace includes a multiple virtual machine vApp, distributed
as an Open Virtualization Archive (OVA) file. You deploy the vApp to vCenter.
Horizon
Workspace includes the following virtual appliances.
Horizon
Workspace Server Components
Horizon
Workspace Server Component
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VMware
Horizon
Workspace Configurator Virtual Appliance (configurator-va)
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You start configuring
Horizon
Workspace with this virtual appliance, using both its console
interface and the Configurator Web interface. The configurations you make with
the Configurator are distributed to the other virtual appliances in the vApp.
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VMware
Horizon
Workspace Manager Virtual Appliance (service-va)
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This virtual appliance handles
ThinApp package synchronization and gives you access to the Administrator Web
interface, from which you can manage users, groups, and resources.
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VMware
Horizon
Workspace Connector Virtual Appliance (connector-va)
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The
Horizon
Workspace Connector provides the following services: user
authentication (identity provider), directory synchronization, ThinApp-catalog
loading, and View pool synchronization.
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VMware
Horizon
Workspace Files Virtual Appliance (data-va)
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This virtual appliance controls
the file storage and sharing service, stores users' files and folders, and
synchronizes them across multiple devices.
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VMware
Horizon
Workspace Gateway Virtual Appliance (gateway-va)
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The
Horizon
Workspace Gateway is the single endpoint for all end user
communication. User requests come to the gateway-va virtual machine, which then
routes the request to the appropriate virtual appliance.
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VMware
Horizon
Workspace Data Template Virtual Appliance (datatemplate-va)
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This virtual appliance is
generated by the Configurator the first time the
Horizon
Workspace vApp is installed and powered on. It is used for
clustering when you create a new data-va virtual machine using the
hznAdminTool addvm
command.
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Intended
Audience
This information is intended
for system and functional administrators of
VMware®
Horizon
Workspace™. The information is written for experienced Windows
and Linux system administrators who are familiar with VMware technologies,
particularly vCenter™, ESX™,
vSphere®, and View™, networking concepts, Active Directory
servers, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and NTP servers. SUSE Linux 11
is the underlying operating system for the virtual appliances in the vApp.
Knowledge of other technologies, such as
VMware®
ThinApp®, RSA SecurID, Active Directory, and iOS
application distribution is helpful if you plan to implement those features.