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When admitting a host to a HA cluster, or enabling HA on an existing cluster you may receive the "Host currently has no management network redundancy" warning message.
If you missed any of the previous parts of the series or want go back here is the jump list:
- vSphere 5.5 - Part 1 - ESXi Server 5.5 (inc U1) Install
- vSphere 5.5 - Part 2 - vCenter Single Sign On (SSO) Install
- vSphere 5.5 - Part 3 - vCenter Inventory Service Install
- vSphere 5.5 - Part 4 - vCenter Server Install
- vSphere 5.5 - Part 5 - vSphere Web Client Install
- vSphere 5.5 - Part 6 Creating a Datacenter, HA/DRS Cluster and Adding a Host
One of the most prominent new features of VMware Horizon View 6, is the ability to utilise Windows Server RDS Hosts to provide server based applications and desktops to users.
This is quite possibly the most desirable feature of recent releases. As a consultant covering both VMware and Citrix solutions, this levels the playing field somewhat in terms of publishing applications (but not entirely) between the two vendors. If anything this will make it more interesting in the next couple of releases as VMware advance this functionality.
So what is all the fuss about? After all you could have created an RDS host with RemoteApp previously and given View users access to these.
The VMware EUC development team has developed a way in which PCoIP can be used as a protocol on RDS hosts, much like Citrix use the ICA protocol. This has required VMware to work very closely with Microsoft to achieve this.
The result is that it's now possible to present applications on an RDS host (or a Collection of RDS Hosts) via VMware Horizon View Administrator. Managing entitlements in the same place and offering these RDS based applications (and desktops) via the same Horizon View Client. All the while using these applications via the same PCoIP protocol as View virtual desktops which should improve the users experience compared to using the standard RDP (RemoteFX protocol).
1. Check the server hardware you are installing ESXi 4.1 U1 onto is supported and on the VMware HCL.
2. Login to the VMware license portal to check/upgrade/buy your vSphere licenses.
3. Read the ESXi Setup Guide to ensure you understand the pre-requisites.
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