Horizon 8 test environment deployment (7): app volumes deployment

App Volumes summary

Reference documents ：
​ ​https://techzone.vmware.com/resource/app-volumes-architecture#load-balancing​​​

App Volumes It is a method of integrating user applications or user data with the underlying OS A technology of separation . This function can package applications and their related library files , Very similar to container mirroring , After packaging, it becomes one by one Volume（Volume Will vmdk Form storage of ）, When it comes to authorizing users Volume after ,App Volumes Manager Automatically called vCenter The interface mounts the corresponding vmdk.

Through this function, the decoupling of application and user desktop can be realized , Users do not need to install software by themselves , After the administrator completes the application template, it can be distributed to the user .

App Volumes The most important component is App Volumes Manager,App Volumes Support to configure multiple App-v Manager To provide high availability , More than one Manager Point to the same SQL database （SQL It is recommended to deploy the database with high availability architecture ）.App-v At the same time with vCenter、AD Interact , And vCenter The connection is used to mount Volume, Reading and writing Datastore etc. , And AD The connection is used to read user groups 、 add to Volume to grant authorization 、 Monitor user login events .App volumes And Horizon There is no correlation between other components .

The following figure is an official App Volumes High availability deployment architecture diagram ：

AppV Deploy and initialize

Deployment process

1.     Deploy App Volumes Manager;

2.     Do initialization configuration , And vCenter、AD Connect ;

3.     stay Guest OS template Installation on App Volumes Agent, For from Guest OS Monitor application installation , And encapsulate the application ;

4.     stay Horizon VDI/RDS Installed on the host App volumes Agent, Used to configure mounting to users / The host Volumes;

5.     Grab the application from the template machine and package it into Volumes;

6.     Assign to users or virtual machines Volumes.

install APP Volumes Manager

Installation premise ：

• It has been deployed and configured Windows Server, Normal domain addition ;
• In case of production deployment , External high availability has been installed SQL server;

In order to test simply , Use a single node App Volume Manager And built in SQL Express database .

by Windows Server mount App Volumes install ISO：

Click Install , Choose to install App Volumes Manager：

 
For the convenience of testing, the built-in SQL server express database ：

 
  Set allowed 80 and 443 Port login ：

Wait for installation to complete , The service starts automatically .

APP Volumes initialization

Web access App-v Manager, Follow the wizard to initialize ：

Input License ：

Enter the domain name and administrator password ：

Assign administrator role ：
 

add to vCenter Server：

choice App Volumes Storage needed ：

take Volumes Upload the template to storage ：

by RDS Server configuration App Volumes

App Volumes Support to RDS Shared desktop or ordinary desktop （ for example Win10 desktop ） Use , When RDS When using shared desktop , Need to put Volumes Assigned to RDS virtual machine ; And give Win10 When using the desktop , Direct will Volumes Assign to users .

in addition , Generated by different versions of the operating system Volumes Cannot be applied to other operating systems , in other words , How many kinds of environment Windows, Just how many App Volumes Formwork machine .

This chapter explains how to RDS Desktop configuration App Volumes.

Install for formwork machine Agent

In the installation Agent front , You need to add the template machine to the domain first ：

take App Volumes Installation ISO Mount to virtual machine ：

function ISO The installation program in , Follow the wizard to install App Volume Agent：

Fill in here App Volume Manager After load FQDN：

（ We will explain in the next article App Volumes Load balancing of ）

Other options remain default , Complete the installation . stay Agent After installation , stay Computers You can see this machine ：

by RDS The server grabs app

stay Inventory Create a new Application：

Fill in Application name ：

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Fill in Application Next Package The name of ：

Check the created Packages, Click on Package：

Choose the App volume 2012 Formwork machine ：

Click on Start Packaging：

Then the following window will pop up in the lower right corner of the template machine ：

Prepare the installation package of the application on the template machine in advance , And then click OK Start crawling .

Then run the installation package , Normal setup （ You need to install the application to the system instead of the current user ）.

After installation , Click on Yes Complete the installation ：

Confirm the name and version of the program ：

Prompt to restart the operating system ：

 
Wait for the restart to complete , Prompt that the package is successful ：

Back to App Volume Manager Interface , See the status in the figure below , Click on Set Current Enable ：

Assign apps to RDS host

stay “Directory>Computers” Find the target in RDS virtual machine , Click on “Assign Application”：

Select the one captured in the previous chapter Application：

restart RDS The server （ take Volumes When directly assigned to a virtual machine , Must restart to take effect ）：

adopt Horizon Client Log in to the desktop for testing ：

Users can normally see App Volumes application ：

by Windows 10 Desktop configuration App Volumes

This chapter explains how to configure a normal desktop App Volumes.

by Win10 Desktop grab app

Most processes are related to RDS Host consistency , The steps will not be repeated here .

Assign apps to users

stay “Inventory>Applications” Find the application to assign , Click on “Assign”：

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Select the user group to assign ：

adopt Horizon Client Log in to the desktop for testing （ take Volumes After assigned to users , Users need to log out and log in again to see Volumes）：

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