COURSE OBJECTIVE:
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Implement a structured approach to troubleshooting
• Resolve common issues that occur in a VMware Horizon environment
• Troubleshoot issues with linked and instant clones
• Configure the Windows client
• Identify the correct log level for gathering logs
• Optimize protocols for best end-user experience
• Discuss Horizon Connection Server advanced configurations
• List troubleshooting techniques for Horizon Connection Server common issues
• Interpret Horizon 8 Connection Server logs
• Identify Unified Access Gateway configuration and certificate issues
• List troubleshooting steps for Unified Access Gateway common issues
• Describe BLAST configuration verification using logs and settings
• Describe BLAST optimization recommendations for different use cases
• Describe Horizon 8 Connections and how to troubleshoot related issues
• Describe Horizon 8 certificates
• List troubleshooting steps for common issues with Horizon 8 certificates
• Leverage Horizon infrastructure troubleshooting steps to resolve issues
TARGET AUDIENCE:
• New or junior administrators and operators; system managers accountable for staffing and training Horizon operators and administrators.
• Experienced system operators, administrators, and integrators responsible for managing and maintaining VMware Horizon solutions
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Attendees should have the following knowledge:
• Using VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
• Opening a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter Server® and accessing the guest operating system
• Configuring Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization
• Restricting user activities by implementing Group Policy objects
• Configuring Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections
• Building an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database
COURSE CONTENT:
1 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
2 Overview of Virtual Desktop Troubleshooting
• Structured approach to troubleshooting configuration and operational problems
• Applying troubleshooting methods
• Documenting the steps to resolving the problem
3 Command-Line Tools and Backup Options
• Using command-line tools
• Backing-up and restoring VMware Horizon databases
4 Troubleshooting Horizon Linked Clone Desktops
• Only applicable for Horizon 7.x environments
• Describe the components that make up a VMware Horizon desktop
• Explain how the View Agent Direct-Connection plug-In is useful for diagnosing problems
• Highlight the best practice for optimizing a VMware Horizon desktop
• Troubleshoot common problems with VMware Horizon desktops
5 Troubleshooting Instant Clones
• Discuss how instant clones are created
• Discuss what gets logged when an instant clone is created
• Discuss the keywords to look for in the logs when troubleshooting instant clones
• Discuss how to troubleshoot problems with instant clones
6 Windows Client
• Correctly configure the Windows Client
• Identify the correct log level for gathering logs
• Enable the required SSL configuration level for the environment
7 Ports and Protocols
• Discuss the key ports on a Horizon Environment
• Discuss protocols used in the Horizon Environment
• Understand the benefit of optimizing Blast
• Become familiar with the optimization features for Blast
• Implement GPO changes for Blast
• Become familiar with the causes for Black Screens
• Discuss how to troubleshoot Black Screen problems
• Identify problems encountered when applying GPOs
• Discuss how to troubleshoot GPO-related problems
8 Horizon Connection Server Troubleshooting
• Discuss Horizon Connection Server general troubleshooting techniques
• Identity Horizon Connection Server common issues through logs
• Describe AD LDS replication
• Discuss Horizon Connection Server replication common issues
• Review and Interpret Horizon Connection Server logs
• Compare successful and unsuccessful logs from everyday infrastructure administration tasks
9 Unified Access Gateway Troubleshooting
• List and identify common Unified Access Gateway deployment issues
• Monitor the Unified Access Gateway deployment to identify health and issues
• Identify and troubleshoot Unified Access Gateway certificate issues
• Monitor, test, and troubleshoot network problems
• Discuss general Unified Access Gateway troubleshooting processes
10 BLAST Configuration Verification
• Discuss BLAST Codecs and Encoder Switch settings.
• Describe how to verify BLAST configuration using logs and settings
11 BLAST Optimization
• List general BLAST optimization recommendations
• Summarize BLAST tuning recommendations that apply to WAN connections
• Summarize BLAST tuning recommendations that apply to work-from-home and home-office-to-cloud use cases
• Describe recommended tuning options to increase display protocol quality for all use cases and applications.
12 VMware Horizon Connections Troubleshooting
• Explain Horizon connections
• Describe the role of Primary and Secondary protocols in Horizon connections
• Describe HTML client access connections
• Describe Horizon connections load balancing
• Describe timeout settings, supported health monitoring string, and suitable load balancer persistence values
• Identify troubleshooting steps for failing Horizon load balancer connections
• List troubleshooting steps for Horizon connections
13 VMware Horizon Certificates Troubleshooting
• List Horizon certificate functions
• Describe Horizon certificates scenarios.
• Discuss potential challenges related to certificates in Horizon
• Describe the troubleshooting approach to Horizon certificate issues
14 VMware Horizon Challenge Lab
• Leverage Horizon infrastructure troubleshooting steps to resolve issues
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