Professional Horizon 7.7 Exam Study Guide (2V0-51.19)

Here is a summary of the objectives and links to the relevant VMware documentation or Blogs to study for each. I compiled this with the help of the Exam Prep on the VMware Learning Zone as well as the practice tests on Udemy by Rick Crisci and Luxman Thangarajah

PDF Links
Exam Guide
Horizon 7.7 Admin
Horizon Console Admin 7.7
Horizon 7.7 Installation
Horizon 7.7 Architecture Planning

Key
* = Learning Zone
** = Udemy Crisci
*** = Udemy Thangarajah

Section 1 - Install and Configure Horizon Server Components

Objective 1.1 - Describe techniques to prepare environment for Horizon

Horizon 7.7 Install guide

View Architecture Planning

Packaging and Licensing - Horizon Desktop Licensing Model (pg. 15) *

Objective 1.2 - Determine procedures to install Horizon Components

Instant clone domain account permissions *** (the question is wrong on the practice test)

  • Read All Properties

  • Create computer Objects

  • List Contents

Objective 1.3 - Determine steps to configure Horizon Components

Multi-Site Ref Arch - Blog *

Horizon 7.7 Install guide

View Architecture Planning

View Administration

Configure View Storage Accelerator for vCenter *

Configure VMware Virtual Print Redirection *

Firewall Config for Security server

  • ISAKMP Port 500 UDP

  • ESP

View Composer Supported DBs **

Instant Clones require vSphere 6.0 U1 or later ***

Objective 1.4 - Analyze End User Requirements for Display Protocol Performance

View Architecture Planning

Objective 1.5 - Diagnose and solve issues related to connectivity between Horizon server Components

Horizon 7 Log files *

View Administration

VMs stuck Customizing **

  • Most likely cause is storage space issues.

Section 2 - Create and Configure Pools

Anatomy of an Instant Clone **

  • Parent VM on every Host and Data store that Instant Clones run on.

  • Instant Clones on vSphere 6.7 **

    • Instant Clones are forked off running processes on an ESXi host

    • Instant Clones share memory of a running parent VM with other Instant Clones

  • Template is linked clone based on the golden image that you created. It is on the same datastore as the golden image. See Anatomy link.

  • NVIDIA graphics have always been supported on Instant Clones.

  • Reschedule or Cancel Push Operation **

HTML5 Redirection - Supported Browsers **

  • Chrome and Edge are supported in HZN 7.5

Cloud Pod Session limit 200,000 in HZN 7.5

Objective 2.1 - Configure and Manage Horizon Pools

Reclaim Disk Space on Linked Clones *

Setting up virtual Desktops *

Configuring 3D Rendering for Desktops *

Prep VMs for Cloning *

Creating Customization Specs *

Reducing Storage Requirements *

HTML Access Feature support Matrix **

Objective 2.2 - Build and Customize RDSH Server and Desktop Images

Setting up Published Desktops and Apps

Configuring 3D Graphics for RDS Hosts

Setting up RDS Hosts

Section 4 - Configure and Manage Identity Manager

Objective 4.1 - Install and Configure VMware Identity Manager

Preparing to install vIDM 3.3 *

Deployment Checklist *

Installing SSL Certs *

Config AD connection to the Service *

Join Domain: Identity & Access > Setup > Connectors

Objective 4.2 - Manage VMware Identity Manager

Working in the console *

Managing Access Policies *

Section 5 - Configure and Manage User Environment Manager

Objective 5.1 - Install and Configure VMware User Environment Manager

9.0 Admin guide PDF CH2, CH3.6 CH13(helpdesk tool)

Admin Guide 9.1

Objective 5.2 - Manage VMware User Environment Manager

Application Profiler Admin Guide 9.0 PDF *

Lock down Access to the Management Console ***

  • Use the ADMX file and configure the options.

Helpdesk Support tool Admin 9.0 PDF *

  • You can do the following with the Helpdesk Support tool - CH 5 ***

    • Search and select users

    • View Flex engine Logs

    • Reset and restore profile archives

DEMConfigFIleCreation.png

Config file creation wizard allows for what 3 actions

  • Create Custom Config file

  • Use an application template

  • Use Windows Common setting

Section 6 - Configure and Manage App Volumes - The videos on Learning Zone specify App Volumes 3.x. The 3.x version is a garbage fire and I don’t know of anyone that really used it. I’ll come back once I get clarification on what version to study.

Objective 6.1 - Install and Configure VMware App Volumes

Infrastructure and Networking Reqs ** Ver 2.X

  • Manager Server versions: 2008 R2, 2012 R2, or 2016

  • Manager server Requirements: 4 vCPU, 4GB Ram, .NET 3.5 Framework

  • vCenter Privleges: Configuration-> Add or Remove device, Inventory -> Move

Objective 6.2 - Manage VMware AppStacks and writable Volumes

Assigning and Attaching Writable Volumes ** Ver 2.X

  • You can Assign a WV to: User, Group, Computer, or OU

Section 7 - Configure vRealize Operations for Horizon

Objective 7.1 - Install and Configure the adapter instance and Horizon Broker Agent

System Requirements *

Config Broker Agent *

Install Desktop Agent *

Troubleshooting *

KB 53671 Dashboard “No Data” Troubleshooting *

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