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
Databases *
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
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 **
SQL 2014, 2016
Oracle 12c
Instant Clones require vSphere 6.0 U1 or later ***
Objective 1.4 - Analyze End User Requirements for Display Protocol Performance
Objective 1.5 - Diagnose and solve issues related to connectivity between Horizon server Components
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.
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 *
Configuring 3D Rendering for Desktops *
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
Section 4 - Configure and Manage Identity Manager
Objective 4.1 - Install and Configure VMware Identity Manager
Preparing to install vIDM 3.3 *
Config AD connection to the Service *
Join Domain: Identity & Access > Setup > Connectors
Objective 4.2 - Manage VMware Identity Manager
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
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
App Volumes 2.12 User Guide PG 57 Create Custom vCenter Role ***
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