VMware Horizon Mirage Essentials -- Table of Contents -- VMware Horizon Mirage Essentials -- Credits -- Forewords -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. An Introduction to VMware Horizon Mirage -- A quick history of Horizon Mirage -- What is Horizon Mirage? -- Horizon Mirage terminologies and naming conventions -- Endpoint -- Centralized Virtual Desktop (CVD) -- Collections -- Reference CVD -- Base layer -- Application layer -- Driver library / driver profile -- Single Instance Store (SIS) -- Horizon Mirage use cases -- Manage -- Endpoint repair -- Single image management -- Application layering -- Remote office management with Mirage Branch Reflectors -- Migrate -- Windows XP / Windows Vista to Windows 7 -- Hardware refresh -- Protect -- Centralized endpoint backup -- Desktop recovery -- Horizon Mirage infrastructure components -- Mirage server -- Mirage Management Server -- Mirage Management Console -- Database -- File Portal -- Horizon Mirage Client -- Branch Reflector -- How to license Horizon Mirage -- VMware Horizon Suite -- Horizon Mirage standalone -- Migration-only license -- How does this book work? -- What do you need? -- Summary -- 2. Design, Install, and Configure -- Infrastructure overview and requirements -- Overview of Horizon Mirage infrastructure -- Horizon Mirage components up close -- Horizon Mirage Management Server -- Horizon Mirage Server -- Horizon Mirage database -- File Portal -- Horizon Mirage Client -- Horizon Mirage Management Console -- Branch Reflector.

Web Management Console -- Hardware requirements -- Horizon Mirage Server -- Physical server deployment -- Virtual Machine deployment -- Horizon Mirage Client -- Storage requirements -- Design considerations -- Assessment first -- Sizing the Horizon Mirage Server -- Example - small-scale deployment -- Example - medium-scale deployment -- Example - large-scale deployment -- Storage design considerations -- Network design considerations -- Installing and deploying Horizon Mirage -- Before you start - the prerequisites -- Installing the Horizon Mirage Management Server -- Installing the Horizon Mirage Management Console -- Installing the Horizon Mirage Server -- Installing the Horizon Mirage File Portal / Web Access -- Stage 1 - installing IIS -- Stage 2 - installing the File Portal -- Installing the Web Management Console -- Installing the Horizon Mirage Client -- Horizon Mirage Client - silent installation -- Troubleshooting connection issues -- Summary -- 3. A Guided Tour of Management Consoles -- The Horizon Mirage Management Console -- A high-level overview of Horizon Mirage tasks -- Common Wizards -- Dashboard -- Task Monitoring -- Inventory -- Image Composer -- Driver Library -- Reports -- Logs -- Users and Roles -- Adding an AD group to a role -- System configuration -- Web-based Management Consoles -- Management Console overview - Web Help Desk role -- Logging in -- Searching and adding a device or user -- Navigating the Web Help Desk Management Console -- Management Console overview - the Protection Manager role -- Logging in -- Summary -- 4. Getting Started with Horizon Mirage Layering Technology -- An introduction to layering technology -- What is a Horizon Mirage layer? -- What does a Mirage layer look like? -- How to capture a base layer -- Stage 1 - building a reference machine -- What is a base layer? - a quick recap.

What is a base layer used for? -- Considerations when creating a base layer -- Hardware -- Applications -- Licensing operating systems and applications -- Working with endpoint encryption solutions -- Base layer use case examples -- The departmental or individual use case scenario -- The hardware-specific use case -- Best practice and tips -- Stage 2 - installing the Horizon Mirage Client -- Stage 3 - centralizing the reference machine -- Stage 4 - preparing the image before capture -- Stage 5 - capturing the base layer -- The base layer capture process -- Updating an existing base layer -- Capturing an application layer -- The application capture process -- Stage 1 - performing a pre-scan -- Stage 2 - installing the application -- Stage 3 - post-scan and application layer capture -- App layer capture best practice -- Managing device drivers -- What is a Horizon Mirage driver library? -- Driver library folder structure -- Driver library components and structure -- Creating a driver library -- Building a driver profile -- Summary -- 5. Manage - Centralized Image Management and Deployment -- Horizon Mirage single image management -- What is single image management? -- Building an endpoint with a base layer and an application layer -- Building an endpoint with a base layer and driver profiles -- Building the complete endpoint -- Assigning a new base layer -- Assigning an application layer -- Remote office management -- What is a Branch Reflector? -- Enabling a Branch Reflector -- Branch Reflector configuration options -- Summary -- 6. Migrate - Operating System and Hardware Migration Made Easy -- Migrating Windows XP to Windows 7 -- Preparing for the migration - where do I start? -- Microsoft USMT -- A migration example based on a virtual machine -- For VMware Workstation lab environments -- With SCSI disk-based Windows XP environments.

With IDE disk-based Windows XP environments -- Configuring the network drivers -- For VMware ESX lab environments -- The migration process -- Hardware migration -- The hardware migration process -- Summary -- 7. Protect - Backup, Recovery, and DR for Endpoint Devices -- Endpoint backup -- Archiving CVDs -- Configuring the frequency for uploads and snapshots -- Uploading policies -- Endpoint repair and recovery -- Recovering to a snapshot -- How does the process work? -- Recovering to a base layer -- How does the process work? -- Disaster recovery -- Streaming -- Self-service file restoration -- Remote file access / File Portal -- Summary -- Index.