Eric Sloof

The configuration of the F5 load balancer with vCloud Automation Center 6.1 in a highly available (HA) configuration requires that the various components are implemented in the correct sequence.

Failing to follow the documented sequence can create unpredictable consequences and/or dependencies on other components where dependencies should not be placed.

The Horizon Migration Tool helps you migrate published applications and desktops from XenApp to Horizon View. One XenApp farm is migrated to one or more Horizon View farm(s).

The GUI wizard-based tool helps you:

• Validate the View agent status on RDS hosts (from View connection server, and XenApp server)
• Create farms
• Validate application availability on RDS hosts
• Migrate application/desktop to one or multiple farms (new or existing)
• Migrate entitlements to new or existing applications/desktops. Combination of application entitlements are supported
• Check environment
• Identify incompatible features and configuration

Download: Horizon Migration Tool 

Typical data centers have a diverse ecosystem of applications running on a wide range of web servers, application servers, and database platforms, coexisting with mainframe based applications. Virtualized applications, with virtual machines that are constantly starting, stopping, and reverting to snapshots, adds to the complexity of datacenter operations. In this complex environment, effectively monitoring and managing datacenter resources is very challenging.

VMware® vRealize™ Hyperic® (formally known as VMware® vCenter™ Hyperic®) is a component of the VMware® vRealize™ Operations Management Suite™ (formally known as VMware® vCenter™ Operations Management Suite™). It monitors operating systems, applications, and services running in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. VMware vRealize Hyperic offers the unique ability to automatically discover, inventory, and monitor servers, regardless of type or location, and enables application operations teams to ensure that business-critical applications run without fail.

This eLearning course presents an overview and high-level architecture of VMware vRealize Hyperic , describes the installation process, and demonstrates how VMware vRealize Hyperic can be used to effectively monitor and manage resources.

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This technical white paper provides recommendations about deployment topology, hardware specifications, interoperability, and scalability for the following VMware components. 

• VMware vCloud Automation Center 6.1 
• VMware vCloud Application Services 6.1 
• VMware IT Business Management Standard Edition 1.1 

Download: VMware vCloud Automation Center 6.1 - Reference Architecture