

The role of the RM is to provide access and show the hardware resources available from the vCenter Server(s) that is configured for Horizon DaaS. Resource Manager appliances – Like the SPs, this is deployed by the HAL in a pair. This is the main console from where tenants are deployed, which resource cluster they use, as well as creating desktop collections, which are essentially capacity models for virtual desktops. The SP provides the Service Provider administrators access to a web-based portal (Service Center) where they can manage the Horizon DaaS environment. Service Provider appliances – This is deployed as a pair for high availability. The HAL is responsible for sending API operations to the vCenter Server to create the appliances. Horizon Air Link appliance – Once the HVM appliance is deployed and the template and scripts copied to the machine, the next stage to deploy the HAL appliance from the HVM admin portal. This is a Linux virtual appliance that is deployed from an OVA file in vCenter Server. The HVM holds the appliance template, and runtime scripts, which allow for the automatic creation of the Service Provider appliances and the Resource Manager appliances. Horizon Version Manager appliance – HVM Provides orchestration and automation for Horizon DaaS components. Allows tenants to bring in their own network services (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, File Servers, etc.) to provide the same level of security and control as if the workloads were running on-premises.Host multi-tenants, providing dedicated compute resources across dedicated or shared VMware vSphere clusters.Provide a single management console for provisioning and delivering virtual desktops and applications from the service provider service center.Horizon DaaS allows Service Providers to: Will focus on VMware Horizon Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) offering that is specifically designed for VMware Service Provider Partners (VSPP).
