Having configured two standalone Horizon pods, what steps should be taken to join them in a Cloud Pod Architecture (CPA) deployment?
To join two standalone Horizon pods in a Cloud Pod Architecture (CPA) deployment, the administrator needs to perform the following steps:
On one pod, create Global Entitlements, and add local pools from each pod. This step allows users to access desktops or applications from any pod in the federation based on their entitlements and load-balancing policies .
The other options are not correct or complete because:
Syncing the CPA on the second pod is not a valid step. Syncing is a process that occurs automatically among all pods in a pod federation to ensure data consistency and availability.
Creating Cloud Entitlements is not a valid term. The correct term is Global Entitlements, which are used in CPA to entitle users to desktops or applications across multiple pods.
An administrator is tasked with configuring VMware Integrated Printing. They enabled the VMware Integrated Printing feature during the installation of the Horizon Agent in the golden image, and created a Test Desktop Pool. On a physical end-point where the Horizon Client already is installed, the administrator added multiple network printers which are working perfectly. They test the configuration by connecting to the Horizon Desktop with the Horizon Client, unfortunately they do not see the printers within their Horizon Desktop.
What could be the reason that the administrator is not seeing the printers within his Horizon Desktop session?
One of the possible reasons that the administrator is not seeing the printers within his Horizon Desktop session is that printing is disabled in the Horizon Desktop Pool. Printing is a feature that allows users to print from a remote desktop to any local or network printer available on their client device. Printing can be enabled or disabled for each desktop pool by using the VMware Integrated Printing feature.
VMware Integrated Printing is a feature that supports client printer redirection, location-based printing, and persistent print settings. Client printer redirection enables users to print from a remote desktop to any local or network printer available on their client device. Location-based printing enables users to print to network printers that are physically near their client device. Persistent print settings enable users to retain their print settings across sessions.
To enable or disable printing for a desktop pool, the administrator needs to follow these steps:
In Horizon Console, select Inventory > Desktops.
Select the desktop pool and click Edit.
In the Edit Desktop Pool dialog box, select the VMware Integrated Printing tab.
Select or clear the Enable VMware Integrated Printing check box.
Click OK.
If printing is disabled for a desktop pool, users will not see any printers within their Horizon Desktop session, even if they have installed the VMware Integrated Printing feature in the Horizon Agent and the Horizon Client. Therefore, to resolve this issue, the administrator needs to enable printing for the desktop pool by selecting the Enable VMware Integrated Printing check box.
The other options are not likely to be the reason that the administrator is not seeing the printers within his Horizon Desktop session:
Port TCP 9427 is disabled: This port is used by the VMware Integrated Printing feature for communication between the Horizon Agent and the Horizon Client. If this port is disabled, users might experience printing errors or delays, but they should still see the printers within their Horizon Desktop session.
The VMware Integrated Printing feature is not installed in the Horizon Client: This feature is installed by default in the Horizon Client for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome, and HTML Access. If this feature is not installed in the Horizon Client, users might not be able to print from their remote desktops, but they should still see the printers within their Horizon Desktop session.
Port TCP 32111 is disabled: This port is used by ThinPrint for communication between the Horizon Agent and the ThinPrint Client. ThinPrint is a legacy printing feature that has been replaced by VMware Integrated Printing. If this port is disabled, users might experience printing errors or delays with ThinPrint, but they should still see the printers within their Horizon Desktop session if they use VMware Integrated Printing.
What are two Cloud Pod Architecture feature limitations? (Choose two.)
Cloud Pod Architecture is a feature that allows administrators to link multiple Horizon pods across sites and data centers to form a single logical entity called a pod federation. Cloud Pod Architecture enables global entitlements, which allow users to access desktops and applications from any pod in the pod federation. Cloud Pod Architecture also provides load balancing, high availability, and disaster recovery capabilities for Horizon deployments.
However, Cloud Pod Architecture has some feature limitations that administrators should be aware of. Two of these limitations are:
Cloud Pod Architecture does not support Active Directory two-way trusts between domains: This means that the domains that contain the Horizon pods in the pod federation must have a one-way trust relationship, where the domain that contains the Cloud Pod Architecture home site trusts all the other domains, but not vice versa. A two-way trust relationship, where each domain trusts and is trusted by all the other domains, is not supported by Cloud Pod Architecture and can cause authentication and entitlement issues.
The other options are not limitations of Cloud Pod Architecture:
Cloud Pod Architecture is supported with Unified Access Gateway appliances: Unified Access Gateway is a platform that provides secure edge services for Horizon deployments, such as secure remote access, load balancing, and authentication. Unified Access Gateway is compatible with Cloud Pod Architecture and can be configured to route user requests to the appropriate pod in the pod federation based on global entitlements and load balancing policies.
Cloud Pod Architecture can span multiple sites and data centers simultaneously: This is one of the main benefits of Cloud Pod Architecture, as it allows administrators to scale up and out their Horizon deployments across different geographic locations and network boundaries. Cloud Pod Architecture can support up to 15 pods per pod federation and up to 5 sites per pod federation, with a maximum of 200,000 sessions per pod federation.
The Cloud Pod Architecture feature is supported in an IPv6 environment: IPv6 is the latest version of the Internet Protocol that provides a larger address space and enhanced security features for network communication. Cloud Pod Architecture supports IPv6 environments and can operate in mixed IPv4 and IPv6 environments as well.
When integrating a Linux OS based desktop into Active Directory, which three of the following can be used? (Choose three.)
Integrating a Linux OS-based desktop into Active Directory can be achieved using Winbind for domain joining and authentication, Windows Domain Join through tools like Samba, and System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) for LDAP authentication against Active Directory. These methods enable Linux desktops to participate in a Windows-centric environment, allowing for centralized authentication and management.
