2 Horizon Deployments using same vCenter

[SLCymru]

Hi everyone,

We currently have a Horizon 7.02 environment (1 x Connection server, 1 x Replica Server, 1 x Composer server) in production, and we would like to test the Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business capability included in the newer releases.  Because this capability would require us to upgrade our exisitng licensing we would like to test before committing. We also use NVIDIA GRID GPUs with our linked clones and we do not have additional hardware available for testing.

So, can anyone tell me if it is possible (and safe) to install another Horizon instance (1 x Connection server, 1 x Composer server) alongside out production enviroment, using the same vCenter and the same Windows domain.

Many thanks,

Steve.

[john_its · Accepted solution]

Hello,

unless something changed in7.4 or 7.5, Vmware officially supports only 1 to 1 pairings for vcenter and composer.

I wanted to do a similar setup with 7.3, , with a single VCSA but 2 composer servers and 2 connection server (1 to 1), but that was the reply I got from support.

I haven’t checked , but maybe you can do it with instand clones instead of composer.

In every case i would suggest to upgrade you Horizon version since there are a couple of improvements regarding SfB.

[andiwe79]

I have done this for migration scenarios before. Don't remember the exact Versions. I think composer was involved but i can imagine this is not in the VMware Support matrix.
Be aware that you should really avoid name collisions of folder and VM naming! I can't tell if this will work in your environment. Please be careful.

Can't say if there is any possiblity to get testing licenses that you could use in your environment without breaking licensing rules. Could be worth asking your VMware Partner/Reseller.

Best regards.

Andreas

[SLCymru]

Thanks for the replies.  I ended up carving off an older host from production and spinning up a trial vSphere/Horizon environment.

Thank you,

Steve.

[TomHowarth]

Horizon is a 1:1 the only way that multiple connections servers can be attached to a vCenter is if they are in replica mode.