Omnissa Horizon Load Balancing with Progress Kemp LoadMaster
Improve availability, performance and secure access for Omnissa Horizon deployments with intelligent load balancing across Unified Access Gateways and Connection Servers.
The Need for High Availability for Horizon Services
Omnissa Horizon provides secure access to virtual desktops and applications, while maintaining a seamless user experience. This process requires highly available, scalable and resilient access to services. Horizon deployments rely on critical infrastructure components such as Unified Access Gateways (UAGs) and Connection Servers to route and manage user connections. Without intelligent traffic distribution and health monitoring, these services can become overloaded or unavailable, resulting in degraded performance, downtime and a poor user experience.
Why Use LoadMaster as a Load Balancer for Omnissa Horizon?
The Progress® Kemp® LoadMaster solution provides intelligent traffic management and load balancing for Omnissa Horizon environments. By distributing traffic across UAGs and Connection Servers, the LoadMaster load balancer helps maintain reliable user access, improve infrastructure resilience and support consistent performance across Horizon deployments. The product's capabilities enable organizations to optimize the virtual desktop experience while simplifying the delivery of Horizon services across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Key benefits
- High availability for Horizon UAGs and Connection Servers
- Intelligent traffic distribution to help prevent service overload
- Improved application availability and user experience
- Health monitoring and automated traffic redirection
- Support for secure, reliable remote access
- Simplified deployment across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Scalable infrastructure to accommodate changing user demand
How Load Balancing Works for Omnissa Horizon
Omnissa Horizon environments commonly rely on load balancing for both external access through UAGs and internal brokering through Connection Servers. The LoadMaster solution provides a traffic management layer that helps route users to available services, supports highly available access paths and simplifies scaling as additional UAGs or Connection Servers are added.
Load Balancing for Omnissa Horizon Unified Access Gateways
UAGs are the critical entry point for remote users accessing Horizon resources. The LoadMaster load balancing solution continuously monitors UAG health and automatically redirects connections away from unavailable or degraded gateways.
- Remove single points of failure
- Improve remote access reliability
- Maintain seamless user connectivity during outages or maintenance events
Improve Omnissa Horizon Availability and Performance
The LoadMaster solution distributes user authentication and session requests across Horizon Connection Servers, helping prevent server overload and maximize infrastructure utilization.
- Log in faster and launch desktops quickly
- Improve responsiveness during peak usage periods
- Maximize utilization of existing Horizon resources
Supported Ports and Protocols
The LoadMaster solution supports the forwarding of VMware traffic on the following ports:
| Protocol | Usage | Port |
|---|---|---|
| HTTPS | Client authentication and ongoing framework traffic | 443 |
| PCoIP | Support the VMware PCoIP protocol | 4172 |
| Blast | Support client connections over the blast protocol | 8443 |
Scale Omnissa Horizon Deployments Without Disrupting Users
As virtual desktop demands grow, the LoadMaster solution enables organizations to seamlessly add UAGs and Connection Servers without disrupting users or requiring complex configuration changes.
- Simplify scaling for growing VDI environments
- Support more users without sacrificing performance
- Increase protection investments in Horizon infrastructure
Omnissa Horizon Load Balancing Resources
Omnissa Deployment Guide
Deployment Guide to assist with LoadMaster configuration for Omnissa Horizon.
Read the GuideFrequently Asked Questions
What is an Omnissa Horizon load balancer?
An Omnissa Horizon load balancer distributes traffic across Horizon infrastructure components such as Unified Access Gateways (UAGs) and Connection Servers to improve availability, reliability and scalability.
Why does Omnissa Horizon need load balancing?
Load balancing helps eliminate single points of failure, redirect users away from degraded services and maintain access during outages, maintenance events or peak usage periods.
Can Progress Kemp LoadMaster load balance Omnissa Horizon Unified Access Gateways?
Yes. The LoadMaster solution monitors UAG health and redirects connections away from unavailable or degraded gateways.
Can Progress Kemp LoadMaster load balance Omnissa Horizon Connection Servers?
Yes. The LoadMaster load balancer distributes user authentication and session requests across Horizon Connection Servers to help prevent overload and improve infrastructure utilization.
What is the best load balancer for Omnissa Horizon?
The LoadMaster solution is designed to provide high availability and load balancing for Omnissa Horizon UAGs and Connection Servers, helping deliver fast, secure and reliable access to virtual desktops and applications.
