Overview

VMware View 5 for the Desktop   DELIVER HIGH-VALUE VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE AND A SUPERIOR USER EXPERIENCE Companies that have already realized the benefits of VMware server virtualization are now discovering that VMware View 5 offers equally powerful opportunities on the client side. VMware View 5 is a comprehensive enterprise-class solution. But, until now, crucial information about it has been scattered throughout dozens of technical documents. In VMware View 5, leading desktop virtualization expert Paul O’Doherty combines this critical information with deep insights and best practices from his extensive enterprise deployment experience.   O’Doherty walks through every step, from the earliest planning phases through configuration, implementation, and management. He addresses important considerations ranging from changes to end-user experience through support and performance management. You’ll learn how to plan and smoothly stage virtual desktop infrastructure deployments, and avoid pitfalls associated with latency, scalability, storage, and networking.   Whether you’re an architect, system administrator, or virtualization consultant, this guide’s proven techniques can help you dramatically improve IT productivity as you build environments that are far more flexible and easier to manage.  

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Author:   Paul O'Doherty
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   VMWare Press
Weight:   0.001kg
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9780132983686

ISBN 10:   0132983680
Pages:   550
Publication Date:   06 December 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
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Table of Contents

Preface xv   Acknowledgments xix   About the Author xx   1 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Overview 1 The Evolution of the Virtual Desktop 1     Where Did It All Start? 1     The Importance of Application Virtualization 6     The Importance of User Data Management 9     The Importance of Multimedia 10 VoIP 11     Considerations for Deploying VDI 11     Thin Clients 15     Test Failure Scenarios 16     Engage the Users 17     Planning for VMware View 17 Summary 31   2 VMware View Architecture 33 Virtual 33     Infrastructure Introduction 34     VMware vSphere 5 Architecture 39     VMware vSphere 5 40     VMware ESXi 40     vCenter Server 41     Network 46     Storage 50 VMware View Architecture 50     Load Balancing 51     Active Directory 53 Summary 67   3 VMware View 5 Implementation 69 Preparing a vCenter Installation 69 Installing Microsoft SQL Server 73     Full Backup 82     Differential 89     Log Backups 89 Installing vCenter 90 Installing vSphere 98     Auto Deploy 102     Host Profiles 112     Storage Connectivity 115 Installing VMware View 116 Configuring the View Connection Server 120     Adding vCenter Server 123     Configuring the Transfer Server 126     Adding the Transfer Server 128     Adding the Image Repository 129     Publishing Virtual Machine for Offline Mode 129     The Event Database 129     Persona Management 132     Security Servers 133     Firewall Rules 135     Adding the Security Servers 135 Summary 138   4 Application Virtualization 139 Why Virtualize Applications? 139     Setting Up the ThinApp Packaging Environment 141     ThinApp Packages and Microsoft Activation 156     Creating a Package 157     Deploying a Package Through View 168 Summary 171   5 Building Your Virtual Desktop 173 P2V or Clean Build? 173     Manually Installing Windows 7 175     Manually Installing the VMware View Agent 179     Installing Windows 7 Through VMware Workstation 181     Installing an Image Through vCenter 186     General Optimizations 197     Operating System Optimizations 198     Manually Installing Windows 2008 RDS Server 199     Making a Terminal Server Look Like a Desktop 199     View Persona Management 202     View Persona Management: A New Approach 209     Completing the Cycle of Persona Management 210 Summary 210   6 View Operations and Management 211 Managing a VMware View Environment 211 Using View Folders 212 Types of Desktop Pools 214     Automated Desktop Pools 215     Manual Desktop Pools 215     Microsoft Terminal Services Desktop Pool 215 Creating Desktop Pools 216     SysPrep or QuickPrep? 223 Power Options 225     Pool Settings 228 View Composer Settings 234     View Composer Disks 235     vCenter Settings 235     Provisioning Settings 239 Entitlement 241 View Composer 242     Replicas 243     Refresh 245     Recompose 248     Rebalance 249 Managing Persistent Disks 251 Managing Applications 254     Updating ThinApp Packages 254     About Relink 254     Inplace Upgrades 256     SandBox Merge 257     Using AppSync 261 Summary 266   7 VMware vShield EndPoint 267 VMware vShield EndPoint 267 High-Level Architecture 268 vSphere Update Manager 271     Creating the 32-Bit ODBC Connection 273     Installing Update Manager 277     Configuring Update Manager 284 Patching Your Environment 293 Adding the vShield Manager to the vSphere Environment 300 Adding the vShield Driver to Your VMs 307 Plugging In Your Third-Party Solution 308 Integrating vShield and Trend Micro Deep Security 315 Summary 329   8 A Rich End-User Experience 331 How Do You Deliver a Rich End-User Experience? 332 Enhancements in PCoIP 334 Building a Performance Test Environment 336 Installing and Configuring WANem 340 Installing and Configuring WireShark 346 Tuning PCoIP 350 Tuning Parameters 351 Further Analysis 357     PCoIP Bandwidth Utilization 361     PCoIP Bandwidth Rate Limiting 362     PCoIP Connection Quality 363     PCoIP Packet Counts 363     PCoIP Connection Latency 364 Encoding Graphs 364 The Impact of Load or IOPS 366 Setting Up VMware ViewPlanner 367 Setting Up the Client Desktop 371 Summary 372   9 Offline Desktops 373 Why Deliver an Offline Desktop? 373     Best Practices 384 Summary 389   10 Migrating from Older Versions of View 391 Upgrading to New Versions of View 391 Upgrading Example 393 Summary 417   11 High Availability Considerations 419 Making Your View Environment Resilient 419 Storage Heartbeats 423 Configuring iSCSI Multipathing 427 VMware FT 430     vCenter Heartbeat 431     Installing VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 432     Configuring VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 438     Testing VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 441 Other Services and Considerations 442 High Availability Scenario 446 Deploying a Microsoft Cluster on vSphere 448     Creating a Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Cluster 449     Connecting the Windows Cluster to the SAN 451     Using MCS 452     Configuring MCS 453     Using MPIO 457     Configuring MPIO 458     Preparing the Volumes 465     Installing the Microsoft Cluster 466     Configuring the Cluster 468     Adding File Services and the Distributed File System 470     Distributed File System 475     Installing and Configuring DFS 475     Setting Up Windows NLB 477     Updating Cisco Switches to Support NLB 478 Summary 479   12 Performance and Monitoring 481 Establishing a Performance Baseline 481     Installing vCenter Operations 482     Create an IP Pool 484     Deploy vCenter Operations 487     Configure vCenter Operations 488     License vCenter Operations 490 Summary 509   Index 511

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Paul O’Doherty is a Cloud Solution Manager at Onx.com, specializing in the architecture and delivery of cloud-based services. Prior to that, Paul spent 10 years as the Managing Principal Consultant at Gibraltar Solutions architecting and delivering end-user computer and virtualization environments in Fortune 500 companies involving VMware, VMware View, Citrix XenApp, and XenDesktop technologies. Paul has a broad range of infrastructure experience and has achieved numerous industry certifications such as VCP, CCEA, MCITP, RCSP, and is recognized as a VMware vExpert. In addition, Paul maintains a blog at http://virtualguru.org and has contributed to sites such as http://virtualization.info and is reoccurring speaker at VMUG sessions and other technical conferences.

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