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VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions
VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions
Credits
Foreword
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Preface
The driving factors of VDI
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Components of VMware View
Core components of VMware View
vCenter Server
View Connection Server
The types of VMware View Connection Servers
View Agent
View Client
Optional component — VMware View Composer
Introduction to View Composer
Using vCenter's SQL Express Installation for View Composer
Snapshots and linked clones
Linked clones
Templates
Full provisioning versus linked clones
Types of disks
OS Disk
Secondary OS Disk
User Data Disk
Temp Data Disk
Many options of disk types and redirection
Thin provisioning versus thick provisioning
Reset, Refresh, Recompose, and Rebalance actions for linked clones
Reset
Refresh
Recompose
Rebalance
Optional component — VMware View Transfer Server
Checking out
Checking in
Replication
Rollback
Summary
2. Solution Methodology
Assessment
Questionnaire
Assessment worksheet from VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions
Metric collection
Processing the data
Use case definition
Design overview
Storage
Isolation at the data store level
Why is this beneficial?
Networking
Compute
VMware vSphere and View desktop pool infrastructure
Pod architecture
Application distribution infrastructure
User persona management
What is a user persona?
Connection infrastructure
End devices
People
Validation
VMware View Planner tool (formerly VMware RAWC)
Comparing storage platforms
Summary
3. Persistent or Non-Persistent vDesktops
Persistent desktops
Example scenario
Non-persistent desktops
Example scenario
Other non-persistent notes and considerations
Multisite solutions
Why is a non-persistent vDesktop best for a multisite?
Why distance matters
Profiles in the cloud
Hybrid: persistent mixed with non-persistent
How to choose
Summary
4. End Devices
Thick clients
Repurposing thick clients
Thin clients
Teradici PCoIP-powered zero clients
Other clients
Choosing the proper device
A one-cable zero client solution
Summary
5. The PCoIP Protocol
Why lossless quality is important
PCoIP network fundamentals
The two types of PCoIP connections
Multimedia redirection
The MMR perfect storm
Teradici APEX offload card
The offload process
Defining the offload tiers
Design considerations
Summary
6. Sizing the VDI
Network considerations
Sizing the network
Network connection characteristics
DHCP considerations
Virtual switch considerations
Standard versus distributed switches
Port binding
Static binding
Dynamic binding
Ephemeral binding
Port binding and VMware View Composer
Compute considerations
Working with VMware vSphere maximums
Solution example — 25,000 seats of VMware View
Solution design — physical server requirements
Solution design — the pod concept
Linked vCenter Servers
vCenter Servers
VMware Update Manager Servers
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
Solution design — pools
View Connection Servers
Solution design — the formulae
Summary
7. Redundancy
Physical infrastructure
VMware High Availability
Do you even need VMware HA?
Non-persistent example
Using local storage
VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling
Anti-affinity
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
Why VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat should be used
VMware View
Replica
Load balancing
VMware Fault Tolerance
Design impact when using VMware FT
Parent vDesktop and templates
Templates
Parent vDesktops with snapshots
User personas
Summary
8. Sizing the Storage
VMware View Composer
VMware vSphere files
VMware View specific files
Tiered storage
Replica disk
Internal disk
Delta/differential disk
Disposable disk
Windows paging files
Temporary internet files
Persistent disk
Storage overcommit
Storage overcommit level options
Storage protocols
Maximums and limits
64 — to 140 linked clones per datastore (VMFS)
250 linked clones per datastore (NFS)
32 full — clones desktops per datastore (VMFS)
8 hosts per vSphere cluster with View Composer
1,000 clones per replica
Storage I/O profile
Read/write I/O ratio
Storage tiering and I/O distribution
Disk types
Capacity sizing exercises
Sizing full clones
Scenario 1
Parent VM
Overhead
Comments
Scenario 2
Comments
Sizing linked clones
Parent VM
Replica
Scenario 1
Comments
Scenario 2
Comments
vSphere 5.0 video swap
Summary
9. Security
The inherent security of VDI
Firewalls, zones, and antivirus
The fundamentals firewall rules
Virtual enclaves
The jailbreak scenario
USB redirection and filtering
USB filtering at the end device
USB filtering via View Connection Server
USB filtering via the Windows operating system
Smart card authentication
Configuring smart card authentication for VMware View Connection Servers
Preparing the environment for smart card authentication
Configuring smart card authentication for VMware View Security Servers
Configuring U.S. Department of Defense CAC Authentication
Certificate revocation configuration
Configure the use of a CRL
Configure the use of OCSP
Configure the use of both a CRL and OCSP
Prohibiting the use of Copy and Paste functions
View Connection Server tags
Forensics
Summary
10. Migrating from Physical Desktops to Virtual Desktops
Migration of the user persona
Separating the persona from the operating environment
Folder redirection
Profiles
How a profile is built: first login
Subsequent logins
Roaming profiles
Roaming profiles + folder redirection: increased performance
Other third-party solutions: Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity
Cutting over from physical to virtual
The use of VMware View User Data Disks
Operational considerations with user data
Summary
11. Backing Up the VMware View Infrastructure
Backing up the VMware View Connection Server environment
Security server considerations
Transfer server and ThinApp repository considerations
Restoring the VMware View environment
Backing up the gold templates
Backing up the Parent VM
Summary
12. VMware View 5.1
Platform features
Content-Based Read Cache (also known as View Storage Accelerator)
CBRC storage sizing
Host memory sizing
Managing CBRC
View Composer Array Integration
Support 32 (up from 8) hosts in a cluster on NAS
Standalone View Composer Server
Customizable disposable disk drive letter
User experience and client features
Management and administration
UI enhancements and localization
Support of pre-created Active Directory Machine Accounts
VMware vCenter and View Composer Advanced Settings
Phone home
Persona management
Security
Summary
A. Additional Tools
VMware RAWC
VDI Fox
Websites and social media
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