VMware View 5 - Paul O'Doherty

VMware View 5

Building a Successful Virtual Desktop

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
600 Seiten
2012
VMWare Press (Verlag)
978-0-321-82234-5 (ISBN)
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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.

 

COVERAGE INCLUDES



Understanding the business value of desktop virtualization, and how VMware View delivers it
Engaging end users in the process of delivering desktop services
Using vSphere virtual infrastructure to add even more value to the virtual desktop 
Properly installing and configuring VMware View environments, including View Persona
Virtualizing applications with ThinApp
Building and tuning virtual desktops for optimal performance
Managing ThinApp packages and pools in complex enterprise environments
Protecting virtualized desktops against malware with VMware vShield EndPoint
Delivering a rich, high-performance user experience
Using Offline Desktops to serve tablets and other mobile devices
Migrating from older versions of View
Providing high availability and addressing single points of failure
Monitoring and actively managing virtual desktops by integrating vCenter Operations Manager with VMware View Adapter

Paul O’Doherty is a Cloud Solution Manager at Onx.com, and has spent 20 years designing, implementing,

and managing IT infrastructures in highly available computing environments. His experience with virtualization

includes OS virtualization, storage virtualization, application virtualization, and WAN optimization. He

holds numerous industry certifications, publishes reviews at virtualization.info, and maintains the popular

virtualization site virtualguru.org.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 18.12.2012
Verlagsort NJ
Sprache englisch
Maße 180 x 235 mm
Gewicht 889 g
Themenwelt Informatik Betriebssysteme / Server Virtualisierung
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Netzwerke
ISBN-10 0-321-82234-X / 032182234X
ISBN-13 978-0-321-82234-5 / 9780321822345
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