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VMware View™ Fundamentals

Architecture

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Active DirectoryvSphere Client

ESX/ESXi Hosts

vCenter Server

vCenter Database

Guest Desktop OS

View Agent

VM

View Composer Database

View Administrator

View Client for MacView Client

with Local Mode

ThinPrint Extended USB

redirection Type 2 Hypervisor

for offline use

View Managers View ADAM

• Physical, blade PCs

• Terminal Servers• Standalone VMs

LaptopDesktop

ThinApp Packaged Application

View Composer

Vendor Client

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VMware View Prerequisite

vSphere/VMware Infrastructure

• Hosts Virtual Desktop VMs running supported guest operating systems

• Windows XP and Windows Vista

• Windows 7

• Use vSphere/VMware Infrastructure client for virtual machine and resource pool preparation and management

• Install View Agent in Desktop operating system to work with View Manager

• Install optional View Composer on VMware vCenter™ Server

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Active DirectoryvSphere Client

ESX/ESXi Hosts

vCenter Server

vCenter Database

Guest Desktop OS

View Agent

VM

View Composer Database

• Physical, blade PCs

• Terminal Servers• Standalone VMs

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VMware View Components

View Client with local mode

• Facilitates use on laptop or desktop when network connectivity is an issue

• Works with View Manager

• Desktop checkout/check-in

• Offline policies

• VMware View optional component

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Desktop Connection Options

Desktop

VMTerminal Servers

Blade PC

View Manager

vCenter Server

ESX/ ESXi Host

Physical PC

View Client

RDP Client

RDP Client

Offline Desktop

View Client with Offline Desktop

RDP connection

Direct RDP connection

SSL Tunnel (RDP inside)

Standalone VM

View Desktop (remote)

View Client

RGS Client

Direct RGS connection

RGS requires direct connections (no SSL tunnel) from the View Client to the View desktop

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VMware View Components

View Manager

• Scaling

• Use replicas (View connection servers)

• DMZ

• Use security servers – RDP or PCoIP

• Transfer

• Offload local mode functionality

View Replicas (connection servers)

RDP/PCoIP connection

Network Load

Balancer

View Security Servers

DMZ

vCenter Server

ESX/ESXi Hosts

Active Directory

Secure Corporate NetworkExternal Network

RDP, PCoIP, or RGS

View Manager• Standard (connection server)

• Replica

• Security server

• Transfer server

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VMware View Pods Scale to 10,000 Users

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VMware View Building Block

• vCenter Server - There is always one vCenter Server per View block.

• ESXi hosts – A View block always has one to eight ESXi host to upon which to run the View desktops.

• vSphere clusters – vSphere clusters that contain the ESXi hosts. A desktop pool must not extend beyond the boundary of a vSphere cluster.

• View desktop pool – Every View block has at least one View desktop pool.

• Local mode pool – Local Mode desktops can be checked out to run locally on a supported user access device such as a laptop.

• View Transfer Server – At least one Transfer Server is required in a View block that contains a Local Mode pool. The View Transfer Server handles all communication with a checked out Local Mode desktop.

• Shared storage – A VMFS or NFS datastore that is accessible to all ESXi hosts in a View block. Datastores can be shared across View blocks.

• Local storage – Local hard drives or SSD drives physically installed in the ESXi server are a valid datastore for View desktop pools.

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VMware View Logical Network Design

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Microsoft Licensing Tips

Windows 7 Virtual Desktop Access License

• http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/windows-virtualization.aspx

• Thin clients are not eligible for Software Assurance. Purchase a Windows VDA subscription license for these non-windows clients.

• Windows VDA is a device-based subscription license at $100/device/year.

Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition License.

• Virtualization calculators help you determine the most cost-effective edition of Windows Server.

• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-calculators.aspx

• Using a conservative estimate of 10 windows server VMs per ESX you can save thousands of dollars just by switching to the Datacenter Edition.

Downgrade rights allow use of Windows Server 2000 and 2003

• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/downgrade-rights.aspx