VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions.

VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions; VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions; Credits; Foreword; About the Authors; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Instant Updates on New Packt Books; 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 ServersView 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 ServerChecking 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 devicesPeople; 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 clientsChoosing 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.

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A complete guide to planning and designing solutions based on VMware View 5.

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