Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Introduction to VMware View

• View features and components

View Connection Server

• Installation and configuration

View Desktops

• View Agent
• PCoIP and Remote Desktop Protocol remote display protocols
• USB redirection and multimedia redirection

View Client Options

• View Client
• View Client with Local Mode
• Thin clients and zero clients
• Virtual Printing with View Clients

View Administrator

• Configuring the View environment
• Managing users, sessions, and policies
• Configuring and provisioning automated pools of desktops
• Role-based delegated administration
• Monitoring the View environment

Configuring and Managing Linked Clones

• View Composer operations
• Deploying and provisioning linked-clone desktops
• Managing linked-clone desktops
• Managing persistent disks

Local Mode Desktops

• Configuring local-mode desktops
• View Transfer Server and the Transfer Server repository
• Local-mode operations

Managing View Security

• Network configuration and authentication options
• Configuring the View security server

View Persona Management

• Configuring user profiles with View Persona Management
• View Persona Management and Windows roaming profiles
• Configuring a View Persona Management deployment
• Best practices for a View persona Management deployment

Command-Line Tools and Backup Options

• The vdmadmin  utility
• Client systems in kiosk mode
• Backing up the View databases
• Restoring the View databases

View Connection Server Performance and Scalability

• Replica connection servers
• Performance considerations and load balancing

VMware ThinApp

• Using ThinApp to capture applications
• Deploying and updating ThinApp packages
• Virtualizing Internet Explorer 6 for use on a Windows 7 system
• Managing ThinApp applications in View

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Design Methodoloty

• General design process
• Elements of a successful View solution
• A design process for View solutions

Use-Case Definition

• Identifying use cases and their characteristics
• Options for collecting performance data

Pool and Desktop Design

• Mapping use cases to View pools
• Design decisions for pool configurations
• Configuring and optimizing virtual desktops

Remote Display Protocols

• Designing the access infrastructure
• Comparing PCoIP and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) design considerations
• Determining when to use PCoIP optimization controls
• Configuring PCoIP tuning parameters for a use case

View Pod and Block Design

• Designing the View infrastructure
• Choosing an authentication solution
• Designing a load-balancer solution

VMware Infrastructure Design

• Mapping View infrastructure requirements to vSphere 5
• Sizing VMware ESXi™ hosts for CPU and memory
• Sizing VMware® vCenter Server™ systems
• Sizing network capacity for PCoIP and RDP

Storage Design

• Designing the storage solution
• Sizing datastores based on capacity and performance metrics
• Deploying tiered storage for View Composer linked clones

End-User Session and Client Device Design

• Managing end-user personas and sessions
• Best practices for using Active Directory in a View environment
• Designing a View Persona Management solution
• Selecting client devices

Duration : 5 Days

Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent experience with vSphere