VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions

288 Pages·2012·10.282 MB·English

by  Jason Langone, Andre Leibovici

VMware View 5 Desktop
Virtualization Solutions
A complete guide to planning and designing solutions
based on VMware View 5
Jason Langone
Andre Leibovici

professional expertise distilled
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VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions
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Foreword
On August 12, 1981, IBM released the IBM Personal Computer. It was a transformative
event; the one that in time would far exceed even the most optimistic projections of
its future potential. It changed forever how the computer would be viewed, making it
truly "Personal".
Much has changed since that day; many of these changes are immediately visible.
The computer's user interface has transformed beyond all recognition, from the
blocky text of the DOS command prompt to rich windowed interfaces driven by a
mouse or touchpad. PCs are faster, smaller, and cheaper than ever before and are
capable of doing things that were beyond the imagination of all but the most far
reaching science-fiction authors. Other changes are more subtle; the PC is now both
ubiquitous and ever-connected. Its transformation in size and appearance has seen
it acquire new names to better describe its new form. Becoming the Portable PC
first and later the laptop and netbook, and most recently the tablet and smartphone;
hiding its nature in ever smaller packages with new interfaces designed to be
controlled by gestures and voice. As a result, some would even have it that we are
entering a post-PC era.
It is perhaps too soon to say that we have left the PC behind. For all these changes,
one thing remains unaltered—today's personal computing experience is still centered
on the device. Applications are for the most part installed locally and the decision
to walk from device to device or carry one from place to place is based more on the
device's size than the user's need for mobility. Either way, the only method to ensure
that it is possible to provide service is to rigorously enforce standardization, making
sure every PC has all the applications preinstalled on the off chance that someone
will need them. This model has worked, after a fashion, almost unchanged for the
last 31 years, but of late it is starting to show its age. Now, we need to consider a
world shaped by new, deeply destabilizing forces.
The launch of the Apple iPad in 2010 brought with it "Bring Your Own Device"
programs and was the stimulus that pushed the "Consumerization of IT" into the
limelight, sending shockwaves through what was until recently a smooth running,
well-understood service. We are rapidly entering a world where an IT administrator
doesn't know from one day to the next how many users he has to support or even
where in the world they might be located. Where managing user experience does
not mean providing a standard suite of applications across 10,000 identical PCs, each
running identically configured copies of Windows, but supporting and insuring a
comprehensive user experience (not just the user profile and home directory, but
the user's entire working environment, their data, and applications) and making
it available in its entirety at any place, any time, and on any device. Welcome to
desktop virtualization.
Desktop virtualization is a deceptive term; everybody understands that at its core,
server virtualization is all about being able to consolidate server workloads onto fewer
physical servers. Desktop virtualization is more subtle and far reaching. It's not about
consolidating desktop workloads into fewer physical servers, although, frequently
this is part of the picture. Rather, it's about being able to orchestrate the creation of
personalized working environments (that is, applications, data, and user profile) and
enabling access to them in the manner most appropriate to each individual user's
computing and communications environment while at the same time ensuring full
compliance with organizational governance, risk, and compliance policies.
Simon Bramfitt
Founder
Entelechy Associates
About the Authors
Jason Langone (@langonej) has been involved in VMware solutions for over seven
years and has designed and implemented solutions around the world. Langone has
a long history of designing VMware-based tools (for example, V-Moses and ESX
Recovery Center), as well as designing robust solutions for enterprise customers.
Langone spoke at VMWorld 2006 and won a VMware Vanguard Award in 2007
for Best DR Solution. He is a VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX), a VMware
vExpert, and a VMware Certified Professional (VCP). In addition, Langone has been
involved in some of the largest VDI deployments from the Middle East to deployable
solutions in the US.
Langone maintains a blog dedicated to virtualization and cloud computing at
www.ThinkVIRT.com.
I'd like to acknowledge the following individuals whom I have had
the pleasure of working with or who contributed to this book by
proofreading, editing, mentoring, commenting, and discussing its
content. In no particular order, they are Dwayne Lessner (@dlink7),
Simon Bramfitt (@simonbramfitt), Elvedin Trnjanin (@etrnjanin),
Andy Murphy (@amurph182), Jordan Harding, Pam Takahama, Tyler
Rohrer (@t_rex_vdi), Steve Kaplan (@roidude), and the SPSS team
at VMware Federal.

I'd also thank VMware for being the catalyst to many great
professional relationships and friendships over than the last
seven years.
Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) is a leading expert in the current area of
virtualization and End User Computing and maintains an award-winning and
world-recognized blog. For the last 10 years, his passion and dedication around
virtualization and End User Computing has helped many organizations while
working for VMware Professional Services, EMC Virtualization Team (vSpecialists),
and through creating professional blogging resources. His expertise is backed by more
than 20 years industry experience managing IT infrastructures for large organizations.
Andre's blog http://myvirtualcloud.net is recognized as one of the industry
leading technical VDI blogs with more than 1.5 million views every month. Based
on his field experience, he developed a number of free tools to help beginners and
advanced architects to appropriately size and architect VDI solutions. Those tools
include the VMware View Online Calculator, the XenDesktop Online Calculator,
and the Display Protocol Online Calculator.
His passion for End User Computing led him to find the APAC Virtualization
Podcast and speak at conferences such as the Brazil vForum 2011, Las Vegas
VMworld 2011, and the Sydney vForum 2010. Due to his creativity and
accomplishments, he received the VMware Virtual Desktop Ingenuity Award
2009 and was recognized as vExpert recipient award for two consecutive years.
Degree qualified, Andre also holds VCP 5, VCAP4-DCA, VCAP4-DCD, VCP4-DT,
ITIL V3, EMCCA, EMCDCA, and MCSE certifications. He is currently helping to
shape the future of End User Computing by working at VMware as an architect in
the Office of the CTO and enjoying his work.
About the Reviewer
Raymond van't Hag has been working for VMware for almost five years
and currently holds the role of Sr. Specialist Systems Engineer End User
Computing in the Netherlands. Before VMware, he worked for companies
such as Dell, Symantec, and IBM. Today he is responsible for supporting larger
VMware and ThinApp projects, educating VMware Partners and evangelizing
VMware End User Computing strategy via social media, and especially his own
blog http://bright-streams.com.