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text-indent:-.25in; font-family:Wingdings;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1027"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=WordSection1> <h1><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>VMware View 5  Supplemental Documentation<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>VMware Certified Professional  Desktop 5 <o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal>Here is information for becoming a VCP5-DT<span class=GramE>:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span><a href="http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=28343&amp;ui=www_cert">http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=28343&amp;ui=www_cert</a></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Be sure to use the blueprint and mock exams at the above link when preparing for the exam.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>I highly recommend taking the VMware View Install and Configure class to help prepare.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Be sure to pay attention to details when studying, especially on items that you may ignore daily, such as port numbers and their specific uses. </p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></h3> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Recommended VMware View Documentation<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>VMware View <span class=SpellE>Documenation</span> Center<span class=GramE>:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span><a href="http://pubs.vmware.com/view-50/index.jsp">http://pubs.vmware.com/view-50/index.jsp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Multi-media Redirection<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Multi-media redirection is provided by VMware View.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The following excerpt is taken from the Administration Guide:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The multimedia redirection (MMR) feature delivers the multimedia stream directly to the client using a virtual channel. This enables full fidelity playback. MMR is supported by View Client and View Client with Offline Desktop on Windows XP, Windows XP Embedded, and Windows Vista client operating systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Make sure that the MMR port is added as an exception to your firewall software. The default port is 9427.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>MMR supports the following media formats:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>AC3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>MP3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>MPEG</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>MPEG</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>MPEG</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>4</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>part2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>WMA<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>WMV 7/8/9<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The recommended application to use with these files is Windows Media Player 10 this application supports MMR and should be installed on both the client and View Manager desktop.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>NOTE MMR will not work correctly if the View Client video display hardware does not have overlay support.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>MMR is a Microsoft DirectShow filter that forwards multimedia data from specific codecs on the remote system directly through a TCP socket to the client. The data is then decoded directly on the client, where it is played. Administrators can disable MMR if the client has insufficient resources to handle local multimedia decoding. Available options are Allow and Deny. Pool</span><span style='font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> and user</span><span style='font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>level policies may also <span class=GramE>Inherit</span> their default settings from their parent.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>DirectShow explanation:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#1F497D'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectShow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectShow</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Mult</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>-media Redirection is available in some thin client as well, such as some WYSE terminals.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Here are some related links:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.tcpdump.com/kb/virtualization/virtual-desktop/wyse-tcx-mmr-and-vmware-vdi-view.html">http://www.tcpdump.com/kb/virtualization/virtual-desktop/wyse-tcx-mmr-and-vmware-vdi-view.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.virtualization.info/2008/10/vmware-will-use-wyse-technology-to.html">http://www.virtualization.info/2008/10/vmware-will-use-wyse-technology-to.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Local Mode and View Transfer Server<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>VMware View <span class=SpellE>Tranfer</span> server requires LSI Parallel virtual SCSI adapters.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Unfortunately, Windows 2008 defaults to LSI SAS, which results in an error message during the Transfer Server installation, informing the administrator that the wrong virtual adapter is used.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Instead of rebuilding the VM and reinstalling Win 2008, we could save the <span class=SpellE>origingal</span> VM:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Shutdown the VM<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Attach a new virtual disk, specifying to attach to a new virtual <span class=SpellE>scsi</span> adapter <span class=GramE>SCSI(</span>1:0)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Modify the adapter type of SCSI Adapter 1 to LSI Parallel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>At next boot, immediately enter the BIOS settings of the VM<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>In the BIOS settings, ensure the VM still boots from the SAS disk<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>After boot-up, use Device Manager to verify Windows detected the second SCSI adapter<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Shutdown<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Edit the VM, change SCSI Adapter 0 to LSI Parallel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Remove Hard Drive 2 from disk, which should also remove SCSI Adapter 1<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=GramE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>reboot</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>See Details at:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://solori.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/in-the-lab-tweak-2008r2-post-clone-for-view-transfer-server/">http://solori.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/in-the-lab-tweak-2008r2-post-clone-for-view-transfer-server/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Workload Simulation<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>VMware provides a workload simulator that may be handy for VDI proof of concept testing<span class=GramE>:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span><a href="http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/04/29/vmware-desktop-reference-architecture-workload-simulator-rawc-1-1/">http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/04/29/vmware-desktop-reference-architecture-workload-simulator-rawc-1-1/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>QuickPrep</span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>QuickPrep</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> is a process similar to <span class=SpellE>Sysprep</span> that allows linked clones based off a single parent VM to each be personalized.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>QuickPrep</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> is only applicable for desktop pools using linked clones for provisioning.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Desktop pools using templates for VM provisioning have the guest customization option.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>A domain administrator account must be selected from the list provided.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>This account is used to join the appropriate domain when a VM is deployed using <span class=SpellE>QuickPrep</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The list of domains/domain administrator accounts is maintained in the View Administrator </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>à</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Servers </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>à</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <span class=SpellE>VirtualCenter</span> Settings </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>à</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Edit </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>à</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> View Composer Settings.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>All linked clones are created with the same SID, which can be a security concern.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>This is typically more of a concern with servers than desktops, but nonetheless may raise some eyebrows with security administrators.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>To address this, consider securing and/or removing local administrator accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The differences between <span class=SpellE>QuickPrep</span> and <span class=SpellE>Sysprep</span> are shown here:<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=432 style='width:6.0in;mso-cellspacing:0in;margin-left:36.75pt;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:.25in'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid white 2.25pt;mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white 2.25pt;background:#7D9BC6;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.25in'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Functions</span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=108 valign=top style='width:1.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid white 2.25pt;mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white 2.25pt;background:#7D9BC6;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.25in'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Microsoft <span class=SpellE>Sysprep</span></span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=144 valign=top style='width:2.0in;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid white 2.25pt;mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white 2.25pt;background:#7D9BC6;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.25in'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>VMware <span class=SpellE>QuickPrep</span></span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;height:17.25pt'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:solid white 2.25pt;mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;mso-border-top-alt: solid white 2.25pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Removing local accounts<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=108 valign=top style='width:1.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:solid white 2.25pt;mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;mso-border-top-alt: solid white 2.25pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=144 valign=top style='width:2.0in;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:solid white 2.25pt;mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;mso-border-top-alt: solid white 2.25pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>No<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;height:17.25pt'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Changing SID<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=108 valign=top style='width:1.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=144 valign=top style='width:2.0in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>No<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3;height:17.25pt'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Removing master from the domain<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=108 valign=top style='width:1.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=144 valign=top style='width:2.0in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>No<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4;height:17.25pt'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Changing computer name<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=108 valign=top style='width:1.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=144 valign=top style='width:2.0in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;height:17.25pt'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Joining instance to the domain<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=108 valign=top style='width:1.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=144 valign=top style='width:2.0in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>No (only password resetting)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6;height:17.25pt'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Generating new system key<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=108 valign=top style='width:1.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=144 valign=top style='width:2.0in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>No<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7;height:17.25pt'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Language, regional settings, date, and time customization<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=108 valign=top style='width:1.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Yes (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=144 valign=top style='width:2.0in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#D7DEEA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>No<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:17.25pt'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Number of reboots<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=108 valign=top style='width:1.5in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1 (seal &amp; mini-setup)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=144 valign=top style='width:2.0in;border:solid white 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid white .75pt;background:#ECEFF5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:17.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>0<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:list .5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>QuickPrep</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> is supported for Windows XP and <ns0:place><span>Vista</ns0:place></span>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>It is not certified by Microsoft (which stands by <span class=SpellE>Sysprep</span>) but works well enough to prevent conflicts between the multiple desktops that are provisioned from a single View Composer master replica.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:list .5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>QuickPrep</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> joins each provisioned VM to the domain.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Registered domain entries are removed from Active Directory once the VM is decommissioned.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>(This is different than if the VM were deployed using <span class=SpellE>Sysprep</span>, where there is no automatic removal.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Starting with View 4, a deletion script can be run to manually perform such cleanup tasks.)<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:list .5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>QuickPrep</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> is used to create new SIDs in Active Directory, but all the linked clones share the same SID.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Thus, local administrator accounts for the VMs should be secured and/or removed.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Post Synchronization Scripts<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Scripts can be automatically run following the <span class=SpellE>QuickPrep</span> process of each new desktop when created by VMware View Composer using linked clones.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The following link provides details:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><span style='mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/owa\.newat\.com\/exchweb\/bin\/redir\.asp?URL=http\:\/\/www\.thatsmyview\.net\/2009\/04\/16\/post-syncronization-scripts\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 "'><span class=MsoHyperlink>http://www.thatsmyview.net/2009/04/16/post-syncronization-scripts/</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Virtual SCSI Device Types<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Four types of virtual SCSI adapters are permitted within VMs running on vSphere 5.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>When creating Windows XP VMs, the default settings will result in using a virtual IDE device instead of SCSI, which is not ideal.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The best option today is to change the VM s hardware configuration to use SCSI (instead of IDE) and to choose LSI parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>When installing Windows XP, a SCSI driver must be supplied by pressing F6 and providing the following path:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>/vmimages/floppies/vmscsi-1.2.1.0-signed.flp<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Passing Client info to VM<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Starting with VMware View 3.0.1, a mechanism has been provided for the View Client to pass the name of the client device to the virtual desktop.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The View Client sets an environment variable called <span class=SpellE>ViewClient_Machine_Name</span> at initial login and every time the client reconnects.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The machine name can then be passed to the virtual desktop using a script.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>An additional feature that has been added to the View Client starting with VMware View 3.0.1 is the capability to run a script at initial login or reconnect.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>This script is configured by setting appropriate values in the Windows registry.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>These values can be set manually or via Group policy. These values are:<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Agent\Configuration\<span class=SpellE>CommandsToRunOnConnect</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.25in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Agent\Configuration\<span class=SpellE>CommandsToRunOnReconnect</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The commands to be run are defined as name=value pairs where the value is the command that is executed.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>For example, to specify multiple commands, you can enter:<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                  </span>Command1 = CMD /C c:\script1.vbs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                  </span>Command2 = CMD /C c:\script2.vbs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>View provides the capability for the View Client to pass information about the client machine to the agent on the remote desktop.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>This information is made available in registry keys.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The information that is available are the following:<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_Broker_DNS_Name</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>FDQN of the broker<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_Broker_Remote_IP_Address</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The remote IP address of the client<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_Broker_Tunneled</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Tunnel status of the broker (True or False)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_Broker_Tunnel_URL</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>If the tunnel status is true, contains the URL of the tunnel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_Broker_URL</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>URL of the broker<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_IP_Address</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>IP address of the connecting client device<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_LoggedOn_Domainname</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Logon domain of the current user<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_LoggedOn_Username</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Username of the current user<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_MAC_Address</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>MAC address of the client device<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_Machine_Name</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Machine name of the client device<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_Type</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Client OS type, Linux or Windows<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ViewClient_TimeOffset_GMT</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The time offset from GMT expressed as HH:MM<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>This information can be retrieved by using a script similar to the following:<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>= &amp;H80000001<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Set <span class=SpellE>wmiLocator</span>=<span class=SpellE>CreateObject</span>(&quot;<span class=SpellE>WbemScripting.SWbemLocator</span>&quot;)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Set <span class=SpellE>wmiNameSpace</span> = <span class=SpellE>wmiLocator.ConnectServer</span>(&quot;.&quot;, &quot;root\default&quot;)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Set <span class=SpellE>objRegistry</span> = <span class=SpellE>wmiNameSpace.Get</span>(&quot;<span class=SpellE>StdRegProv</span>&quot;)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>sPath</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> = &quot;Volatile Environment&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>lRC</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> = <span class=SpellE>objRegistry.GetStringValue</span>(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, <span class=SpellE>sPath</span>, &quot;<span class=SpellE>ViewClient_Machine_Name</span>&quot;, <span class=SpellE>vMachine</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>lRC</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> = <span class=SpellE>objRegistry.GetStringValue</span>(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, <span class=SpellE>sPath</span>, &quot;<span class=SpellE>ViewClient_IP_Address</span>&quot;, <span class=SpellE>vIP</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>lRC</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> = <span class=SpellE>objRegistry.GetStringValue</span>(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, <span class=SpellE>sPath</span>, &quot;<span class=SpellE>ViewClient_MAC_Address</span>&quot;, <span class=SpellE>vMAC</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>msgbox</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> &quot;The Remote Device Name is &quot; &amp; <span class=SpellE>vMachine</span> &amp; &quot; @ &quot; &amp; <span class=SpellE>vIP</span> &amp; &quot; (&quot; &amp; <span class=SpellE>vMAC</span> &amp; &quot;) &quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>This information can then be passed to applications that could map things like printers to an actual user location.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3>Licensing Windows</h3> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Windows 7 requires that we use KMS volume licensing (not MAK)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perhaps, for smaller environments, VDA subscriptions could be a good fit.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>As you can see in this discussion, it is not very clear and should be discussed with you Microsoft account representative.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><a href="http://communities.vmware.com/thread/275520?start=0&amp;tstart=0">http://communities.vmware.com/thread/275520?start=0&amp;tstart=0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>User Data / Profile Management<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>VMware View 5 now offers its own Persona Management as an alternative to Windows Roaming Profiles.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>This is very useful for users, who require more than one virtual desktop and users of Floating Assignment  Linked Clone Pools, where the user will be connected to a different desktop each time they connect.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Deployment Guide<span class=GramE>:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span><a href="http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/view/VMware-View-Persona-Management-Deployment-Guide.pdf">http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/view/VMware-View-Persona-Management-Deployment-Guide.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Best Practices<span class=GramE>:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span><a href="http://pubs.vmware.com/view-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.view.administration.doc/GUID-574E2280-E796-4946-8CE4-6617683B5BE3.html">http://pubs.vmware.com/view-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.view.administration.doc/GUID-574E2280-E796-4946-8CE4-6617683B5BE3.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Sample Deployment Video<span class=GramE>:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span><a href="http://plain-virt.blogspot.com/2011/11/view-5-deploy-persona-management.html">http://plain-virt.blogspot.com/2011/11/view-5-deploy-persona-management.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>GPO Templates<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>How can GPOs be applied in View?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>GPOs can be applied to View Manager components at a domain</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>-wide level in order to provide granular control over various areas of the View Manager environment.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Once applied, GPO properties are stored in </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>the local Windows registry of the specified component.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Detailed descriptions of these GPOs can be found in the View Administrator Guide.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Using administrative templates can be a much easier approach than manually editing the registry of each VM.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>There is some overhead with using an administrative template, but it can simplify administration.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Group Policies will override local settings, so if Group Policies are in place, you cannot make exceptions within a desktop to override the Group settings unless you set up the computer configuration to loopback mode to force the computer configuration to be used regardless of any policies.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Policies are processed in the following order, with the last one overriding all others.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Computer configuration (registry/settings)<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Local policy<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Site policy<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Domain policy<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>OU (organizational unit) policy<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Computer configuration (loopback mode)<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Loopback is done in the Group Policy editor through the  User Group Policy loopback processing mode Properties <o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Enabled<o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level3 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Replace (local computer settings override Group Policy settings)<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level3 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Merge (local computer settings appended to Group Policy settings, and any local computer settings take precedence over any conflicts)<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Disabled<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Group Policies apply to all lower-level sites domains and OUs associated with higher level domains and OUs.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Administrators can restrict policies from affecting the lower-level domains or OUs through  block inheritance .<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Not all operating systems are supported for all Group Policies.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>For each policy created, make sure that you check which Windows versions the policy may be used on (for example, certain policies are only available for <ns0:place><span>Vista</ns0:place></span>).<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The administrative template shows possible settings and their options.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The template does not show default values.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Use the template and tweak settings only as needed to optimize the virtual desktop experience and performance.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>If no users are complaining about performance, you can leave things alone and make tweaks only after experimenting with changing specific settings.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>RDP settings can be set in the registry for the View Client.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The names of the settings correspond to the Microsoft setting name for RDP.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>More information can be found in the View documentation.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo9;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>These settings appear in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware View\Client\RDP Settings.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo9;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Drive mapping from the client device to the View desktop will happen by default, and cannot be changed by the standard RDP configuration options.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>To enable/disable the drive mapping, edit the registry setting for <span class=SpellE>RedirectDrives</span> (true or false).<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo9;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Mapping local drives is not available on computers running the View Client on Windows 2000 Professional.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Windows XP Configuration  VDI Best Practices from VMware<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Note  this document is old, but it still appears to be VMware s most recent.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/XP_guide_vdi.pdf">http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/XP_guide_vdi.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Sample Windows XP <span class=SpellE>Config</span>  Best Practices from 3<sup>rd</sup> Party<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Because VMware has not provided new best practices for XP configuration in View 4 and vSphere 4, it may be worthwhile to examine recommendations from 3<sup>rd</sup> parties and individuals, who are making their own decisions.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Here is a great example from <span class=SpellE>myvirtualcloud</span>, which includes some Windows 7 specific items:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=379">http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=379</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Here is another example from <span class=SpellE>VirtuAll</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://virtuall.eu/blog/creating-a-vdi-template">http://virtuall.eu/blog/creating-a-vdi-template</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3>Windows 7 Configuration  VDI Best Practices</h3> <p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-OptimizationGuideWindows7-EN.pdf">http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-OptimizationGuideWindows7-EN.pdf</a></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Sample Windows 7 <span class=SpellE>Config</span>  Best Practices from 3<sup>rd</sup> Party<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=929">http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=929</a></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Kiosk Mode<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-KioskMode-WP-EN.pdf">http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-KioskMode-WP-EN.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h3>Designing VMware View</h3> <p class=MsoNormal>For large environments, a lot of effort should be applied to properly design and optimize the entire View configuration, from the applications in the desktops, to the desktop pools, to the <span class=SpellE>vSphere</span> configuration, to the network and storage configuration, etc.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Here is an example of designing Cisco based components for a large View environment.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>This example, focuses on configuring Ethernet switches, virtual switches, load balancers, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/vmware/cisco_VMwareView.html#wp246262"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#0000F8'>http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/vmware/cisco_VMwareView.html#wp246262</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </div> </body> </html>