VMware View: Design Best Practices (v5.0)

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Certification: The content of the course is a subset of the knowledge tested in the VCP5-DT (VMware Certified Professional - Desktop Exam)

Course overview

This course presents a methodology for designing a VMware® ViewT solution for the VMware vSphere® infrastructure. The design methodology includes recommendations for the type of information and data that must be gathered and analyzed to make sound design decisions for client systems, desktop options, the vSphere infrastructure, and View components. VMware best practices are presented during each phase of the design process. You will work with other participants to design a View solution for a real-world project. This course is 70% lecture and 30% case-study activities.

Prerequisites

• Completion of VMware View: Install, Configure, Manage (HL273S) or equivalent experience with VMware View
• Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (HL235S) or equivalent experience with VMware vSphere

Audience

• Consulting professionals
• Solution architects
• System architects
• System administrators
• IT managers

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Course objectives

At the end of the course, you should understand the principles involved in designing a View solution and be able to do the following:

• Identify design goals, requirements, and constraints
• Identify information that is required for design decisions
• Recognize situations that benefit from best-practice recommendations
• Use the recommended design process
• Analyze design choices in the following areas:
• View Manager infrastructure
  • View desktop options
  • vSphere infrastructure
  • Network infrastructure
  • Client-access devices
  • End-user management
• Construct a comprehensive View solution

Course outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Design Methodology

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

Module 3: Use-Case Definition

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

Module 4: Pool and Desktop Design

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

Module 5: View Pod and Block Design

• Designing the access infrastructure
• Design decisions for remote display protocols
• Designing a load-balancer solution
• Designing the View infrastructure

Module 6: VMware Infrastructure Design

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

Module 7: Storage Design

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

Module 8: End-User Session and Client-Device Design

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