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Data Center Hosts

Server Based Computing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Desktop-as-a-Service

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Persistent Desktops Non-persistent Desktops+ Best user experience- Difficult to manage so much variety- Potentially inefficient resource usage

+ Simplified, consistent management- Tradeoffs in user experience

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Persistent Desktops Non-persistent Desktops SBC Desktops & AppsWindows

Big challenge: Managing the bits on the disk!

Phase 1

Desktop Virtualization

Next Generation

Desktop & App as a Service

Transformed: JIT desktops

New desktop every time

Hybrid delivery - Utility costs

Mobile friendly standards based

Lift and shift

Performance – Cost trade-offs

Up-front Investment

Proprietary protocols

Eliminating Trade-Off Between Cost and Performance

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Combination of SDDC Project VMFork & AppVolumes

• On-demand creation of live virtual desktops

• Fully personalized desktops and apps

• Scale to thousands of desktops

• Optimized infrastructure usage

• Outrageously simple desktop managementvCloud or vCloud Air

Clone DesktopLive Template

OS

App Volumes agent

Disaggregate IT managed applications and user installed applications from the operating system

Just-in-time App Model

OS

Applications

Traditional

Data/Files

Settings App Container App Container User changes

User-1 Volume

User-2 Volume

User-3 Volume

User-n Volume

Writable Volumes

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AppStacks

Non-persistentPool

Pristine image at start of every session

Provision applications as easily as installing them.

2Mount the AppStack and install applications

1Create a new, empty AppStack

3 Provision the AppStack

Virtual Desktop

RDS Desktop

Update immediately, or next login.

Storage Group

Datastore 1

Datastore 2

Multiple AppStacks can be placed in a single datastore

Multiple datastores can be used for storage IO performance

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App Volumes Manager

App Volumes Agent

App Volumes Database

• Console for assignments and configuration.• Broker for App Volumes Agent for the assignment of

applications and writable volumes.

• File system and registry abstraction layer running on the target system.

• Virtualizes file system writes as appropriate‒ (when used with optional writable volume).

• Microsoft SQL database.• Configuration information for AppStacks, writable volumes,

users, machines, entitlements, and transactions.

App Volumes View Broker Service • Installed on a View Connection Server to enable faster user

logins for users on View desktops.

Provisioning Desktop

AppStack Volume(s)

• A clean desktop virtual machine that includes the OS, updates and service packs.

• Has core applications installed.• App Volumes agent installed.

• Read-only volume containing applications.• Can map more than one AppStack per user, target.• Deploy apps to VDI or RDSH.• Many:1

Writable Volume • Per user read-write volume used to persist changes to

the local profile.• 1:1

AppStack Template

• Copied to create AppStacks• Default 20 Gb is created at install.• Can be customized and created manually.

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http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmware-horizon-view-app-volumes-deployment-guide.pdf

Install App

Volumes

Manager

Complete

Initial

Configuration

Install App

Volumes

Agent

Install Broker

Integration

Service

Build

Provisioning

Machine

Create

AppStack

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Writeable

Volumes

App Volumes Management Server

Hardware• 2 vCPUs (Recommended 4 vCPUs)• 4GB of RAM• 1GB of Disk Space

Software• Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 2012• Application Server Role• .NET 3.5• Supported Browser for management console:

IE 9, 10 Firefox 10, 11 Safari 5.1x Chrome

App Volumes Agent

Hardware• 1 GB of RAM• 5 MB of Disk Space

Software• Windows 7* 32/ 64-bit• Windows 2008 R2

Broker Integration Service

• Requires at least Horizon 6.0.1 • Use 2.5.1 hotpatch or newer

Database Server

• SQL Server 2008 R2 or 2012

• SQL Express 2008 R2 for testing/ non-prod

• SQL server account with DB_Owner role is required for installation and operations

Hypervisor

• VMware ESX 5.x with Virtual Center 5.xor

• Hyper-V with SCVMM 2012 SP1

Rights

• Microsoft AD Domain, 2003 functional or above

• AD account with App Volumes Manager server and vCenter administrator permissions for initial setup and connection

• A designated AD user group that allows administrator access to the App Volumes Manager server

• AD account with read access to base DN for App Volumes Manager to use in querying the Directory.

• A vCenter administrator-level account for AppStackvirtual machine provisioning

• End users require administrator privileges to install applications into their writable volumes (UIA)

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