Aug
12
VMware View New Reference Architectures And Some Notes on Monitoring View
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VMware released several new reference architectures today related to VMware View. The VMware View reference architecture itself has been out for a while. This is a helpful guide in giving example architecture and sizing best practices.
In addition to the VMware View reference architecture, the VMware View WAN Reference Architecture and VMware ThinApp Reference Architecture are now available. These two documents expand on WAN optimization best practices and ThinApp application deployment methods that the initial View reference architecture did not expand on.
The use cases in the reference architectures appeared to be helpful and the tips outlined were too.
One item I’d like to see more on is monitoring of the VMware View components and monitoring from end-to-end to ensure a quality user experience. From an architecture and planning perspective this capability should also be taken into account. This will facilitate being able to identify where issues actually are. For example, is the issue latency, virtual desktop performance issue, or endpoint issue? I’ve been asked the monitoring question several times. Citrix provides a great solution called EdgeSight. VMware also has recently released vCenter AppSpeed which may help some in end-to-end monitoring. There are several vendors that appear to have solutions for a VMware View environment. There may be more, but these are a few below:
http://www.aternity.com/desktop-virtualization.htm
http://www.rtosoft.com/products/PinPoint/PinPoint.htm
http://www.eginnovations.com/web/vmware-distinguishingfeatures.htm
Aug
3
Ahh Yes! VMworld is fast approaching. VMware finally opened access to the session builder today. It was much anticipated as you can see from some of the frustration comments coming from VM Enthusiasts anxious to get their schedule built.
I registered for some great sessions and was lucky enough to also get the labs I wanted. As of now, below are some of the sessions I will be attending. This may change up before VMworld as I revisit the schedule and sessions.
| BC1500 – vCenter Site Recovery Manager Up and Running” – Best Practices & Avoiding the Pitfalls” |
BC3209 – Creating the Fastest Possible Backups Using VMware Consolidated Backup -A Design Blueprint |
LAB03 – VMware View Advanced Config & Troubleshooting |
BC2260 – Automated Disaster Recovery for Branch Offices using SRM and vSphere 4 |
SS5082 – Cisco and VMware: Delivering Innovation for Virtualization |
VM3528 – Does Virtualization Change The Way We Secure IT Environments? |
EA2631 – Virtualizing Exchange 2007 on vSphere 4 – Technical Considerations and Customer Success Story |
TA2467 – Best Practices to Increase Availability and Throughput for the Future of VMware |
LAB04 – VMware vSphere™ 4 – Performance Optimization & Troubleshooting |
TA2384 – Deploying Cisco Nexus 1000V in a VMware vSphere Environment |
TA2525 – VMware vSphere 4 Networking Deep Dive |
TA3603 – Getting The Most Out Of VMotion: EVC, Performance Tuning, and Troubleshooting |
EA3376 – Virtualizing Citrix XenApp using vSphere |
TA3324 – Performance Troubleshooting in Virtual Infrastructure |
DV1392 – Best Practices for Integrating VMware View with Active Directory |
TA1541 – Cool little things marketing did not tell you about vSphere 4.0 |
TA2963 – ESXtop for Advanced Users |
Looking forward to seeing everyone at VMworld!
