V mware desktop virtualization health check service
- 1. © 2013 VMware Inc. All rights reserved VMware Desktop Virtualization Health Check Service Kickoff for <Customer> <DD Month YYYY>
- 2. 2 Student Guide & Internal & Confidential Update Daly https://goo.gl/VVmVZ0 FULL SET LINK -- Release Notes http://ouo.io/f2pWPJ 00 Document Map http://ouo.io/NC2UN 01 Delivery Reference Guide http://ouo.io/7nLps 02 Pre-engagement Checklist http://ouo.io/h3ZEo A01 Kickoff http://ouo.io/Iue2n A02 Best Practices Workbook http://ouo.io/pwuLZ A03 Report Sample http://ouo.io/Hz0XI A04 Summary Sample http://ouo.io/clN0qZ B01 Network Connection List http://ouo.io/zwm2cU
- 3. 3 Agenda Overview Current Environment Review Health Check Preparation Next Steps
- 4. 4 Overview
- 5. 5 Introductions Participant introductions VMware vSphere® and VMware Horizon View™ experience Current environment Health check objectives and timeline Topics of interest or concern
- 6. 6 Overview – Assessment Standardized assessment for vSphere • Virtual datacenter • VMware ESX ®/VMware ESXi™ hosts • VMware vCenter Server™ and plug-ins • Networking • Storage • Virtual machines Standardized assessment for Horizon View • Horizon View Connection Servers (replicas and security servers) • VMware View Composer™ • Horizon View pool configuration (numbers, types, specifications) • Desktop images and templates (OS optimizations, persona management) • Horizon View-specific networking • Horizon View endpoints • End-user experience (login times, application response, and management) What is the optimal configuration and usage?
- 7. 7 Overview – Report VMware Desktop Virtualization Health Check Service Report • Recommended action items • Justification for recommendations • Checklist of assessment performed • Audited inventory list How are you doing? What should you be doing? What changes should be made?
- 8. 8 Objectives and Format Objectives • Review current configuration and usage • Conduct knowledge transfer to • Clarify understanding of VMware component requirements and behavior • Clarify changes to configuration and usage according to VMware best practices • Facilitate discussions on issues, questions, and knowledge gaps Format • Interviews and audit of systems • Optional automated end-user experience data collection • Whiteboard discussions and Q&A • Report observations and recommendations (to be written and delivered later)
- 10. 10 vCenter Database ESX/ESXi Host vCenter Server Datastores “Datacenter” “Cluster” vCenter Orchestrator vCenter Converter Guided Consolidation Update Manager vSphere Web Access (Browser)* Update Manager Database Datastores vSphere CLI *ESX only (not ESXi) VMware vSphere Client vCenter Converter plug-in vCenter Update Manager plug-in vCenter Server vCenter Linked Mode vCenter Database vSphere Management Assistant vSphere PowerCLI What Does Your Horizon View Architecture Look Like?
- 11. 11 What Does Your Horizon View Architecture Look Like? HorizonViewvSphere Active Directory vSphere Client ESX/ESXi Hosts vCenter Server vCenter Database Guest Desktop OS Horizon View Agent VM View Composer Database Horizon View Administrator Horizon View Client for MacHorizon View Client with Local Mode ThinPrint Extended USB redirection Type 2 Hypervisor for offline use View Connection Servers Horizon View ADAM • Physical, blade PCs • Terminal Servers • Standalone VMs LaptopDesktop ThinApp Packaged Application View Composer Vendor Client Thin Client Horizon View Client ThinPrint Extended USB redirection Mac Extended USB redirection ThinApp Repository Other
- 12. 12 Current Environment Review – Discuss Component specifications, configuration, and usage • Virtual datacenter • ESX/ESXi hosts • vCenter Server and plug-ins • Networking • Storage • Virtual machines • Horizon View Connection Servers (replicas and security servers) • View Composer • Horizon View pool configuration (numbers, types, specifications) • Desktop images and templates (OS optimizations, persona management) • Horizon View endpoints
- 13. 13 Current Environment Review – Discuss Topics • Availability • Manageability • Performance • Security • Horizon View use cases • End-user experience
- 15. 15 Provide information for ESX/ESXi, vCenter, and Horizon View components • ESX/ESXi hosts • IP address and hostname • Root login and password • vCenter Server • IP address and hostname • vCenter administrator login and password (or account with vCenter Server Read-only+License role) • Horizon View Connection Servers • Horizon View administrator login and password • Virtual desktops • Access to system images for optimization verification vSphere and Horizon View Topology and Access
- 16. 16 Requirements for Stratusphere or SysTrack
- 17. 17 Justification for Performing the Health Check Preparation for upgrading Horizon View environment • Upgrade to Horizon View x.x • Follow best practices prior to upgrade PCoIP performance from India on the WAN is sometimes sluggish Investigate occasional user complaints of slow desktop performance Determine the cause of sporadic desktop provisioning issues • Desktops sometimes remain in the customizing state during provisioning Plan to add an additional 5000 desktops in Q4 • Follow best practices prior to scale out Determine configuration and/or usage according to VMware best practices to improve availability and management of the Horizon View environment
- 18. 18 Follow-Up Interviews and Discussions Identify key people and schedule follow-up interviews and discussions • Technical architects • Administrators • Horizon View administrators • Network administrators • Desktop deployment administrators • Application administrators • Operations
- 19. 19 Next Steps
- 20. 20 To be Delivered – VMware Health Check Services Report Identify report recipients and schedule conference call for review VMware Health Check Report • Recommended action items • Justification for recommendations • Checklist of assessment performed • Audited inventory list
- 21. 21 Questions?
- 22. 22 VMware Desktop Virtualization Health Check Service VMware, Inc. 3401 Hillview Ave Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel: 1-877-486-9273 or 650-427-5000 Fax: 650-427-5001
Editor's Notes
- #9: Consultant: Remove the reference to automated data collection of performance data if the health check does not include the use of Stratusphere or SysTrack.
- #17: Consultant: If this health check engagement uses Stratusphere or SysTrack to gather data related to desktop performance and end user experience, replace this slide with one or more slides that detail the requirements for your tool of choice. If the engagement does not include this in scope, delete the slide.
- #18: Consultant: You might want to include some bullet points that discuss the customer motivation for performing the health check. Replace the bullet points in this slide with actual reasons.