VMware View: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.5]
- Vendor:
- VMware
- Course:
- 3162
- Start Date:
- Tuesday, February 14, 2012
- Length:
- 4 Days
- Location:
- Expired Class Date
- Tuition:
- $2,995
- Expired:
- This class has expired. Current Class
February
14
Expired Class Date
Course Description
This hands-on training course builds your skills in the VMware® View™ suite of products: VMware View Manager, VMware View Composer, and VMware ThinApp™. In this course based on the VMware View 4.5 and ThinApp 4.6 releases, you will spend approximately 40% of your time performing 20 hands-on labs designed to reinforce classroom lectures.
Skills Gained
- Install and configure VMware View components
- Create and manage dedicated and floating desktop pools
- Deploy and manage linked-clone virtual desktops
- Configure and manage desktops that run in local mode
- Configure secure access to desktops through a public network
- Use ThinApp to package applications
Who Can Benefit
System administrators and system integrators who are responsible for deployment of a VMware virtual desktop infrastructure
Prerequisites
- Ability to:
- Create a template in VMware vCenter™ Server and deploy a virtual machine from it
- Modify a template customization file
- Open a virtual machine console in vCenter Server and access the guest operating system
- Configure Active Directory services
- Experience in Microsoft Windows Active Directory administration
- Experience with vSphere
- Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage is recommended
Syllabus
1. Introduction to VMware View
- VMware View features and components
2. VMware View Connection Server
- Installation and configuration
3. VMware View Virtual Desktops
- VMware View Agent
- PCoIP and other remote display protocols
- USB redirection and multimedia redirection
4. VMware View Client Options
- VMware View Client and View Client with local mode
- View Client with Local Mode
- Thin clients
- Virtual printing
5. VMware View Administrator
- Configuring automated pools of dedicated and floating desktops
- Role-based delegated administration
- Managing ThinApp applications with View Manager
- Monitoring the View deployment
6. Configuring and Managing Linked Clones
- View Composer
- Deploying and provisioning linked-clone desktops
- Managing linked-clone desktops
- Managing persistent disks
7. Local Mode Desktops
- View Transfer Server and Transfer Server repository
- Local mode operations
8. Command-Line Tools and Backup Options
- vdmadmin utility
- Clients in kiosk mode
- Backing up the View databases
- Restoring the View databases
9. Managing View Security
- View security server
- Network configuration and authentication options
10. View Manager Performance and Scalability
- Replica connection servers
- Performance considerations and load balancing
11. VMware ThinApp
- Using ThinApp to capture applications
- Deploying and updating ThinApp packages
- Virtualizing Internet Explorer 6 for use on a Windows 7 system
