1 VMware View 5 Architecture & Designs Chicago VMUG – April 25, 2012 Brian Suhr, Sr. Technical Architect VCP, VCP5-DT, VCA4-DT, vExpert Blog:

2 View Components View Connection Server (View Manager / Broker) Security Server (DMZ) Transfer Server (Local Mode) View Agent View Client View Composer ThinApp Repository (CIFS share) VM to capture Apps on

3 View Design Methodology

4 View – Pods and Blocks Block = Building Block 2000 Users # of vSphere Clusters vCenter Server Connection manager Storage Networks

5 View – Pods and Blocks

6 Pod = View enterprise environment Max 10,000 Users # of vSphere Clusters 5 vCenter Servers 5 +2 Connection servers Storage Networks Why would you use Pods Locations Security reasons Networking

7 View – Building Blocks

8 View – Large Building Block

9 What are all these disks in View? Replica Disk Parent for linked clones Delta Disk One for Each VM Disposable Disk Windows Page File Windows Temp Files Persistent Disk Old user data disk User profile data

10 Shared Replica

11 What could my IO look like?

12 Using View to tier storage for View disks

13 Storing Replica on SSD

14 All in on SSD for desktops

15 How might this look at the storage level

16 View DR Options Active / Passive DR Site is separate install Only user profile data and Replica (parent image) are replicated to DR site Users are entitled to each View Pod (Prod & DR) Replication options (Array based, Host based, Windows DFS)

17 View DR Options Replicated + Manual Typical replicate and recover DR model Replication options (Array based, Host based, Windows DFS)

18 View DR Options SRM or Zerto option Use to protect View infrastructure VMs Replicate datastores with VDI desktops on them Add DR hosts to existing vCenter clusters and import datastores to see VMs Replication options (Array based, Host based, Windows DFS)

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