1. CETPA Conference Indian Wells October 2007
Hi, I’m a Mac.
CETPA Conference
Indian Wells
October 2007

2. Headline – PC World Mac Virtualization Software Due
“SWsoft is preparing a beta version of Parallels Server virtualization and management tools”.
-Wed., Sept. 26, 2007, 7:00 AM PDT

3. Summary Emerging Virtualization w / Intel Mac
Virtualized Windows Server X-Serve
Parallel’s “Desktop” Product
Apple Inc., “First Enterprise Level Implementation of Parallels Based Server Virtualization of Windows”
Based on emerging technologies, the IT Department made a solution to simplify management of both Macs and PCs at all schools, that according to Apple Computer, is a national first in terms of a large scale enterprise implementation. The ABC Unified solution is going to be highlighted on the Apple Inc. website as an "Apple Success Story".
At the start of district Computer Refresh Cycle last year, over 6,000 district instructional computers were "unconnected" to the IT Department and therefore could not be "remotely" managed nor supported from the central office. ½ the district computers were Mac, the other half PC, which would have required installation of two separate networks that did not communicate with each at twice the costs and twice the IT staff support time.
ABC Unified purchased a powerful Mac server for each school site that can run both the Mac Operating System and the Windows Operating system simultaneously. Testing proved this solution to be very effective. The solution cut the potential hardware costs in half across the district by eliminating the need to buy a PC server for each school site.
The Mac server solution achieved the following for all Mac and PC users: 1) hardware costs required to support users was cut in half, 2) a single standardized infrastructure was installed throughout the district to simplify IT maintenance and allow for a unified staff development effort across the district, 3) Mac and PC users can save their work to "digital lockers", 4) IT staff can connect Macs or PCs to correct issues over the network without having to physically drive out to the school site.
Colin Sprigg, Americo Crespo and Chi Tran are presenting their project at the CETPA Conference (California Educational Technology Professionals Association) in Indian Wells on October 10.

5. Environment 6000 Instructional Computers Schools were Islands!
½ Mac & ½ PC
60% were older than 4 years of age
Schools were Islands!
non-standardized & unconnected
no central management
District Refresh Cycle
$5,000,000 / 5 Years
5% for Infrastructure

6. Environment T1’s to (29) Schools Fiber within Schools Zenworks
Synchronize, Ghosts
(all over the map)
Sites were on their own
At the start of district Computer Refresh Cycle last year, over 6,000 district instructional computers were "unconnected" to the IT Department and therefore could not be "remotely" managed nor supported from the central office. ½ the district computers were Mac, the other half PC, which would have required installation of two separate networks that did not communicate with each at twice the costs and twice the IT staff support time.

7. Environment What’s the problem? 1. Aging Infrastructure
2. Poor district support for instruction
3. Schools’ time/energy misplaced on:
attaining equipment
repair / maintenance old equipment

8. The Problem What do we do with 3000 Mac’s / 3000 PC’s?
install (2) different support infrastructures?
standardized entire district to one platform?
The IT Department felt strongly that schools should maintain the ability to choose their platform of choice (Mac or PC), and therefore eliminated the possibility of telling district schools they had to be either one platform, or the other.

9. Virtualization Virtualized Windows Server 2003 on Mac X-Serve
Benefits of Virtual
Restore the server
Move to another location
Cal licenses
No ARD Cal licenses

10. The Beta Test Parallels said “good luck”
Purchase X-serve / Loaner from Apple
Artesia High School
1/2 Mac and 1/2 PC’s (Two labs)
2 Months Test
Artesia HS - monitored connection, students to log in
Digital lockers and documents
Success!!

11. The Beta Test Biggest Issue: Speed limited 10 mbps on the Altiris side
Altiris mo later fixed at 100 mbps

12. Limited our Objectives
Centralize w/in a T1 Environment
Remote Control
Imaging
Digital Lockers
Resisted Urge to support other Applications on this Server

13. The X-Serve Recipe
The Chemistry between Americo (Mac) and Chi (PC)

14. The X-Serve Recipe Mac X-Serve OS 10 Apple Remote Desktop
Parallels (Virtualization)
Windows Server 2003
Altiris Remote Management Suite
Native
Virtual

15. Digital Lockers Definition How PC’s and Mac’s save to Locker
The Server Set-up
The Roll-out at Schools

16. Imaging Model The ABC Unified Needs The Model of Site Imaging
The Set-up
Apple Remote Desktop
Altiris
Refresh Computers Yr 1 / 2

17. Remote Management
Altiris
Apple Remote Desktop

18. Support Model Schools STC 1st line of defense
IT Staff second line of defense
Success of Staff Development Efforts
Backbone to an instructional help-line

19. It just works.
The Site Tech Coordinator - Story

24. Summary choice of Mac / PC remains with ea. school
equal support for ALL
hardware costs cut in half
a single standardized infrastructure

25. Summary simplifies IT maintenance unified staff development approach
Mac’s and PC’s save to "digital lockers"
remote support to Macs and PCs
local and custom imaging