VMware® View 4 Ultimate Bootcamp

Course Outline

Course Objective: Build your skills in this hands-on training course that delves deeply into the VMware® View 4 product suite. The Mastering VMware® View 4 training classes are taught by real administrators that have achieved top accreditations and have the real life experience you are looking for. Our industry leading training courses have turned more than 2,000 IT Professionals into the valuable assets their companies desperately need.

Course Summary:

Upon the completion of the Ultimate BootCamp, students will learn:

• Work with 3rd party tools and applications which simplify processes and make your job easier
• Install and configure View components
• Create persistent and non-persistent desktop pools
• Configure virtual desktops for printing, USB redirection, and multimedia redirection
• Configure authentication using devices such as smart cards and cryptographic authentication fobs
• Use View Composer to deploy and manage linked clone virtual desktops
• Get an in-depth look at VMware® ThinApp™

Who should attend: System administrators and system integrators experienced with VMware® vSphere who are responsible for their organization’s deployment of VMware® technology for virtual desktop infrastructure.

Chapter 1: Course Introduction and Methodology

Chapter 2: Overview of VMware View 4

• Major components of VMware View 4 and their primary functions including:
• View Manager
• Composer
• Linked Clones
• ThinApp
• Limits and capabilities of VMware View 4

Chapter 3: Planning, Sizing and Design Considerations

• Planning, Sizing Memory, Disk and CPU
• Designing for usage spikes and storms

Chapter 4: Installation of VMware View 4

• Prerequisites and Licensing
• Installation of View Connection Server and View Composer
• Prerequisites and Licensing
• Managing Sessions and other settings
• Install VMware View 4 Connection Server and View Composer (HOL)
• Managing Connection Server (HOL)

Chapter 5: Creating your First Virtual Machine

• Creating and optimizing Virtual Machines for View Deployment
• Using nLite to optimize XP
• Optimizing desktops for non-persistent use
• Creating and Optimizing a Virtual Machine for Deployment (HOL)

Chapter 6: Deploying Virtual Desktops

• View Composer configuration
• Linked Clones
• Configuring automated desktop pools
• Persistent and non-persistent pools
• Managing physical desktops via View:
• Unified Access
• Physical Machines
• Blades
• Terminal Servers
• Deploying a Single Virtual Desktop (HOL)
• Deploying Linked Clone Desktops (HOL)
• Updating Linked Clone Desktops (HOL)
• Deploying a Physical Desktop via View (HOL)

Chapter 7: Client Configuration

• View Client, View Portal, Thin Clients, Offline Desktop, USB and multimedia redirections, and Thin Print printing
• Install, Configure, and connect via the View Client and the View Portal (HOL)

Chapter 8: Load Balancing and Replica Servers

• Load balancing, replica servers, and performance monitoring tools
• Implementing a Replica Connection Server (HOL)

Chapter 9: Security and Remote Access

• Security Server and Connection Server
• Integration with RSA and Smart Card Authentication
• Implementing a Replica Connection Server (HOL)
• Implementing a Security Server (HOL)

Chapter 10: VMware ThinApp

• Creating and Deploying ThinApp Applications
• Deploying an Application with VMware (HOL)
• Updating a ThinApp Application (HOL)