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| Title | VMware Virtual Desktop Manager | |
| Summary |
- Format: Classroom - Length: 4 Days - Related Products: VMware View |
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| Overview | This hands-on training course, aimed at experienced VMware Infrastructure 3 administrators, covers installation, configuration, and management of a VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) using VMware Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM). The course focuses on the delivery of virtual Windows desktops using the VDM connection server. |
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| Objectives | • Create an Active Directory infrastructure for virtual desktops • Apply Group Policy Objects and roaming profiles in a VMware virtual desktop infrastructure • Create and manage Windows XP and Vista virtual desktops using VMware VDM 2.0. • Administer a variety of client devices: PCs and thin clients |
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| Who Should Attend? | Systems administrators and systems integrators experienced with VMware Infrastructure 3 who are responsible for their organization’s deployment of VMware virtual desktop technology. | |
| Prerequisites | Required • Comfort with fundamental Windows administration tasks such as adding users and computers to Active Directory domains Recommended • Completion of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure or equivalent experience with VMware Infrastructure 3 • Basic experience in Microsoft Windows administration Basic Skills Self-Assessment: VDM You must already possess the following pre-requisite skills to gain the greatest possible value from attending this course: • Build a Windows virtual machine using the VMware Infrastructure Client. • Create a template in VMware vCenter and deploy a virtual machine from it. • Migrate a virtual machine using VMware vMotion. • Open a virtual machine console on vCenter and access the guest operating system. • Modify a virtual machine’s hardware (add disk, add NIC). • Modify a template customization file. • Configure Active Directory (AD) roaming profiles. • Configure AD GPOs. • Configure AD DNS forward and reverse lookup. • Configure AD DHCP. |
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| Outline | Module 1: VDI/VDM Overview Module 2: Configuring Active Directory for VDM Module 3: Group Policy Objects and Roaming Profiles for VDM Module 4: Best Practices for XP and Vista Virtual Machines Module 5: Remote Desktop Protocol Module 6: Installing VDM Module 7: Using VDM Clients Module 8: VDM Administration Module 9: VDM Persistent and Non-Persistent Pools Module 10: VDM Security Server Module 11: VDM Tunneled and Direct Connections Module 12: VDM Load-Balancing and Multi-Server Module 13: VDM Logs and Troubleshooting |
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