vmware horizon 6 and_mirage_5__technical_deep_dive

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Technical Deep Dive of Horizon 6 and Mirage 5

Jim Yanik End User Computing Architect Stephane Asselin End User Computing Architect

Agenda

Mobile Computing

Trends

Solution Overview

Unified Workspace

Management Cost Next Steps

Mobile Computing Trends

Sources: IDC 2012, Morgan Stanley 2011, Gartner 2012, Forrester 2012, Pew 2011

300B app downloads

by 2016

of LOB apps

are SaaS 80%

52% of companies support

mobile/remote employees

>30% of the worldwide

workforce is mobile

Applications Access

66% use 2+

devices for work

½ of all non-PC devices

will be BYO by 2016

2014 Android shipments

will outstrip iOS

Y/Y steady PC

shipment forecasts

Devices

Managing These Needs with Traditional Tools Is Challenging

Unified Workspace Management Cost

• Unified Workspace – Single user interface to access desktops and applications.

• Management – Win 7 migration, managing multiple devices per user, recovery of lost of damaged end user device

• Cost – Maintaining backup PCs, maintaining multiple devices and OS configurations, supporting remote users and remote access.

Overview

Software-Defined Data Center

Management & Automation

VMware is Enabling the Mobile Cloud Era: From Data Center to Devices

End-User Computing

Desktop Mobile Social

Hybrid Cloud

Computing

Virtualized

Infrastructure

Anytime, Anywhere Access Through a Unified Workspace

One login | One experience | Any device

Health Check

Health

Risk

Efficiency

Dashboard

Image Management

UNIFIED WORKSPACE MANAGEMENT COST

Personalization

Apps 2

OS

Apps 1

Virtual Desktops & Apps

Remoted Anywhere

Image Synced

to Laptop

Managed Container

on Personal Laptop

Off-Premise On-Premise

Secure Delivery of Desktops and Applications from a Single Platform

Analytics

Horizon 6 Architecture

NEW - Support for Windows Server 2012 R2 for infrastructure servers.

Integrated Delivery of Remote Desktop Services(RDS) Hosted Desktops and Applications

APP APP

Overview

Benefits

Integrated delivery of applications and full desktops running

on Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Services hosts.

Seamless access to Windows applications from Windows

and Mac

Full screen access to Windows Apps from iOS and Android

Utilize the standard Horizon Clients (Win, Mac, IOS &

Android) with PCoIP™

Low TCO with a classic Terminal Services model

Lower cost with favorable licensing from Microsoft.

Flexible cross-platform user experience with Horizon

Clients, PCoIP™ and Horizon Application Portal.

Seamless RDS Hosted Apps

Overview

Remote apps with local experience

Seamless look, feel and interaction for the user

Integration with native local client device OS

Dock / Task Bar

Shortcuts / App Launchers

Copy Paste

Start Menu shortcuts

Benefits

Centralized application deployment and management

Seamless local feeling user experience

Reduced client end point management

Hosted Apps in Workspace

• Entitle users and groups through AD

• Launch View Hosted Apps from VMware Workspace

• Available across web, iOS and Android

• Single Sign On using Horizon Auth

• Support for View 6.0 and above

• Requires Horizon Client

RDS Farms

Connection Broker VMware Workspace

Horizon Client

Hosted Apps & Desktops with View

Full Virtual

Desktops

RDSH Desktops RDSH

Applications

Cloud Pod Architecture

Efficiently Manage Desktop Deployments Across Datacenters

• Enable View deployments across multiple datacenters

• New data layer replicated across all Horizon connection servers

• Support single namespace for end users with a global URL

• Global Entitlement layer to assign and manage desktops and users

Benefits

• Scale Horizon deployments to multiple datacenters & > 10,000 sessions

• Support Active/Active and DR use case of Horizon deployments

• Support geo-roaming users

Overview

Federated View Pods

Pod 1

VCS 1 VCS 2

LDAP Replication

Pod 2

VCS 3 VCS 4

LDAP Replication

Global LDAP Replication

Inter-pod

comm.

Brokering with Cloud Pod Architecture

CONFIDENTIAL

LDAP Replication Inter-Pod Comm.

LDAP Replication

Global LDAP Replication (Global Data Layer)

London New York

LDN-Pod NYC-Pod

Pod Federation 1

2

3

4

5

Cloud Pod Architecture – Under the Hood

• Initial CS to which client connects does all communication “on behalf” of the Client

• Works with Desktop entitlements – not Application entitlements

• Works with 2.x Horizon clients and newer

• One CS per pod will do inter-pod communications via VIPA on port 8472

• Global Data Layer is stored in a new ADLDS instance on port 22389

CONFIDENTIAL

Unified Workspace

CONFIDENTIAL

SaaS Apps Hosted Apps

Citrix XenApp

Local apps ThinApps

One logon | One experience | Any device

XenApp in Workspace

• Entitle users and groups based on XenApp farm entitlements

• Launch XenApps from VMware Workspace

• Available across web, iOS and Android

• Single Sign On using Horizon Auth

• Support for XenApp 5.0 and above

• Requires Citrix Receiver to be installed on client

Citrix XenApp Farms

)

Integration Broker VMware Workspace

Citrix

Receiver

ThinApps in Workspace

• HTTP delivery to non-domain member endpoints (Windows)

– Not HTTP streaming

– Anywhere access

• Windows DFS support for app distribution

• ThinApp 5.0 packages with 32-bit/64-bit apps

CONFIDENTIAL

Robust delivery of ThinApps to all Windows™ devices

Health Check

Health

Risk

Efficiency

Dashboard

Image Management

UNIFIED WORKSPACE MANAGEMENT COST

Personalization

Apps 2

OS

Apps 1

Virtual Desktops & Apps

Remoted Anywhere

Image Synced

to Laptop

Managed Container

on Personal Laptop

Off-Premise On-Premise

Closed-Loop Management and Great User Experience

Analytics

BYO Physical Machine Vendor B

Physical Machine Vendor A

Virtual Machine

Personalization

Patch 0167-23

OS

Simple Image Management Across Physical, Virtual and BYO PCs with VMware Mirage

Personalization

Patch 0167-23

OS

Patch 0167-23

Patch 0167-23

Patch 0167-23

Patch 0167-23

Architecture

Reduces support costs & extends existing

investments Maximize user uptime and enable

BYOPC—OS X, Windows, or Linux

Improves productivity online & offline while

leveraging native PC performance

Mirage™ Server

Manage Centrally while Executing Locally

Centralized Virtual Desktops

Network Optimized Synchronization & Streaming

Core Image

Desktops/Laptops with

Mirage Client

Local Copies

Architecture

Layered Image Management for View Desktops and Applications

Overview

Benefits

Layered image management for OS and applications

Synchronize images across physical and virtual

desktops

Leverage local server storage for VDI and protect

desktop images using central image services

Minimal performance impact of centralized image

management in virtual desktop environments

Lower cost by using a single tool to manage

desktop images

Improve availability

Mirage splits each endpoint up into logical layers

– All layers are stored in the data center

– Mirage can perform granular operations on any Mirage-managed endpoint.

– Blue Layers always continuously backed up from endpoints

– Red Layers managed by IT

• OS, infrastructure SW, core apps, departmental apps

Dynamic Layering

End User PC or VM

Machine Identity Layer

(identity, customizations)

User App Layer

(user installed apps and drivers)

User Personalization Layer

(user data & profiles)

Base Layer

(OS, infra SW, core apps)

App Layer(s)

Driver Library

Distributed Environments

Windows 7

Reference Machine

Reference

CVD

Core Image

CVD2

CVD1

Core Image is captured from the Reference CVD

Endpoints leverage Reflector

to load new Core Image.

Mirage™ Server

CVD3

Branch

Reflector

The Core Image is downloaded to one or more Branch Reflectors

Windows 8.1 Support Migrate from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1

Overview

Full support for Windows 7 OS endpoint migration to Windows

8.1

Revert to Windows 7 snapshot in case of inadequate migration

Benefits

Minimized end-user downtime

Built-in safety net with revert to snapshot option

Migrate dozens to hundreds of devices per day to Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 Support Manage Windows 8.1 images using base and app layers

Overview

Apply base and application layers to Windows 8.1 endpoints

Provision new Windows 8.1 devices with standard corporate image

Distribute applications and patches across LAN/WAN

Benefits

Minimized disruption for end-users when patches and

applications are installed and updated

Flexible layer options allow IT to easily manage Windows 8.1

devices

Fast provisioning and distribution across any type of network

Mirage Gateway Enhancements

29

Help manage branch office and remote endpoints without VPN

Overview

Secure gateway supports centralized management of remote

endpoints without VPN

Supports 1000s of endpoints per gateway

Benefits

Easy access for end-users who never or rarely connect to the

corporate environment

Simplified endpoint management of distributed users across the

WAN

Enterprise-grade scalability, manageability, and usability

DMZ

Mirage Gateway

Centralized Virtual Desktops

Storage

Mirage Server(s)

Rapid Desktop Recovery

Mirage

Overview

Benefits

Restore a Mirage image to a machine

where Windows is not yet installed

Simple one step installation

Leverages Windows PE to bootstrap

Mirage

Reduce downtime after device is lost or damaged

Improve user productivity

Lower cost of provisioning new devices

Overview

Improve Agility With Automated Provisioning of Desktops

Benefits

Deploy View desktops quickly

Access and manage desktops

Delegate desktop creation

Support for Persistent View desktops

Lower cost with Self-service View desktop creation

Improve productivity by empowering users with self-service UI

Accelerate View deployments with automated build

Track lifecycle from request to retirement

Closed Loop Management with vCenter Operations Manager

Benefits

Overview

Ensure health and performance of entire stack

Customizable alerting for proactive infrastructure management

Self learning analytics point to problems quickly.

New support for RDS Hosts, desktops, and applications

Lower mean time to resolution with quick, precise problem identification

Lower cost of operations by enhancing end user experience

Health Check

Health

Risk

Efficiency

Dashboard

Image Management

UNIFIED WORKSPACE MANAGEMENT COST

Personalization

Apps 2

OS

Apps 1

Virtual Desktops & Apps

Remoted Anywhere

Image Synced

to Laptop

Managed Container

on Personal Laptop

Off-Premise On-Premise

Simplify Delivery of Desktop and Applications as a Cloud Service

Analytics

• SDDC Capabilities

• Scale out architecture

• Leverage local storage on ESXi hosts

• Introduced in View 5.3.1 and vSphere 5.5 u1

Benefits

• Fully integrated with vSphere

• No single points of failure

• Reduce CAPEX

• Linear scaling of performance, capacity, and cost

• Lower TCO

Overview

Virtual SAN

CONFIDENTIAL

Virtual SAN Datastore

• Each host contributes both one SSD and up to 7 HDD to a disk group

• HDD capacity on each host is aggregated into a single datastore

• Virtual SAN objects contain multiple components, distributed across the cluster

Virtual SAN – Architecture

CONFIDENTIAL

1. Virtual SAN Ready Node & Ready Block

…with multiple options available at GA + 30

Preconfigured server ready to use Virtual SAN…

2. Build Your Own

…using the Virtual SAN Compatibility Guide*

Choose individual components …

SSD or PCIe

SAS/NL-SAS/ SATA HDDs

Any Server on vSphere

Hardware Compatibility List

HBA/RAID Controller

Note: Components for Virtual SAN must be chosen from Virtual SAN HCL, using any other components may

work but will not be supported.

Two Ways to Build a Virtual SAN Node

CONFIDENTIAL

Configuration Maximum Notes

VSAN hosts per cluster 32 Minimum of 3 (16 recommended for Horizon)

VMs per cluster 3200* 100 per host

VMs per cluster with HA 2048** 64 per host

VSAN Disk groups 5

Flash/SSD per disk group 1

HDD per disk group 7

VSAN Datastores per cluster 1

VSAN Components (per host) 3000

Virtual SAN Configuration Maximums

* Based on 32 host cluster ** Single datastore limit with HA (not VSAN limitation)

Hybrid Delivery Model

Desktops Apps Desktops Apps

Horizon 6 On-Premise Horizon DaaS

vs.

VMware Cloud

Private Cloud

Partner Cloud

Desktop as a Service(DaaS) Benefits

Low Cost Full Windows Client Desktops (VDI) for lower price than Server/RDSH DaaS

Security Secure Network Separation (Multi-tenancy)

Hybrid Same client/end user experience – same IT experience coming soon

Workspace Options All desktop : VDI (Windows & Linux), WinServer, RDSH, Apps

Dedicated Hardware Know where your desktop is running (easier for legal compliance if necessary)

Cloud

Architecture

Multi-tenancy

Scalability

• Grid-based

Architecture

• All open source –

no MSFT license

• Unified Platform

Horizon

DaaS

Platform

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Additional Resources

• Hands on Lab for Horizon 6

– http://labs.hol.vmware.com/ (Lab# MBL1451, MBL-1301, MBL-1304, MBL1311)

• Why choose View

– http://www.whychooseview.com/index.html

• Horizon View

– http://www.vmware.com/products/horizon-view/

• Horizon DaaS

– http://www.vmware.com/products/daas/

• Horizon Workspace

– http://www.vmware.com/products/horizon-workspace/

• Socialcast

– http://www.vmware.com/products/socialcast/

Additional Resources

• Hands on Lab Mirage instance

– http://labs.hol.vmware.com/

• http://whychoosemirage.com

• http://www.vmware.com/products/horizon-mirage/

– NICE Systems Case Study

• http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/customers/VMware-Nice-13Q4-EN-Case-Study.pdf

– Metal One Case Study

• http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/mirage/VMware-Horizon-Mirage-MetalOne-Case-Study.pdf

– ADAC Case Study

• http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/mirage/VMware-Mirage-ADAC-Case-Study.pdf

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