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1. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Franco RodriguezComputer Science, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA 93908 John (Dainen) Sobelman, Information Technology Specialist , GI-282 Conclusions Making snapshot in vSphere and then deploying them in View Admin can be easier and faster compared to imaging computers one-by-one as well as maintaining the software and driver updates. The IT specialist can save a lot of time by using View Admin to create pools of desktops and LANDesk for sharing files or installing software silently. The down side is that if the network goes down there is no desktop for the end user or file sharing. Snapshot and images created must be as clean as possible build and start virtual desktops faster and must not have any other icons on desktop except for the recycle bin. VmwareThinapp can encapsulate a software and then copy the file to the desktop or just be launched from a server. That way there is no install or uninstall process. Using this approach makes the image smaller. Results Abstract Other Projects One of the cool things about this software is that it will push files and software in silent mode. In other words, users my not see any installation progress bar in their screens LANDesk will automatically give the necessary bits to the computer. Once it is all done user will see the icon on their desktop. LANDesk removes software in the same way. If the computer is off for some reason or disconnected form the network when the computer boots up the OS or re-connects to the network, the computer will ask LANDesk if there are any packages pending silently updates. Most of the software is pushed by executing a msi file or creating a bat file that is going to point to the specific location on the server or sometimes also the license. Another useful feature is to assign privileges to certain computers. The purpose of the project at the Naval Post Graduate School was to create a virtual desktop pool for the Mechanical Engineer Distance Learning (MAEDL). The first step is creating a desktop image using VMware vSphere. During the image creation process a new “snapshot” was created each time an application was added to the operating system. Once the image was complete and tested, a “pool“ of copies of the image was created in VMware View Admin. The final step was to give “entitlements”to users. Using the Vmware suite can save the IT professional a lot of time and improve the quality of the user experience. • First Draft pool was sent to teacher but needed upgrades on new versions of matlab2012a and ANSYS 14 • Second Draft sent to teacher: some functions of SolidWorks were not working properly • Virtual pool created and ready of use for next fall semester for Mechanical Engineering Distance Learning (MAEDL) • In this software you can create as many pools as you want if you have the necessary resources. Once you create the pool you will see all the process in vSphere. Materials and methods Figure 1. Main window during the internship Literature cited www.GOOGLE.com http://communities.vmware.com/community/ Figure 4. icon for a bat file. Figure 5. icon for a msifile. Other project assign was to create thinapps of software such as Office 2010 or Adobe Pro. A thinappis like a software app that can be carried on a USB and double click and launch it in any computer. For more performance in the pools, the software it is not installed. The app is just pushed as another file to the computer that way the image is not to big and will be faster to launch and create. Anther project assigned during the internship was setting up computers for students or professors. Starting from going into the pc shop and imaging the hard drive with the OS that was requested and assigninga tag number. Finally loading drivers if needed it and getting the computer ready to go for a student or professor on the campus network. Figure 1 Brand of the main Software use during the project. Acknowledgments DainenSobelman, Ryan Bereji, Alison Kerr Joe Welch, Andy Newton, Kelly Locke This internship was funded by a Title V Strengthening Transfer Pathways Grant. Figure 2. Connection or IP for the connection server Figure 2Symbol of VMware view that is use to create and view desktop pools For further information Please contact frc2764@hotmail.com. More information on this and related projects can be obtained at www.vmware.com… and http://www.vmware.com/pdf/view-46-administration.pdf Figure 3 Symbol of VMware vSphere that was use to create the first image for a pool. Figure 6. Figure 3. Login Screen for student to enter information