Template 1 to Document the Desktop Virtualisation Environment
Purpose
Provides a comprehensive assessment of what it would take to implement a Desktop
Virtualization environment. This will quantify desktop resource utilization (up to 2000 desktops)
for up to 2 use cases and identifies best/worst candidates for virtualization based on real-world
collected data. An end to end Assessment Report will include a data-driven projection of WAN,
LAN and Storage infrastructure required to support a successful DV deployment. A Total Cost of
Ownership Analysis showing a comparison between the existing environment and a virtualized
environment and an Executive Summary.
What should the Project Plan cover?
The HUNE City will:
● Deploy a Data Collection Tool on a customer provided dedicated virtual server for up to 30
days to gather asset and resource utilization data for the Customer’s desktop computing
environment.
● Analyse current state of desktop architecture and assess compute/server platform
requirements as they relate to projected environment, resource capacity, and user community
demands
● Interview and hold workshop with customer to review findings and gathered additional data
if needed and recommend next steps.
● Document collected data, findings, and recommendations.
Key considerations in developing the Plan
The HUNE City will:
● Conduct a Customer Environment Review workshop to understand the customer’s data center
and desktop environment/plans
● Work with customer’s engineering team(s) to explain the desktop virtualization pilot
methodology
● Based on HUNE City best practices, create the Pilot Desktop Virtualization Design Document
Design recommendations, to include:
◦ Network logical and physical topology
◦ Server connectivity to network and storage
◦ Specific configuration of hypervisor and desktop broker software
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◦ Design the end-user desktop template configuration
Analysis of the Desktop Virtualisation Software:
Cost virtual desktops help reduce the time it takes to
provision new desktops, and
help to decrease desktop management and support
costs.
Savings PC hardware and software accounts for 50-
70% percent of the total cost of ownership
(TCO) of a typical PC
Virtual desktops cut IT labour costs
Simplified In terms of storing and securing, virtual
Management desktops eliminate the need to install, update
and patch applications, back up files and scan
for viruses on individual client devices.
Desktop virtualisation also helps to streamline
management of software assets.
Enhanced Virtual desktops provide greater security to an
&Security organization because employees aren’t “carrying
around” confidential company data on a personal
device that could easily be lost, stolen or tampered
with.
Increased Virtual desktops allow employees to access
Productivity applications and documents from multiple devices,
including other desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and
smartphones. This increases productivity by allowing
workers to access necessary data from anywhere.
Features and functions of Desktop Virtualisation Solution:
Partitioning
Run multiple operating systems on one physical machine.
Divide system resources between virtual machines.
Isolation
Provide fault and security isolation at the hardware level.
Preserve performance with advanced resource controls.
Encapsulation
Save the entire state of a virtual machine to files.
Move and copy virtual machines as easily as moving and copying files.
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Hardware Independence
Provision or migrate any virtual machine to any physical server.
Analysis objectives, hardware requirements and limitations Virtualisation software:
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a greater number of cores.
CPUs with 2.4 GHz and 10 cores
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enough DDR3 memory to support the number of workloads
you run on the system.
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resources. Select the appropriate VM compatibility options.
Disconnecting unused If you are using a VM that already exists, disconnect
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devices and CD-ROMs will not be used after software
installation, they can also be disconnected.
Installing the required Install the operating system on the VM. Then install all the
software on a VM necessary updates, security patches, antivirus protection,
and specific software needed for your purposes. Configure
your OS settings, such as environment variables, remote
access, etc.
Installing VMware VMware Tools is a set of drivers and utilities that increases
Tools the performance of a guest OS running on a VM as well as
facilitating VM management. Install VMware Tools on the
guest OS.
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Individual project data
The major goals of our individual projects are:
To Implement the desktop virtualisation solution for the optimal performance and for the
testing of different applications as virtualisation
Save the costs of the hardware and provide the facility of multiple platforms
across the same machine which can be very beneficial for implementation of
different applications along with their testing.
Executive Summary
Ensures that senior management is appropriately briefed on the pilot design and success, in
order to evaluate business benefits, technical requirements, and risks of a full (subsequent)
desktop virtualization production roll-out.
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