
EMC Infrastructure for Virtual Desktops Enabled by EMC VNX Series,
VMware vSphere 4.1, VMware View 4.5, and VMware View Composer 2.5 Proven Solution Guide
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vSphere 4.1 infrastructure
vSphere 4.1
overview
VMware vSphere 4.1 is the market-leading virtualization hypervisor used across
thousands of IT environments around the world. VMware vSphere 4.1 can transform
or virtualize computer hardware resources, including CPU, RAM, hard disk, and
network controller, to create a fully functional virtual machine that runs its own
operating system and applications just like a physical computer.
The high-availability features in VMware vSphere 4.1 along with VMware Distributed
Resource Scheduler (DRS) and Storage vMotion
®
enable seamless migration of
virtual desktops from one ESX server to another with minimal or no impact to
cluster
The following diagram shows the cluster configuration from vCenter Server.
The Infrastructure cluster holds the following virtual machines:
• Windows 2008 R2 domain controller—provides DNS, Active Directory, and DHCP
services.
• Windows 2008 R2 SQL 2008—provides databases for vCenter Server, View
Composer, and other services in the environment.
• Windows 2003 R2 View 4.5—provides services for managing virtual desktops.
• Windows 2008 R2 vCenter Server—provides management services for the
VMware clusters and View Composer.
• Windows 7 Key Management Service (KMS)—provides a method to activate
Windows 7 desktops.
The View 4.5 cluster (called View45 in the diagram) consists of 500 virtual desktops.
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