
EMC Infrastructure for Virtual Desktops Enabled by EMC VNX, VMware vSphere 4.1,
VMware View 4.5, and VMware View Composer 2.5
Windows infrastructure
Introduction
Microsoft Windows provides the infrastructure used to support the virtual desktops and
includes the following components:
Microsoft Active Directory
Microsoft SQL Server
DNS Server
DHCP Server
Microsoft Active Directory
The Windows domain controller runs the Active Directory service that provides the framework
to manage and support the virtual desktop environment. Active Directory provides several
functions to help you:
Manage the identities of users and their information
Apply group policy objects
Deploy software and updates
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS). SQL Server 2008
is used to provide the required databases to vCenter Server, View Composer, and View Events
as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9. SQL server databases
DNS Server
DNS is the backbone of Active Directory and provides the primary name resolution
mechanism of Windows servers and clients. In this solution, the DNS role is enabled on the
domain controller.
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