Now that I have “introduced” the VDI, we will see the prerequisites. Companies are virtualizing their desktop environments to. Virtualization is based on Hyper-V and as for an RDS server, the connection is made through the Windows RDP client.Īs you can see I put in dedicated quotation marks at the resource level, the virtual machines will share the Hypervisor resources, they will be careful of the CPU over-allocation which could impact the overall performance of the virtual machines. Click on the SR where the VDI is located - Click the 'Rescan' button - A new un-named VDI will appear - Click that new VDI and click 'Properties' - Rename the VDI to match the VM to which it will be attached (e.g. A converged appliance delivers scalable, reliable VDI while saving money and administrative effort. In a VDI infrastructure, for each user a virtual machine is started and dedicated to the user, therefore the environment is no longer shared and the resources are “dedicated” to the user and uses a Desktop version of Windows like Windows 10. As a reminder, on an RDS environment, a remote desktop host server will provide a shared environment to several users who will connect to the same server and therefore share resources (CPU, RAM, etc.). The main difference between VDI and an RDS farm is the isolation from the environment made available to the user.
In this tutorial, I will explain how to install and configure a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) environment.īefore getting to the heart of the matter, I will quickly present to you what a virtual office infrastructure is and especially the difference with an RDS environment. Checking the elements of the new VDI collection You can use the following xe commands to create and configure a vApp in XenServer by using the command line interface: Create a vApp (and returns the UUID) xe appliance-create name-labeltest name-descriptionautostart This function will return the uuid of the vApp ( vapp-uuid) that is used by the other functions later on. This particular LUN uses Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol ( CHAP) to restrict access to the iSCSI volume to certain authorized parties.
This first process will go through the steps to create a software iSCSI initiator from the XenServer host to the Dell PS5500E. Creating a collection of virtual desktops Our expert compares the three major open source Xen contenders with Citrix XenServer to help you determine which Xen management product is best for your customers. Citrix XenServer Storage Repository Creation.