Sun's BluePrint Online, Virtualizing Desktops With Sun Ray Software and VMware View Manager provides an overview on how to configure Desktop Virtualization with Sun and VMware Software.

This description of desktop virtualization deployments was developed by technology leaders in desktop virtualization and thin client technology. This article explains how to install and configure key software components. Detailed is how to combine Sun Ray Software and thin clients and VM View Manager to provide clients with access to secure desktop environments.

"The Sun Ray technology and VMware View Manager solution makes the concept of secure access to applications at any time, in any location, a practical reality," said David Fong, Matthias Müller-Prove, and Adam Workman.

Sun boasts 10 years of experience in delivering desktops over the network and provides virtualization solutions to help organizations make better use of valuable resources. Sun uses virtual desktop infrastructure solutions with secure thin clients to provide a reference implementation of a secure solution that can help simplify desktop management.

Effective desktop virtualization solutions must be able to ease desktop environment management, scale to meet demand, deliver needed performance and security, and assign desktops effectively. This article describes the overall process for installing and configuring the VMware View Manager to provide Windows desktops to Sun Ray clients. The Best Practices for Deployment take into account user and system requirements to help ease deployment and foster consistent solution performance characteristics.

Contents

• The Desktop Management Challenge
• Desktop Virtualization with Sun and VMware Software
• Architecture Overview (Virtualization Layer, Session Management Layer, Virtual Desktop Access Layer)
• Key Capabilities
• Software Installation and Configuration
• Software Installation
• Configure VMware View Manager
• Install and Configure Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager
• Enabling SSL (Generate the Certificate, Enable the Certificate, Install the Certificate on Sun Ray Servers)
• Troubleshooting
• Best Practices for Deployment
• For More Information, About the Authors, Acknowledgments,References
• Ordering Sun Documents,Accessing Sun Documentation Online

This BluePrint was authored by David Fong, Matthias Müller-Prove, and Adam Workman.

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