J.Tyler “t-rex” RohrerFounder+COOMay 2009

My First 1000 Virtual Desktopsa color by numbers guide

Virtual Reality

The Desktop Is NOT a Noun !

It is a workspace we provide to our users so they can do the job(s) we pay them to do.

The rest…is just plumbing

Our Mission in IT

Create Reliable Computer Systems out of intrinsically unreliable parts

Budgets. End Users. New Technology. Business Needs.

How Do we do this today?

People. Money. Stuff. Time. Brains.

What if we changed the Plumbing?

VDI

Could we present a workspace to our end users using less people, money, stuff, time?

Agility-Functionality-Security-Service Levels-Recovery

VDI is Complex

As is any system providing Agility, Functionality, Security, and High SLAs for myriad user types and needs!

How would I begin?

A.D.D.M.Assess-Design-Deploy-Manage

[repeat as necessary]

How would I begin?What Do I have Today? - Provisioned

What Do I use Today? - Consumed

We in IT must provision for a worst case scenario: Users MIGHT need a particular resource STATIC [change is costly, time consuming]

Virtualization offers us the Promise of Agility: Resources are now allocated ON DEMAND Dynamic [change is elegant and rapid]

Processor, memory, local drives, network drives, NICs, applications, patches, errors, age of machine, monitors, graphics cards, USB devices, HIDs, bandwidth consumption, network latency, page faults, uptime, application CPU utilization, application memory consumption., etc., etc.

Stratusphere™ provides the facts.

Assessment Overview

Assessment is a three part process:– Inventory and interrogate– Interview and analyze– Conclusions and Recommendations

Investment in assessment pays off– Use case and requirements definition reduces rework in

later phases– Planning and pilot activities are more meaningful with a

solid baseline for comparison

Assess – STEP ONEInventory and interrogation of existing desktops / laptops

Virtual Desktopsw/ Connector ID Keys

• CMDB, ETL, WS-API• Config, Usage, Performance and Modeling data• Reporting, Alerting

Virtual HostVirtual Host

Virtual HostVirtual Host

Hub Hub

Virtual Apps / TSw/ Connector ID Keys

Virtual HostVirtual Host

NetworkStation

NetworkStation

NetworkStation

NetworkStation

VDI AssessmentVDI Assessment

Solution Modules

VDI DiagnosticsVDI Diagnostics

VDI Modeling (2010)VDI Modeling (2010)

Physical DesktopsWith Dissolvable

Connector ID Keys

Migration

Assessment Data Deployment

Data

H T T P

Assess –STEP TWO

Combine stakeholder interviews with observed facts– Facts out of context are not meaningful

Three powerful tools for desktop visibility:– Stratusphere Inspectors: High level views with drill-down

details– Preconfigured Reports: Access common data points quickly

and easily– Custom Reports: Slice and dice data for laser focus on

areas of concern

VDI Assessment InspectorThe experts’ tool

for VDI assessment: • Data auto-populated

with Connector ID Keys

• Filter by user or group,

location, application

• Focus on real user activity

• Advanced analytics

• Report by machine,

application, or user

High level views for macro-VDI

analysis

Detailed views for individual

drill-down

VDI Fitness RatingSee how well specific

machines, users, and

applications fit in VDI: • Analyze by group

• Workload statistics:

• System CPU

• User CPU

• Memory Use

• Paging

• Disk I/O

• Network I/O

• Advanced metrics:

• User logons

• App loading

• Network latency

• Graphics intensity

• Categorize workloads

• Customizable ratings

Ideal matches

Poor matches

VDI Fitness Rating ProfilesFully Adjustable

Setup profiles to rate VDI Fitness for specific

platforms: • Assign importance weighting

• Specify compatibility for

known applications

Machine Inspector

Visibility inside the

virtual /physical

desktop for: • Login activity

• Desktop Resource

Utilization

• CPU

• Memory

• Page File

• Application Activity

• Active applications

• Resource utilization

by application

• Application

virtualization

potential

Network Inspector

Detailed connection

data for: •Monitoring application

consumption

•Detecting resource

consuming performance

issues

•Identifying dropped

connections from bandwidth

or latency constraints

Storage InspectorVisibility to the

virtual storage for: •Identification of storage

utilization

•Measuring I/O performance

and consumption (IOPS, GB)

• Detecting I/O problems and

trends

Storage Inspector

Storage trend

analysis for: • Overall utilization

• Peaks and bottlenecks

• User and application

storage trends

•I/O and performance

analysis

•Storage recommendations

Auto-Discovery & Global Mapping

Connector ID Gathers Config DataDissolvable agent

reveals: • OS

• Applications

• CPU, Memory, Disk

• Age of machine

• NICs

• Monitors

• Printers

• Peripherals

Connector ID Gathers Usage DataDissolvable agent

measures usage: • Per user, per app

• Time in use

• CPU

• Memory

• Disk

• Network

• Latency

• Graphics intensity

• Login duration

• App load times

Configuration AssessmentExamine details of

existing configurations: • Filter by

• Location

• User or Group

• Application

• See distribution of:

• OS versions

• # Processors

• CPU speeds

• Memory sizes

• # Monitors

• Resolutions

• # NICs

• NIC speeds

• Printers

• Age of machines

Configuration GroupingsFind key groupings

and commonality: • Filter by

• Location

• User or Group

• Application

• Group by:

• OS type

• CPU type

• Memory size

• Total disk

• NICs #, speed

• # Monitors

• # Printers

Configuration ClustersFind key clusters

and commonality: • Filter by

• Location

• User or Group

• Application

• Find clusters across:

• OS type

• CPU type

• Memory size

• Total disk

• NICs #, speed

• # Monitors

• # Printers

Resource Utilization AssessmentExamine distribution of

resource utilization: • CPU, Memory, Network

• Filter by

• Application

• User or Group

• Location

• Days and times

• Identify top consumers

VDI Assessment Project ReportsAuto-generate report

deliverables: • Assessment summaries

and details

• Good and bad

VDI Fit

• VDI Design Drafts

• Fully customizable

Assess – STEP THREE

Findings and Recommendations– Written report of observable data– Establishment of a business case– Use case and user categorization definition– Observations and recommendations for next steps

– Pilots Begin– Observation Continues– Fine Tuning– Production is Enabled, and lines of business de-risked !

SummaryVDI is an ideal combination of security, resource management, and management efficiency

Assessment is a critical activity– Visibility into the desktop environment is essential to production

Leverage the best tools and methodology for success– Deployment is not a stand alone activity– Our assessment methodology is just the first part of the proven

lifecycle – A.D.D.M [repeat as necessary]

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