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A Principled Technologies test report 24
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
3. In the target setup wizard, type \\dc1\share
4. Wait for the install to complete.
Installing the VMware View agent on gold_image
1. Log into the gold_image.
2. Browse to the VMware View agent media.
3. At the Welcome screen and License agreement, accept the terms, and click Next.
4. Accept install defaults, and click Next.
5. Select Do not enable the remote desktop capability on this computer, and click Next.
6. Keep default install directory, and click Install.
7. Start the Windows Registry Editor, and navigate to this registry
key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmware-viewcomposer-ga.
8. Navigate to the SkipLicenseActivation registry value. The default value is 0.
9. Set the value to 1.
10. Reboot the VM gold_image.
Cleaning up the VM on Windows 7 virtual desktop
1. Click StartRunservices.msc.
2. In the Services menu, select Windows Search, and change it from Disabled to Automatic (delayed start).
3. Close the Services menu.
4. Click StartControl PanelView Devices and Printers.
5. In the Services and Printers window, delete the XPS printers and document writers.
Optimizing the Windows 7 virtual desktop, and final preparation of the gold image
For our testing, we optimized the Windows 7 gold image for performance using the commands.bat:
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-OptimizationGuideWindows7-EN.pdf.
1. Run commands.bat.
2. Shut down the VM.
3. Log into vCenter with the vSphere client.
4. Take a snapshot of the gold_image VM called view5_ready.
Configuring the View 5 server - creating a pool and adding entitlements for Login VSI users
1. Open the View Administrator.
2. Log in as View5\administrator
3. Click Pools, and in the right window, click Add…
4. Select Automatic pool, and click Next.
5. Select Floating, and click Next.
6. Select View Composer Linked clones, and click Next.
7. Use the vcenter(administrator) as the source, and click Next.
8. Type pool for the pool ID and display name, and click Next.
9. Leave the pool settings as defaults, and click Next.
10. Keep the disposable disk size as 4,096, and click Next.
11. Type a naming pattern of View- and type 175 for both max number of desktops, and number of spares.
12. Enter the virtual machine settings as follows:
 Default image as: gold_image
 VM folder: /Datastore/vm/pool
 Host or cluster: /datastore/host/SUT.view5.com
 Resource pool: /datastore/host/SUT.view5.com/Resources
 Datastore: NFS-SUT
13. Choose the AD container OU=Computers,OU=Login_VSI, and use quickprep.