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Chapter 1 Introduction
Flexibledeploymentoptions—ViewManagercomponentscanbedeployedina
varietyofconfigurationsandtodifferentpartsofthenetwork,whichimproves
security,scalability,andreliability.Inaddition,multipleVirtualCenterserversare
supported,andViewManagercanscalehorizontallytosupportmanyvirtual
desktops.
Highavailability—Serverscanbeclusteredforhighavailabilityandscalability
withautomaticfailover.Theseserverscanalsoleverageindustrystandard
loadbalancingsolutions.
IntegrationwithMicrosoftActiveDirectory—ConnectiontoActiveDirectory
allowsyoutolocateuserandusergroupaccountsanduseauthenticationfeatures
inordertocontrolwhichuserscanaccessvirtualdesktops.
SeamlessintegrationwithVMwareVirtualInfrastructure(VI)—Workswith
VMwareVirtualCentertoprovideadvancedvirtualdesktopmanagement
capabilities,suchasautomaticsuspendandresume,whichreducesthememory
andprocessingpowerrequiredtohostvirtualdesktops.
ByleveragingthecapabilitiesofVMwareVirtualInfrastructure,desktopscanrun
evenwhenserverhardwarefailsandre
coverquicklyfromunplannedoutages
withoutduplicatehardware.
Secureaccess—Optionalsecureencapsulationcapabilitiesallowallnetwork
connectionstobeencrypted.
Supportfortwofactorauthentication—WithRSASecurID,accesscontrolis
strengthened.
USBclientdeviceandvirtualprintingsupport—USBdevicesandprinterscanbe
locallyconnectedtoclientsyetaccessedfromavirtualdesktop.
Webbasedmanagementuserinterface—AWebbasedadministrativeconsole
allowsvirtualdesktopstobemanagedfromanylocation.
SupportfornonVIsystems—physicalmachinesorterminalservicessystemscan
bealsomanagedbyViewManager,ensuringaseamlessintegrationofexisting
architecturesintotheVDIenvironment.
Scalablevirtualinfrastructure—linkedclonetechnologyallowsmultipledesktops
tobedeployedfromasinglebaseimage.Subsequentchangestothisimagecanbe
automaticallyproliferatedamongstalldesktopsinlinkedclonepool.
ViewManager3.0.1isafullyinternationalizedproduct.