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Page 2 - Revisions

2 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace Revisions Date Description November 2014 Initial release © 2014 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this material in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. For more information, contact...

Page 4 - Contents

4 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace Contents Revisions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 1 Introduction ...............................

Page 7 - Introduction

7 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 1 Introduction The Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC utilizes Dell PowerEdge R720xd servers, the Nutanix software-defined storage (SDS) application, and VDI components to deliver an out-of-the-box infrastructure solution for virtual desktops and shared deskto...

Page 8 - System Requirements; Nutanix SDS Cluster

8 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 2 System Requirements Before proceeding with the Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace setup, ensure the following requirements are met. To successfully complete the setup, you must be familiar with the following technologies:  Active Directory  ...

Page 9 - Supported Hypervisor Platforms; Domain User Accounts; Distributed Key Management Container

9 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 2.3 Supported Hypervisor Platforms The hypervisor used in this solution can be Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V role or VMware vSphere 5.5 GA (not Update 1 or Update 2). 2.4 Active Directory (AD) Active Directory is required for this solutio...

Page 13 - Configuring Nutanix Storage Pool and Containers

13 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 3 Configuring Nutanix Storage Pool and Containers To use the cluster storage, you must configure a storage pool and containers within the pool. Create only one pool consisting of all the disks in the cluster. Within the storage pool, we recommend creati...

Page 16 - Configuring Hypervisor; Setting up Windows host; Hyper-V Virtual Switches and NICs

16 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 4 Configuring Hypervisor 4.1 Setting up Windows host Joining Hyper-V Hosts to the Active Directory Domain If using Windows 2012 R2 with Hyper-V role as the hypervisor, the hosts must have already been joined to the AD domain as part of the initial Nutan...

Page 20 - Setting up Management VMs

20 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 5 Setting up Management VMs The table here summarizes all of the management VM specifications for the vWorkspace and Hyper-V configuration. Figure 13 Hyper-V Management VM Table This table summarizes all of the management VM specifications for the vWork...

Page 21 - Creating Management VMs

21 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace The SQL and SCVMM VMs are created first for the Hyper-V configuration followed by the remaining management VMs. Similarly, the SQL and vCenter VMs are created first for the vSphere configuration. 5.1 Creating Management VMs To create VMs for Hyper-V con...

Page 23 - Installing SQL Software; SQL Software Prerequisites

23 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 17. Windows Server 2012 R2 must be installed on each of the management VMs. You can install Windows Server 2012 R2 by attaching an .iso file to the virtual DVD or by using existing OS deployment applications. If installing by ISO file, add a DVD Drive f...

Page 24 - SQL Server Installation

24 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace Figure 16 Formatting Virtual Drives 2. SQL service accounts created as outlined in the System Requirements section. 5.2.2 SQL Server Installation SQL Server Installation: 1. While logged in to the SQL VM, access the SQL setup files (go to file share, co...

Page 26 - Installing System Center VMM Software; SCVMM Software Prerequisites

26 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 5.3 Installing System Center VMM Software NOTE: SCVMM is only required when the hypervisor is Hyper-V. Log in to the SCVMM VM to perform the SCVMM prerequisites and installation tasks here. 5.3.1 SCVMM Software Prerequisites Windows ADK for Windows 8.1 ...

Page 27 - SCVMM Installation

27 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace .NET Framework 3.5 .NET Framework 3.5 is required for the vWorkspace Broker Helper service. 1. In Server Manager , click Manage and select Add Roles and Features . 2. On the Before You Begin page, click Next , select Role-based or feature-based installa...

Page 29 - Installing vCenter Server Appliance

29 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace This computer is configured to receive credentials from a remote client computer . 3. On the SCVMM VM, enter the following from at an administrator PowerShell command prompt. The computer names must be the FQDN of each Nutanix or Hyper-V separated by co...

Page 34 - Installing vWorkspace Broker

34 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 5.5 Installing vWorkspace Broker The following tasks describes the process of installing the vWorkspace broker components: 1. Log in to the vWorkspace broker VM. 2. In Server Manager , click Manage  Add Roles and Features , click Next and select Role-b...

Page 36 - Applying vWorkspace Licenses; Installing vWorkspace Web Access and Secure Gateway

36 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace  342720 (vSphere configuration only) 5.5.1 Applying vWorkspace Licenses To apply your vWorkspace license: 1. Open the vWorkspace Management Console. 2. From the File menu, select Licensing . 3. Select the Licenses option. 4. Click the Add License butto...

Page 37 - Installing Foglight for Virtual Desktops

37 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 5.7 Installing Foglight for Virtual Desktops Foglight account requirements:  Administrator access to all machines requiring a Foglight agent.  An administrator password for Foglight. The user name foglight and the default password for this account can...

Page 47 - Applying Foglight License; Installing Foglight Agent Manager

47 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 57. Click Next on the App-V Configuration page. 58. Click Finish . 5.7.1 Applying Foglight License If you did not specify the Foglight license during installation, perform the following tasks to apply. 1. Log in to the vWorkspace Broker VM, start the vW...

Page 49 - Configuring SCVMM; Run As Account

49 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 6 Configuring SCVMM The following sections describe the tasks that must be completed to configure SCVMM for integration with the Nutanix cluster and vWorkspace broker. NOTE: SCVMM is required only when the hypervisor is Hyper-V. 6.1 Run As Account Log i...

Page 50 - Integrating SCVMM, Nutanix, and Microsoft Failover Cluster

50 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace After changing the registry settings, reset the VMM service. For explanations and more information about System Center performance planning, refer to the article: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/18059.planning-capacity-and-per...

Page 56 - Integrating vWorkspace with SCVMM

56 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 16. If any other file paths are listed, select them and click Remove . Only the file path to your compute container that is not using the FQDN of your host must be present. Figure 47 Remove File Paths 17. Click OK . Repeat tasks 14–17 for all hosts in t...

Page 58 - Configuring Microsoft Failover Cluster; MS Failover Cluster Quorum

58 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 7 Configuring Microsoft Failover Cluster Perform the following tasks to complete the configuration of the Microsoft Failover Cluster. NOTE: Microsoft Failover Cluster is required only when the hypervisor is Hyper-V. 7.1 MS Failover Cluster Quorum The Mi...

Page 59 - Adding Management VMs as Highly Available VMs

59 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace Figure 48 Cluster Network 1 Properties NOTE : Clients should not be allowed to connect through the Cluster or Live Migration networks. After configuring the properties for each of your networks, click Live Migration Settings under the Actions pane. Spec...

Page 60 - Configuring vCenter; Integrating vCenter and Nutanix; Integrating vWorkspace with vCenter

60 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 8 Configuring vCenter The following sections describe the tasks that must be completed to configure vCenter for integration with the Nutanix cluster and vWorkspace broker. NOTE: vCenter is required only when the hypervisor is vSphere. 8.1 Integrating vC...

Page 62 - Floating vs Dedicated Management

62 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 9 Floating vs Dedicated Management If your cluster is running more than 1000 desktops or contains 10 or more nodes, we recommend that the management VMs reside on dedicated hosts (Dedicated Management model). For environments smaller than this, the mana...

Page 63 - Deploying Virtual Desktops; Template VM Creation

63 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 10 Deploying Virtual Desktops The process for deploying virtual desktops consists of creating a desktop template, importing the template to SCVMM or vCenter (depending on the hypervisor used), and adding the template to a provisioning group in vWorkspac...

Page 64 - Creating VHDX for Hyper-V

64 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 10.1.2 Creating VHDX for Hyper-V NOTE : Solution is provided on the basis of using full clones for persistence (Standard provisioning) and recommended disk format is VHDX. If using linked clones and rapid provisioning is necessary, you must use VHD form...

Page 65 - Creating Desktop VMs for the vSphere hypervisor configuration; Installing Desktop OS and Application; Installing Instant Provisioning; Installing PNTools

65 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 10.1.3 Creating Desktop VMs for the vSphere hypervisor configuration For equivalent steps to create desktop VMs for vSphere, see the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide (ESXi 5.5) . For example specifications to use for the desktop VMs, refer t...

Page 66 - Optimizing Desktop OS

66 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 4. Select Complete installation type and click Next . 5. To complete the installation, click Install, and then click Finish . 6. To restart the system, click Yes . 10.1.6 Optimizing Desktop OS vWorkspace includes an application called Desktop Optimizer ...

Page 67 - Adding Desktop Template to SCVMM

67 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 10.2 Adding Desktop Template to SCVMM NOTE: SCVMM is only required when the hypervisor is Hyper-V. The desktop template must first be added to SCVMM as a VM template and then imported to vWorkspace as a template while creating a computer group. After cr...

Page 68 - Adding Desktop Template to vCenter

68 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 14. Click Availability under the Advanced section and select the Make this virtual machine highly available check box. The default Medium priority is sufficient. Figure 49 VM Template Properties 15. Click OK to exit and save. 10.3 Adding Desktop Templat...

Page 72 - Creating RDSH VM Template

72 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 11 Deploying Shared Sessions (RDSH) The process for deploying RDSH is similar to deploying virtual desktops. A template VM for RDSH is first created and then imported to SCVMM or vCenter (depending on the hypervisor used) and added to a provisioning gro...

Page 73 - Installing RDSH Role and User Applications

73 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 5. On the Specify Name and Location page of the New Virtual Machine wizard, type the name and location of the VM. The location is the Nutanix SMB share for your RDSH container (for example, \\nutanix-cluster\ds_rdsh). 6. On the Specify Generation page, ...

Page 75 - Adding RDSH Template to SCVMM

75 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 11.2 Adding RDSH Template to SCVMM NOTE: SCVMM is required only when the hypervisor is Hyper-V. The RDSH template must first be added to SCVMM as a VM template and then imported to vWorkspace as a template while creating a Session Host provisioning grou...

Page 76 - Adding RDSH Template to vCenter

76 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace Figure 51 VM Template Properties 15. Click OK to exit and save. 11.3 Adding RDSH Template to vCenter NOTE: vCenter is only required when the hypervisor is vSphere. The RDSH template must first be added to vCenter as a VM template, and then imported to v...

Page 78 - Using the VDI Environment; Creating Managed Application and Assigning Users and Groups

78 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 12 Using the VDI Environment To connect to the provisioned desktops or shared sessions, you must first create a Managed Application , publish it to the corresponding desktop computer group or RDSH hosts, and assign it to the entitled users or user group...

Page 79 - Connecting to vWorkspace; Configuring Web Access and Secure Gateway

79 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 17. After clicking OK on the Select Targets window, the Select Folder(s) window is displayed. Select the desired folder location and click OK to proceed 18. Repeat the tasks 16 – 17 to add more users or groups. When finished, click OK . 19. On the Targe...

Page 80 - Installing vWorkspace Client (Connector); Using Foglight for Virtual Desktops

80 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace The remaining settings will vary depending on your network environment and needs. For help determining what is appropriate, refer to the Using Web Access and Secure Gateway sections of the vWorkspace Administration Guide. 12.2.2 Installing vWorkspace Cl...

Page 81 - Adding Hosts; Adding Nutanix Nodes; Adding MS Failover Cluster Nodes

81 Wyse Datacenter Appliance XC for vWorkspace 13 Adding Hosts This section describes the tasks to add hosts to the cluster. 13.1 Adding Nutanix Nodes Refer to the Nutanix Web Console Guide for the procedure to expand an existing cluster. 13.2 Adding MS Failover Cluster Nodes To add nodes to an exis...