Echo Cloning Overview; Cloning Connections - Devon IT OptiPlex VDI Blaster Edition Administration Manual

Echo Cloning Overview

There are three types of clones you can create with Echo – Connections,
Terminal Settings, and Disk Images.
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Connections-Terminals have the ability to connect to remote servers
utilizing various types of protocols. The RDP protocol is used to connect
to Microsoft Windows Terminal Servers. The ICA protocol is used to
establish connections to Citrix servers. The VDI protocol, used by the
VMware View Client, allows a user to connect to a VMware View Server.
Administrators can use their Echo Thin Manage Virtual Appliance to
clone these types of connections from one terminal, store them within
their Echo Connections database, and then apply them to other terminals.
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Terminal Settings-Terminal settings are the display, sound, keyboard,
mouse, and password configurations for that particular terminal.
Administrators can use Echo to clone these settings from one terminal,
store them within the Echo Thin Client Settings database, and then apply
them to other terminals.
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Disk Images-The third cloning option that Echo offers is the ability to
clone the entire disk image of a terminal. A disk image includes
everything that currently exists on that terminal, including the operating
system itself. Disk image clones are inventoried and managed by name
within the Echo Disk Images database, but are physically stored on an
NFS share, CFIS, or FTP server on your local area network.
The next three sections of this chapter will describe how to create and apply
clones for the types mentioned above.

Cloning Connections

Echo allows administrators to clone individual connections from a thin client
and save them in the Echo database. Settings can also be applied to other thin
clients. Administrators can easily create a connection like VMware View or
Citrix on a thin client and then propagate it to all of their other thin clients via a
profile. All connections can be cloned, and the most common are listed below:
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RDP-One or more .rdp configuration files used for connecting to
Microsoft Terminal Servers.
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ICA-One or more .ica configuration files used for connecting to Citrix
servers.
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