Description Of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization For Desktops; Overview Of Benefits; Components Of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization For Desktops - Red Hat ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION FOR DESKTOPS Solution Manual

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops
• End-user support: in the case of server virtualization, the management system is designed to serve end
users that are server administrators or application managers. these are sophisticated users that need
a different kind of support. they likely know when they need to add more networking, processing, or
memory to a virtual server. a desktop systems administrator needs to deal with end user problems. End
users can call with problems ranging from email application difficulties to desktop crashes. The desktop
administrator needs to be able to quickly find the user's desktop out of tens of thousands of desktops,
cross-correlate different pieces of information, and quickly troubleshoot issues while the user remains
on the phone. this requires a different kind of a management system than what is currently offered by
server virtualization vendors.
• system integration: Virtual server management systems need to integrate with very different back-end
systems as compared to virtual desktop management systems. on the desktop side, the systems need
to work seamlessly with microsoft active Directory and the enterprise desktop build process. it may also
need to interface with application streaming technology and management systems. these requirements
are very different than those for a virtual server management system.
The above problems make it difficult and expensive for IT to deploy virtual desktop solutions on a large scale.
desCRiption of Red Hat enteRpRise
ViRtualization foR desktops

oveRview of BenefitS

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops is a virtual desktop solution that provides the benefits of
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virtual desktops such as centralized management, maintenance, and policy enforcement, while eliminating
the drawbacks of existing solutions. this is a fully integrated component of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization,
a comprehensive and highly scalable platform for both virtual servers and virtual desktops. with Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops, end users experience no difference relative to working on a physical
desktop. Graphics intensive applications, multimedia applications like softphones (ip phone clients), and
video confe-rencing all work as they do today on physical desktops. from an it perspective, Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops is easy to set up, manage, and scale.

comPonentS of Red hAt enteRPRiSe viRtuAlizAtion foR deSktoPS

from a high level, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops is a software solution that will run on
commodity hardware and consists of three components (see figure on page 7):
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor: the server (or cluster of servers) that actually runs the
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users' virtual desktops.
• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization manager: the management system for all components of
the system.
• spicE ™: an open source, adaptive remote rendering technology that allows users to "see" their virtual
desktop, and interact with it.
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