How to config ESX 3.5 for View 3.01

[carsoni]

Hello,

is there a BestPractice Guide with settings which should be updated when installing an ESX 3.5 for hosting View virtual Desktops ?

Or how to to install ESX 3.5 with which settings (Swap, partitions) for View virtual Desktops.

Kind Regards

CBath

[admin]

Hi there,

There are different documents which can help you.

First of all the View admin guide: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/viewmanager3_admin_guide.pdf

You will find most information in there.

Also the VDM Reviewers Guide is great! It's for version 2.x but it also fit for 3.x: http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/1058

I don't know specific information for swap files etc.

Maybe the reference architecture guide helps you too: http://www.vmware.com/resources/wp/view_reference_architecture_register.html

Regards,

Christoph

[jrVMguy]

Christoph is right with the ViewManagerAdmin guide. I followed that once I had some networking issues on the View VC server figured out, it was smooth and we were able to deploy a test View Desktop in no time.

Our ESX 3.5 servers were three IBM HS20 blades that were our dev environment. I had upgraded (not a clean install as others had suggested - it is only dev) the blades from 3.0.2 and the upgrade was flawless. The ESX 3.0.2 install was just a plain install without anything special done to them.

As View is a POC for us at the moment we are testing with this one desktop before we roll out the "live" test desktop(s).

There is another document for deploying XP desktops that I found here: . I am sure it would apply to all desktops that were being deployed.