Greetings folks,
We are in the
research/testing phase of VDI(VIEW) right now. We have a ESX server
set aside with virtual desktops all setup and ready to go. We have it
pointing to our VC, composer is enabled, we've tested
provisioning/recomposing/refreshing, etc. Currently our view
clients are only installed on top of existing XP workstations.
Eventually we
would like to push out the view client app onto diskless workstations.
We do not want to purchase any new equipment for this, like thin
clients. Due to budget constraints, we would like to re-use all our
existing workstations. What we really want is to be able to have some
sort of network boot server to be able to push the view client app down
to all the diskless workstations.
So, with that all
said and done, can you all please share the best method possible to
achieve this on a Windows server environment, no Linux if possible(but
if it is the best method, please let us know). We realize open source would most likely save us more money in the end.
Please specify the applications by name where
applicable. If this has been discussed prior, please link. General, high
level instructions would be adequate.
Thanks in advance.
