VMWare View test lab

[vNic007]

Hi Guys,

I am very keen to get some hands on learning on VMware View although i dont have much knowledge about it.I was thinking of setting up a small test lab and than playing with that to know learn more about the product. Can someone suggest me what all would i need ?

For information , currently i have VMware Workstation on my computer and few VMs running over that , one of the VMs has VC and one has ESX 4i and 2 Windows VM. Can someone please tell me if i can setup a test environment on same PC and what all i need to do ?

Cheers and thanks in advance;

[AndreTheGiant]

To understand how View works you need at least this machine/VM:

• 1 ESX 3.5

• 1 VC 2.5 + View Composer

• 1 View Manager

You can do with your environment.

Andre

[krowczynski]

i also tried it with ESX4, works fine, but until now it is nut supported, and also functions like LinkedClones and Offline Desktop are not able to use.

MCP, VCP

[vNic007]

which view manager binary should i download , there are few on vmware website ?

[AndreTheGiant]

Use the Enterprise or the Premium version...

The binary of View Manger is the same in both cases.

Andre

[vNic007]

so i wont work with vCenter Server 4 ??

[krowczynski]

No you need a vcenter Instance for it!!

MCP, VCP

[AndreTheGiant]

so i wont work with vCenter Server 4 ??

Is not official supported, but it can work (as written before) without offline and linked clone.

Andre