what's the function of VDM, why use it?

[zhangfred_vm]

Hi friends, what's the function of VDM,

I think we can use the RDP and the IPaddress of the VM to access the VM, why use the VDM?

[Rodos · Accepted solution]

Thats a good question.

What you have described is "poor mans VDI" which is great for small implementations, say below 50 desktops. There are a number of ways to associate a user with a desktop (hostname, Wyse) and you have to create all your machines yourself (usually via a template).

So what does VDM bring. Well lots, here is a quick dump.

. Provisioning. Using pools it manages the creation and destruction of your machines. Pools can have machines which are sticky to a user or shared/reused or destroyed after use.

. Session Management. Who is using what machine, suspending them when not in use. Controlling access to multiple machines from users.

. Secure Server. Providing an external interface via SSL so you can access the machines outside your firewall in a secure manner.

. Composer. Providing thin provisioning, balancing of storage, update images with new software.

. Offline. Allowing a desktop to be copied to the client and run offline, then syncing its data changes back to the server.

. MMX. Providing support for multi-media redirection to clients (LAN based, still uses bandwidth)

. USB. Virtualising USB devices so they can be used as if connected into the desktop, loading the original drivers.

. Application virtualisation. If you get the Enterprise version you get Thinapp.

And thats just off the top of my head. Go and review the docs and web site for some further details. Once you start to get serious you are going to want a broker like View Manager.

Rodos

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