VMware App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager
This three-day course builds application management skills with VMware App Volumes™ and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager™. You’ll learn how to use App Volumes to deliver applications and data to desktops and users in seconds and at scale. You will acquire skills in managing the lifecycle of applications, from installation to update and replacement. You will also learn how to use Dynamic Environment Manager to provide dynamic policy configuration and customization in virtual, physical, and cloud-based environments to streamline management of end-user profiles.
COD: AVDEM
CATEGORY: VMware
Teaching methodology
The course includes educational laboratories in which each student will be able to work in order to complete training exercises that will provide practical experience in using the instrument, for each of the topics covered during the course.
Who should participate
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for implementing VMware Horizon®, Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop, and RDHS solutions
Prerequisites
- Experience implementing virtualized desktops
- Familiarity with VMware Horizon
Outgoing knowledge/skills
By the end of the course, you should be able to achieve the following objectives:
- Describe the features and functions of App Volumes and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager.
- Demonstrate App Volumes and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager architectures.
- Install and configure App Volumes
- Create and distribute application packages and writable volumes.
- Installare e configurare VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
- Manage application configurations, user environment settings, and personalization settings.
Educational program
1 Introduction to the course
- Introduction and logistics of the course
- Objectives of the course
2 Overview of application and profile management
- Profile management
- Application management
3 App Volumes overview
- Describe the basic architecture and operation of App Volumes.
- Explain the function of App Volumes Manager
- Explain the function of App Volumes Agent
- Describe the principles of SAM
- List the life cycle stages of application packages
- Describe what a writable volume is and how it differs from an AppStack
- Identify the key requirements for deploying App Volumes App Volumes components
4 App Volumes installation overview
- Describe the App Volumes Manager installation sequence
- Describe how App Volumes works for packages and writable volumes.
- Describe the App Volumes hypervisor connection types and how they relate to how they work.
- Describe the initial setup process for App Volumes Manager
- Describe the basic configuration parameters and where they are configured in the App Volumes Manager web interface.
- Install and perform initial setup of App Volumes Manager in a lab environment.
- Describe the steps for installing the App Volumes Agent
- Install App Volumes Agent on target client computers in a lab environment.
5 Working with application packages
- Explain the concept of a simplified application package
- List the life cycle stages of application packages
- Distinguish between an application, a package and a program.
- Create an application package
- Use markers to assign the new version of an application package
- Modify an application
- Modify a package
6 Working with writable volumes Overview
- Describe what a writable volume is and where it is used
- Compare AppStack to writable volumes
- Describe the operation of a writable volume
- Explain how to assign a writable volume to a desktop
- Create and assign a writable volume in a lab environment
7 Working with AppStacks
- Explain how applications in an AppStack are available to a user
- Describe how to create an AppStack and populate it with applications
- Describe how to update an application in an existing AppStack.
8 Panoramica di VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
- Describe VMware Dynamic Environment Manager and its architecture
- Describe the functional areas and benefits of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
- Describe the features of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager and how it manages profiles.
9 Installare Dynamic Environment Manager
- Recognize the considerations for planning an installation of Dynamic Environment Manager.
- Identify preconfiguration requirements before installing and starting Dynamic Environment Manager – Management Console.
- Recognize the main steps in the Dynamic Environment Manager installation process.
- Describe the initial configuration process of the management console and FlexEngine.
10 Application configuration management
- Explain how a user can use the Dynamic Environment Manager self-help tool to recover from application configuration errors.
- Explain how administrators and support personnel can use the Dynamic Environment Manager Helpdesk Support tool to resolve profile issues.
- Describe how Dynamic Environment Manager SyncTool enables and synchronizes offline use of Dynamic Environment Manager.
- Describe how the Dynamic Environment Manager Application Profiler can be used to create predefined configurations for applications.
11 VMware Horizon Intelligent Policies
- Describe VMware Horizon smart policies
- Describe the VMware Horizon View smart policy setting
- Overview of VMware Horizon Smart Policies conditions
- Examples of VMware Horizon smart policies
Duration – 3 days
Delivery – in Classroom, On Site, Remote
PC and SW requirements:
- Internet connection
- Web browser, Google Chrome
- Zoom
Language
Instructor: English
Labs: English
Slides: English
