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Application Virtualization, University of New Hampshire
The document discusses the implementation of application virtualization at the University of New Hampshire to improve software deployment across its campuses. It highlights tools like VMware Mirage and Application Jukebox, emphasizing their benefits in terms of cost savings, flexibility, and efficiency in application management. The overall goal is to streamline processes and enhance the user experience while managing a diverse set of applications within the academic environment.
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- 1. © 2016 University of New Hampshire. All rights reserved. Academic Technology Streamlining Application Deployment and Management through Virtualization David Blezard NERCOMP Annual Conference 3/22/2016
- 2. Academic Technology Why youshould stay… • Understand how application virtualization can overcome issues with deploying software • Learn our system for evaluating a new tool’s potential benefits • Appreciate the capabilities of Application Jukebox to be able to assess its utility to your campus
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- 7. College Computer Lab 155 Titles Our Job is Hard!
- 8. Academic Technology About UNH •12,840 undergrads and 2,100 grads • 3 campuses - focusing on Durham • About 740 total workstations across 47 labs and 33 instructor stations • 490 Dells • 99 dual-boot Macs • 10Gb network backbone with 100Mb and 1Gb to the desktop
- 9. Academic Technology So HowDID We Do It? • Monolithic image w/ 100+ applications • Require faculty to submit software requests 4 weeks before semester starts (yeah, right…) • Total image size >90 GB • Cheat by installing some things to a network volume (not easy!) • Scripts, hacks, and running around to deploy things mid-semester • Potentially long delays at boot to install apps
- 10. Academic Technology What isApplication Virtualization? File System Registry Install Application FilesConfigConfigFiles
- 11. Academic Technology What isApplication Virtualization? Abstraction File System Registry Virtualize Application Files Config ConfigFiles
- 12. Academic Technology What isApplication Virtualization? Abstraction File System Registry Run Application Files Config ConfigFiles Files Config Application Library ConfigFiles
- 13. Academic Technology Is itWorth It? • That depends… • How do I know??? • Evaluation with objective criteria is key • Reduce costs • Increase flexibility • Prevent incidents and problems • Et al.
- 14. Academic Technology VMware Mirage •“VMware Mirage is a next-generation desktop image management solution for physical desktops” • “Manage your desktop image as a set of logical layers owned by either IT or the end user. Update IT- managed layers while maintaining end-user files and personalization. Easily deploy applications to any collection of end users with application layering technology. Quickly restore the system layers to fix any issues without overwriting user layers.” https://www.vmware.com/products/horizon-‐mirage/features.html
- 15. Academic Technology Evaluating Mirage •Overall ease of use • Effectiveness of the tool • Time required to use the tool vs. time saved in current management practices
- 16. Academic Technology Evaluating Mirage •Overall ease of use • Effectiveness of the tool • Time required to use the tool vs. time saved in current management practices • Layering works • Can customize different locations • Updates in the background • Users get notified to reboot • Long time to ingest each machine • Longer time to deploy than current image
- 18. Academic Technology Application Jukebox Cloudpaging 1950’s2010’s Less M ore
- 19. Academic Technology Cloudpaging • Applicationvirtualization solution from Numecent • Resold and supported in the education market by Software2 • Claims to virtualize ALL Windows applications • Fonts • Services • Drivers • Server-based delivery, on-demand
- 20. Academic Technology Evaluating AppJukebox • Cost savings - >$20 per computer • Increased flexibility and agility • Low end-user impact
- 21. Academic Technology Evaluating AppJukebox • Cost savings - >$20 per computer • Increased flexibility and agility • Low end-user impact • 25+% reduction in imaging time • Less re-work and update time $22 per computer • Simple mid-semester deployments • Applications separate from OS • Slow first launch, but good caching • Simultaneous launch no slower than single computer (Test w/ SPSS in 30-seat classroom)
- 22. Academic Technology Deploying ApplicationJukebox • Evaluation completed by June 2014 • Transitioned servers from POC to production • Started packaging applications in June • 100+ applications done by August • Stripped down Windows 7 64-bit OS setup imaged to computers in late August • Continued packaging and deploying remaining applications as needed through October
- 23. Academic Technology Demos Please make appropriate sacrifices to the demo gods…
- 24. Academic Technology Infrastructure • Allvirtual servers • Separation of roles allows for ease of scaling MS SQL Database Repository License ServiceApplication Portal Paging Servers Configuration & License Data App Sets Windows Clients Studio Workstation
- 25. Academic Technology Cloudpaging Layers •Layer 1 • assets are installed to the local storage permanently • Layer 2 • assets are installed to the local storage • assets are tracked and can be removed by the abstraction layer • Layer 3 • “normal”setting • assets are installed within the abstraction layer • assets are visible to the OS and other apps • Layer 4 • assets are installed within the abstraction layer • assets are not visible to the OS and other apps
- 26. Academic Technology Issues • SplitActive Directory environment • License counting • Applications with VERY large Registry footprints
- 27. Academic Technology Pluses • VDI-basedsystems • 90+% of application packages moved from Windows 7 physical to Windows 7 VDI • Nearly instant deployment • Deployments require 1 shortcut to get to the local computer • Windows 10 • Anticipating that we can reuse many application packages on Win 10 with no changes
- 28. Academic Technology Acknowledgements • TonyDiTulio - system administrator • Chris Pycko - testing, packaging, lots of work • Jerry Marceau - keeping everything else working • Software2 - Marcus, Brian, Tony, Nick