The document discusses Novell's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution called R.E.D.I. It notes that VDI has gone through a hype cycle, from a peak of inflated expectations to a trough of disillusionment as solutions became complex and costly. Novell's R.E.D.I. solution aims to help VDI climb the slope of enlightenment by providing an integrated approach leveraging Novell's strengths in identity management, systems management, and security to deliver a more optimized and productive VDI environment.

1. Novell Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure

2. Jerry Combs
Principal Architect, Novell , Inc. ®
jcombs@novell.com
Valentin Mihai
Product Manager, Novell, Inc.
valentin.mihai@novell.com
Bob Reynolds
Technical Lead, Novell, Inc.
rjreynolds@novell.com
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3. Novell R.E.D.I. ®
(Role Enabled Desktop Infrastructure)
• Virtual desktop infrastructure
– Peak of inflated expectations
– Trough of disillusionment
• Novell and R.E.D.I.
– VDI climbs the
slope of enlightenment
– Next stop-
plateau of productivity
Figure 1.1 - The Gartner Hype Cycle
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4. VDI
Peak of Inflated Expectations
Management “Silos”
Machines,
Provisioning applications
and users
Desk-side visits
Support Patches and updates
Total cost of maintaining
and managing a PC
environment is $3,000 to
Data Data backup $5,000 + per device*
Recovery Hardware failure Gartner 2007
Enforce policies
Security Compliance and audit
Complexity increases with
multiple sites, geographies,
languages and time zones
Power Rising energy costs
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5. VDI
Trough of Disillusionment
End-user environment moves into the data center
End-user experience sub-optimal
End users not aligned with business requirement
Storage requirements explode
Complex multiple vendor solutions involved for VDI
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6. VDI
Trough of Disillusionment (continued)
Now have two environments to manage with two
different tools
Immature technologies
Costs are out of control
Manual processes requirementLack of integration
Lack of configuration management, security and
Identity integration
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7. VDI Is Much More than Virtualization
Security / Compliance Systems Management Virtualization
Role Engineering Asset Discovery Hypervisor Platform
Identity Management Application Usage Dynamic Build /
Recycle Process
Access/Session Software Compliance
Management Pool Monitoring and
Ongoing Capacity Management
Endpoint Security Planning
Load Balancing
Patch Management Application Packaging
(desktops/hosts) (virtualization)
Forensics (snapshotting) Application Deployment
Access Storage Management
Certification/Compliance
CMDB integration and
Anti-virus Management
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8. Novell Abilities ®
Business
Process
Incident Managemen Configuration
Management t Management
Change
Asset Management
Management
Release
Problem
Management Management
Project
Service Management
Desk
Capacity Service Level
Management Management
Performance
Management Security
Management
Service
Continuity Identity
Management Management
Availability
Compliance Desktop
Management
Management
Patch Data Center
Management Application Infrastructure
Management Management
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9. Novell Framework Advantages
®
1. Identity-based Delivery
and Management
– Tier-1 identity management vendor
> 100s of millions of identities
– Long-history and core competencies in
identity-based desktop management
and application delivery
> 44 million desktops managed
– Identity-based storage management
2. One Set of Tools for Physical or
Virtual Application Delivery
3. Open to Hypervisor and Desktop
Operating Systems
– Robust open source technologies
including Xen, KVM, etc.
– Also a leader in Linux and
Microsoft alternatives
4. Flexible Patch Management
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10. Novell Framework Advantages
®
5. High Level of Granular
Control and Automation
– Tier-1 security and compliance
partner with integrated
endpoint security suite
– Tighter software licensing
compliance by true usage
– Depth of management of the
infrastructure including within the
virtual machines and storage
systems to minimize efficiencies
– Global policy and work-flow for
high-level automation and
grid-based management
– Dashboard to distinguish
infrastructure and application issues
6. One Vendor Approach for Lower
Risk, Less Integration, and No
Finger-pointing
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11. Novell and VDI ®
Life-cycle Overview
Business
Single pane Helpdesk view
Service
Management
to manage environment
Novell Novell
Identity Vault Identity Access
Authenticates user and
Manager Manager TM
authorizes access based on role
PlateSpin Workload
®
Management
Provisions access
Manager hires Dynamically
and associates
and registers new assembles and starts
roles
developer/user client virtual machine
based on role
and policy
Developer/User Xen/ESX
logs into secure URL Hosts the
user virtual
desktop
Novell ZENworks ®
Dynamically manages user
environment and application
PlateSpin Novell
Workload Access Terminates
Management Manager user session
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12. Novell REDI Integrated Architecture
®
Home Office ThinClient
SLED Client Re-purposed Mac Client
Users
Novell Access Manager ™
Existing Desktop Infrastructure Existing Novell XenKVMESX Server Farm
Identity Identity
System Manager
Managed
PlateSpin Orchestrate
Novell Virtual
ZENworks ®
Desktops
Novell
®
ZAV
Novell File Management Suite
User Data Storage Infrastructure Storage Infrastructure
Shared
Mapped File User Profile Running Master VM User Data
Application
Drives Servers Servers VMs Images Drives
Drive
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13. Novell and VDI ®
The User Environment
Image Templates PlateSpin ®
Orchestrate
Controls the
configuration and
state of the VM
<2GB
OS Image
Allocation from a
dynamically Novell ZENworks
Personalized VM ®
maintained pool Configuration Manager
Injects dynamic portion of
C:/ user profile and delivers
user specific applications
User Personal Image
Contains user D:/
owned data and
static portion of E:/
profile
This method results in storage savings
comparable to linked clones without the
Role Application Image drawbacks of linked clones (patching all
Read-only image at once, no unique GUID, no granularity
shared by all role within a template)
members
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14. Demo

15. Novell R.E.D.I.
A service delivered as part of Novell Intelligent
®
Workload Management that enables an enterprise to
manage and optimize End User computing resources
in a policy driven, secure, and compliant manner
across physical, virtual, or cloud environments
+ Build
+ Secure
+ Manage
+ Measure
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