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About VDI
Imagesgettingstartedsmall.png! About VDI Features of VDI 3 Sun VDI 3.0 now includes the following features: Support for a wide variety of virtual desktop operating systems (XP, Vista, 2000, OpenSolaris, Ubuntu). Builtin virtualization (Sun xVM VirtualBox ...
Accessing Desktops with a Sun Ray DTU
Accessing Desktops with a Sun Ray DTU The following screenshots illustrate how to access a desktop from an enduser perspective using Sun Ray thin clients (DTUs). Using the Desktop Login/Selector Dialog Starting with Sun VDI 3 ...
Accessing Desktops with Microsoft RDC
Accessing Desktops with Microsoft RDC Sun VDI 3 includes a builtin RDP broker that allows easy desktop access leveraging the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). This way users can take advantage of existing Windows PCs for accessing desktops ...
Accessing Desktops with SGD Web Access
Accessing Desktops with SGD Web Access Log into the SGD webtop (with URL {{http://}}<ssgdserver>{{/}}) as the user who has been assigned the pool/desktop. The Windows Application Object that you created (see Setting Up Sun Secure Global Desktop ...
Active Directory Integration
Active Directory Integration Active Directory integration is the recommended choice for production platforms integrating with Microsoft Active Directory. The users from the Active Directory can be used for desktop and pool assignments and will be able to access desktops from VDI. On top of this basic ...
Adapting Sun Ray Software
Adapting Sun Ray Software Sun VDI 3 supports different desktop access mechanisms. Endusers have the choice to use existing Windows PC client devices or they can step up to the energy efficient thin clients from Sun ...
Administering
Imagestwopeople.png! Administering 1. Manage Virtual Desktops Using the VDI Web Administration or Using the CLI The Sun VDI Web Administration (Admin GUI) provides an interface for managing virtual machine assignments in the VDI Core and monitoring the state of the hypervisor ...
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Are all VirtualBox versions compatible with VDI 3?
all VirtualBox versions compatible with VDI 3? No. You must use VirtualBox 2.0.10 (also known as VirtualBox for VDI) that comes with VDI as your virtualization platform. \\ If you would like to create virtual machine templates locally on your laptop ...
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Backing Up the VDI Configuration
Backing Up the VDI Configuration The use of MySQL Cluster for the VDI configuration implies a high level of failsafety already which reduces the need for backups as a means for disaster recovery. Find further details about this topic in the official MySQL documentation http ...
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Can I convert a VDI Demo into a clustered VDI Production environment?
Can I convert a VDI Demo into a clustered VDI Production environment? Yes. While configuring the multihost Production setup, run {{vdaconfig}} on all hosts (one Primary and two Secondaries). On one of the Secondary hosts you may restore the data ...
Can I install a full Demo without user directory integration?
Can I install a full Demo without user directory integration? Sun VDI 3 allows to assign desktops to users and/or tokens (smart cards). The user information must always come from an LDAP (or Active Directory) server ...
Can I install the VDI Demo in a virtual machine?
Can I install the VDI Demo in a virtual machine? No, the Demo setup (described on the Getting Started VDI Demo page) must be installed on a physical machine
Can I set up a Demo of VDI 3 on one machine?
Can I set up a Demo of VDI 3 on one machine? Yes! We encourage new users to set up a VDI demo to get comfortable with the software before installing a production environment setup. See Getting Started VDI ...
Can I try out MySQL or set up an evaluation VDI remote database?
Can I try out MySQL or set up an evaluation VDI remote database? Yes! The MySQL Sandbox is a quick and easy way to setup MySQL or try out VDI remote database setup. You can find it here ...
Can I use OpenSolaris instead of Solaris 10 Update 7 for my single host Demo?
Can I use OpenSolaris instead of Solaris 10 Update 7 for my single host Demo? OpenSolaris may be used as storage platform hosting the ZFS pool used by VDI 3. However, the core parts of VDI 3 CANNOT ...
Can I use PKI instead of Kerberos for authentication to an Active Directory?
Can I use PKI instead of Kerberos for authentication to an Active Directory? You can certainly use PKI authentication and it should offer the same features (including removing computers from the Active Directory) as Kerberos authentication
Can I use wild cards in token names to represent a group of DTUs in order to assign these DTUs to a pool?
Can I use wild cards in token names to represent a group of DTUs in order to assign these DTUs to a pool? No, tokens in VDI don't allow wild cards. Instead, you can create tokens in bulk and have them associated to users ...
Checking VDA Services
Checking VDA Services It is important to know how to check the status of the different services provided by Sun VDI. Most services run under the control of the Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF). How to Check the Core Service How to Check the Database ...
Configuring the VDI Core
Configuring the VDI Core Configuring the VDI Core for a Production Environment provides high availability and the required level of performance for medium to bigger deployments. For the Production Setup a minimum of three VDI hosts is required in order to guarantee highavailability: a Primary host, and two ...
Customizing the LDAP Filters and Attributes
Customizing the LDAP Filters and Attributes VDI uses various LDAP filters and attribute lists to look up and interpret the data stored in the user directory. VDI comes with some LDAP filters that are suitable for demos with Active Directory or Sun Directory Server ...
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Defining Virtual Machine Templates in Sun xVM VirtualBox
Defining Virtual Machine Templates in Sun xVM VirtualBox Sun VDI presents users with easy access to their virtual desktops, instances of any desktop operating system, executed in a virtual machine. You can manually create virtual machines, or you ...
Defining Virtual Machine Templates in VMware vCenter
Defining Virtual Machine Templates in VMware vCenter Sun VDI presents users with easy access to their virtual desktops, typically instances of Microsoft Windows XP executed in a virtual machine. You can manually create virtual machines, or you can ...
Deployment Guide
Deployment Guide This chapter provides guidelines for the design of the hardware architecture for VDI 3 deployments with VirtualBox. The information provided here is derived from a sizing test with 1000 desktops which were running a script to simulate an office workload (for closer ...
Desktop and Virtual Machine States
Desktop and Virtual Machine States In Sun VDI a user is assigned to one or several virtual desktops and can use these desktops from everywhere as if they were on a traditional desktop computer. Sun VDI provides advanced management and lifecycle features which allow ...
Disabling Client Authentication
Security Considerations Starting with Sun VDI 3, all users must authenticate themselves before getting access to any desktop. Typically users will be asked for a user name/password combination (and optionally a Windows domain). The VDI service will then contact the user ...
Do I need to configure SRS separately in VDI 3?
Do I need to configure SRS separately in VDI 3? A separate installation of SRS is not necessary in VDI 3. In fact, we require that SRSS and SRWC are NOT installed/configured when starting the VDI 3 installation. The SRSS/SRWC parts are automatically ...
Do Sun Secure Global Desktop Software perpetual licenses include support with my purchase?
Do Sun Secure Global Desktop Software perpetual licenses include support with my purchase? Yes. Sun Secure Global Desktop Software perpetual licenses include 1year of Basic support, which only provides access to Sun Knowledge ...
Does the MySQL database store all SRS-related configuration?
Does the MySQL database store all SRSrelated configuration? No, all SRSrelated configuration is stored in the LDAPbased SRS datastore
Does the VirtualBox swap space really have to be the same as the memory?
Does the VirtualBox swap space really have to be the same as the memory? Yes, because of a long standing Solaris bug, all the memory that the VirtualBox virtual machines use is double accounted (but not actually used). This means that if you stay with 64GB of swap on your ...
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End-users are not able to log into their Windows desktop.
Endusers are not able to log into their VMware provided Windows desktop. Verify that the users are configured for remote access and are allowed to perform a remote access
End-users cannot access their virtual machines.
Endusers cannot access their virtual machines. # On a terminal trigger the following command: /opt/SUNWvda/lib/vdaclient p `cat /tmp/vdaservice.port` m <test user> # If things work as expected, then the vdaclient will trigger the startup of the corresponding Virtual Machine and should ...
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Getting Started - VDI Demo
Getting Started VDI Demo The following information describes how to install and configure the VDI components (connection broker, virtualization platform, and storage) on one host. A Demo VDI Setup is great for evaluation, but cannot support a large deployment. !Supported Configurationsclientdiagram1.gif ...
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ImagesSunVDIwordmark.png! Version 3 This site contains the official documentation for Sun™ Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3 software. !Imagesgettingstartedsmall.png alt="About VDI"! About VDI About VDI Learn about the architecture of Sun VDI 3.0 !Imagesmanygears.png alt="Getting ...
How do I configure DHCP in VDI 3?
How do I configure DHCP in VDI 3? First, install and configure VDI using {{vdainstall}} and {{vdaconfig}} as described on the Installingpages. This will also install SRS and configure the SRS failover group and Kiosk settings. You can then adapt things as needed ...
How do I configure the audio for VirtualBox hosted virtual machines?
Audio doesn't play after changing audio configuration for VirtualBox hosted virtual machines in VDI GUI If you change a virtual machine's configuration (i.e. audio) via the VDI GUI, the changes will not take effect until the virtual machine has ...
How do I make a desktop available to a user at all times in VDI 3?
How do I make a desktop available to a user at all times in VDI 3? Make sure the user's desktop has a personal assignment instead of a flexible assignment. For more about desktop assignment types, see: What is the difference between ...
How do I migrate a VDI Demo configuration to a VDI Single Host configuration?
How do I migrate a VDI Demo configuration to a VDI Single Host configuration? # On the Demo host, execute the following: /opt/SUNWvda/mysql/bin/mysqldump defaultsfile=/etc/opt/SUNWvda/my.cnf port=3306 u root opt ...
How do I specify USB redirection for Sun Ray?
How do I specify USB redirection for Sun Ray? You can adapt the Kiosk session parameters using the Sun Ray Admin GUI as described on the Sun Ray Kiosk Session page. Add the desired drive mapping after ...
How do I use VMware virtual machines with multiple network adapters?
How do I use VMware virtual machines with multiple network adapters? See Sun VDI: How to use virtual machines with multiple network adapters http://blogs.sun.com/sjf/entry/sunvdihowtouse
How is desktop assignment in VDI 3 different than in VDI 2?
How is desktop assignment in VDI 3 different than in VDI 2? The previous release of VDI (Sun VDI 2/VDC 1) uses a slightly different terminology. A desktop with static assignment is owned by a user (similar to personal in Sun VDI 3 ...
How to Access the Admin GUI
How to Access the Admin GUI Use the VDI Web Administration to manage virtual desktops. Steps # Go to {{http://}}<server name>{{:1800}} (or {{http://localhost:1800}} if remote administration has been disabled). # You must use root user ...
How to Add Users to Pools
How to Add Users to Pools It is now time to assign your users to desktops. You can either assign a user to a specific desktop, or you can assign a user (or user group) to a desktop pool. In the latter case, the Sun VDI Core ...
How to Associate Tokens to Users
How to Associate Tokens to Users In a Sun Ray environment, users will take advantage of smart cards (tokens) to initiate a session on a Sun Ray thin client (DTU). With VDI 3, you can associate a token to a user (it is also possible to assign ...
How to Check the Admin GUI Service
How to Check the Admin GUI Service To check the status of the Admin GUI: # /opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdawebadmin status The corresponding log file can be located at: # /var/opt/SUNWvda/log/webadmin0.log \\ \\ !ImagesLeftArrow.png! How to Check the Database Service Previous Page ...
How to Check the Core Service
How to Check the Core Service Starting with Sun VDI 3, the main VDI Core service now runs as a module within the Common Agent Container (cacao). This Javabased agent is an integrated part of Solaris 10 and is already used in a wide ...
How to Check the Database Service
How to Check the Database Service Sun VDI Core uses a MySQL database which is configured within the Sun VDI services or remotely. To ensure that the database service is up and running: # /opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdadbstatus status If not configured remotely, the database ...
How to Check the RDP Broker Service
How to Check the RDP Broker Service The RDP broker service supplied by Sun VDI 3.0 also runs under the Solaris Service Management Facility. To ensure that the RDP broker service is running: # svcs svc:/application/rdpbroker:default The log ...
How to Configure a Remote MySQL Database
How to Configure a Remote MySQL Database As an alternative to the VDI MySQL Cluster database, it is possible to use a remote MySQL database. This needs to be a MySQL version 5.0 (or higher) or a MySQL Cluster version 6.2.15 (or higher). You can use either ...
How to Configure Sun VDI for a Production Environment
How to Configure Sun VDI for a Production Environment To configure VDI 3 for a production environment, you need to set up a minimum of one physical Primary Host and two physical Secondary Hosts. Before you Begin If your VDI installation ...
How to Configure Sun VDI for a Single Host Setup
How to Configure Sun VDI for a Single Host Setup The Single Host VDI Configuration Supported Configurations#Single Host Configuration should only be used in production environments where failover is not required. \\ To use this configuration type, you will need to specify ...
How to Configure Sun VDI for an Evaluation Environment
How to Configure Sun VDI for an Evaluation Environment It is only recommended to use the Evaluation Setup for demo and showcase setups. Steps # Go to the installation directory: cd /opt/SUNWvda/sbin \\ # Execute the configuration script: ./vdaconfig \\ # Choose the {{0 Evaluation ...
How to Create Automated Administration Scripts
How to Create Automated Administration Scripts The {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda}} CLI can be used in scripts for automated administration. Reading the Return Code The {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda}} returns the following exit codes: 0: Successful completion 1 ...
How to Create Desktop Pools
How to Create Desktop Pools Sun VDI 3 organizes desktops in pools. A pool is just a collection (or container) of desktops. Typically you will create different pools for different types of users. For example, the engineering team, in your company, might have ...
How to Create Desktop Providers
How to Create Desktop Providers Desktop providers encapsulate the details of the underlying virtualization platform. Since VDI 3 is compatible with both VMware Virtual Infrastructure and Sun xVM VirtualBox virtualization platforms, there are two types of desktop providers. At a minimum, you ...
How to Create Desktop Providers for a VMware Infrastructure Platform
How to Create Desktop Providers for a VMware Infrastructure Platform Follow the steps below to set up a VMware Infrastrucure desktop provider. Steps # Select the Desktop Providers category in the left sidebar. # Select New in the VMware VirtualCenter Desktop Providers overview ...
How to Create Desktop Providers for an xVM VirtualBox Platform
How to Create Desktop Providers for an xVM VirtualBox Platform Follow the steps below to set up an xVM VirtualBox desktop provider. Steps # Select the Desktop Providers category in the left sidebar. # Select New in the Sun xVM VirtualBox ...
How to do a Rolling Restart of Your MySQL Cluster
How to do a Rolling Restart of Your MySQL Cluster Be sure to comply with the MySQL Cluster rules regarding reconfiguration as published here: Performing Rolling Restart of MySQL Cluster http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqlclusterrollingrestart.html. Steps # Stop the {{vdadb ...
How to Enable Cloning for a VMware Infrastructure Platform
How to Enable Cloning for a VMware Infrastructure Platform Cloning is the fastest and most efficient way to populate a pool. Use the steps below to enable cloning in a pool. Steps # In the Admin GUI open the Pools tab, then select the previously created pool (or any ...
How to Enable Cloning for an xVM VirtualBox Platform
How to Enable Cloning for an xVM VirtualBox Platform Cloning is the fastest and most efficient way to populate a pool. Use the steps below to enable cloning in a pool. Steps # In the Admin GUI open the Pools tab, then select the previously created pool ...
How to Enable Cloning in Pools
How to Enable Cloning in Pools Filling a desktop pool manually is cumbersome and inefficient for large desktop numbers. Thus Sun VDI 3.0 can also clone desktops as needed from a template (or golden master). !ImagesVMLifecycle.jpg align=right,vspace ...
How to Import Virtual Machines for a VMware Infrastructure Platform
How to Import Virtual Machines for a VMware Infrastructure Platform VMware vCenter manages the virtual machines (VM) that have been executed on the configured VMware ESX server. You can use any existing VM and import it into the previously created pool ...
How to Import Virtual Machines for an xVM VirtualBox Platform
How to Import Virtual Machines for an xVM VirtualBox Platform Sun VDI takes advantage of the ZFS file system which vastly improves the performance of desktop deployment. As a first step you must import the desktop to the storage: If you plan ...
How to Prevent Unrestricted SQL Node Joins
How to Prevent Unrestricted SQL Node Joins The default MySQL Cluster configuration allows up to 20 SQL nodes joining the MySQl Cluster. In security sensitive environment however one might want to prevent unrestricted SQL node joins ...
How to Set Up a Solaris Storage Server
How to Set Up a Solaris Storage Server Each virtual disk is represented by a ZFS volume. The ZFS volumes are stored in a ZFS pool and accessed by xVM VirtualBox via iSCSI. The management of the ZFS volumes is done by Sun VDI 3.0 and requires ...
How to Set Up a Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
How to Set Up a Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System Sun VDI 3 supports the Sun Storage 7110, 7210 and 7410 Unified Storage Systems. A Sun Unified Storage System requires the following preparation: Steps # Set ...
How to Set Up a User Directory
How to Set Up a User Directory Typically the user information is already stored in an Active Directory or LDAP server. Before you can assign users to desktops, you must configure the desired Active Directory/LDAP server and the VDI ...
How to Set Up an OpenSolaris Storage Server
How to Set Up an OpenSolaris Storage Server Each virtual disk is represented by a ZFS volume. The ZFS volumes are stored in a ZFS pool and accessed by xVM VirtualBox via iSCSI. The management of the ZFS volumes is done by Sun VDI 3.0 ...
How to Set Up Anonymous Authentication
How to Set Up Anonymous Authentication Use the steps below to set up anonymous authentication. Steps In the Admin GUI, go to the Settings category and User Directory subcategory, and click Add User Directory to launch the User Directory wizard: # Select ...
How to Set up Kerberos Authentication
How to Set up Kerberos Authentication Follow the steps below to configure Kerberos Authentication for your Active Directory. To get the full functionality offered by Kerberos Authentication, it is necessary to provide the credentials of a user that has 'write' access to the Active Directory. This user ...
How to Set Up Public Key Authentication
How to Set Up Public Key Authentication Public Key Authentication requires some specific configuration on the Active Directory server and VDI host prior to setting up the user directory in the Admin GUI. Steps # Follow the configuration steps 1 ...
How to Set Up Secure Authentication
How to Set Up Secure Authentication Use the steps below to set up secure authentication. It is necessary to provide the credentials of a user that has 'read' access to the user directory. This user will be used to read user information from the directory. Steps In the Admin ...
How to Set Up Simple Authentication
How to Set Up Simple Authentication Use the steps below to set up simple authentication. It is necessary to provide the credentials of a user that has 'read' access to the user directory. This user will be used to read user information from the directory. Steps In the Admin ...
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I am getting the error - Currently there is no desktop available or assigned to you.
I am getting the error Currently there is no desktop available or assigned to you. Sun VDI 3 typically returns the above message for the following reasons: a) There are no desktops directly assigned to you. b) There is a pool assigned to you, but no desktops in the pool are available/free ...
I am unable to get a MS RDC connection on my VMware virtual machine.
I am unable to get a MS RDC connection on my VMware virtual machine. # Verify that it has been enabled in the Remote tab of the System Properties dialog. If this is enabled, the issue probably has to do with your network settings. # Verify that the virtual ...
I can see my VirtualBox hosted desktop, but it will not start.
I can see my VirtualBox hosted desktop, but it will not start. In some rare circumstances a desktop maybe left registered and powered off on a VirtualBox host. Desktops in this state for more than a couple of minutes can safely be deleted from the VirtualBox ...
I can start a virtual machine from the VirtualBox GUI, but it will not start from the VDI Admin GUI.
I can start a virtual machine from the VirtualBox GUI, but it will not start from the VDI Admin GUI. VirtualBox doesn't check for available memory before starting a virtual machine. When a virtual machine is started, ZFS releases cache to free ...
I cannot log into the Admin GUI.
I cannot log into the Admin GUI. This is most likely an issue with cacao or the vda service # If the VDI host runs into a virtual machine, check that the machine has enough RAM # Check the status of cacao and the vda service as described in The system is not reacting ...
I get a blank screen after successfully logging into the Admin GUI.
I get a blank screen after successfully logging into the Admin GUI. This is most likely an issue with the MySQL database # Try restarting the service /opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdaservice restart # If problem persists, you need to troubleshoot the MySQL database ...
I have created a new pool in my VMware desktop provider and virtual machines are not created automatically.
I have created a new pool in my VMware desktop provider and virtual machines are not created automatically. You have not defined a template for the pool. Make sure that your pool configuration points to a virtual machine or template. There is not enough disk space ...
I have free memory on my ZFS storage host, but my VirtualBox virtual machines will not start due to a lack of memory.
I have free memory on my ZFS storage host, but my VirtualBox virtual machines will not start due to a lack of memory. The ZFS ARC cache is eating up the memory. See the Release Notes #Memory for ARC cache should be restricted ...
If I purchase Sun Secure Global Desktop Software licenses and support, am I entitled to support for Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software (VDI) support?
I purchase Sun Secure Global Desktop Software licenses and support, am I entitled to support for Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software (VDI) support? No. You would have to purchase Sun VDI Software and support separately
If I purchase support with my Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software licenses, do I also get support for Sun Secure Global Desktop Software?
I purchase support with my Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software licenses, do I also get support for Sun Secure Global Desktop Software? Yes. However support services are limited to the boundaries of the restricted Right To Use (RTU ...
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Importing Virtual Machines
Importing Virtual Machines A pool will be empty (has no desktops) after initial creation. You can now manually add existing desktops (virtual machines) to your pool using the VDI Admin GUI. The procedure will differ depending on the virtualization platform ...
In my VMware desktop pool, new virtual machines are created automatically, but they are not made available.
my VMware desktop pool, new virtual machines are created automatically, but they are not made available. # Verify that you still have enough disk space for your virtual machines. Depending on the recycle policy settings for your pool before a newly created ...
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Installing
Imagesinstall.png! Installing 1. Review the System Requirements Check the VDI System Requirements Planning the Installation to determine what equipment you will need. 2. Obtain the Sun VDI Software To download a copy of the Sun VDI software, go to sun.com https ...
Installing the VDI Core
Installing the VDI Core The VDI Core can be installed on an x86 or SPARC platform running Solaris 10 Update 6 (64bit). It is important to note that when you are choosing to use the embedded MySQL Cluster database all of your hosts ...
Is it possible to assign MS Terminal Server to users?
possible to assign Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (formerly called Terminal Services) sessions to users? While VDI 3 provides connectivity to RDS sessions running on Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Services via the SRWC (included as a component of SRS ...
Is it possible to customize the desktop login screen?
possible to customize the desktop login screen? Adapting the VDI login screen, which is displayed on the Sun Ray DTUs, is supported, with some limitations. It is possible to replace the product logo (upper left corner) and the background of the desktop login/selection dialog (middle ...
Is Sun Secure Global Desktop Software included with my purchase of Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software?
Sun Secure Global Desktop Software included with my purchase of Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software? A restricted Right To Use (RTU) license is included with Sun VDI Software licenses. The RTU for Sun Secure Global Desktop Software restricts ...
Is the Demo configuration a supported configuration?
Demo configuration a supported configuration? The VDI Demo configuration cannot be supported as a production environment VDI deployment, because the embedded database configuration does not comply with MySQL standards. We do, however, encourage customers to try VDI Demo configuration ...
Is there a way to modify the cacao logging behavior so that a long history can be maintained?
way to modify the cacao logging behavior so that a longer history can be maintained? The default cacao logging properties may be insufficient for heavily active VDI implementations or when increasing the logging level to debug an issue with VDI services. If needed ...
Is VMware ESXi a supported virtualization platform?
VMware ESXi a supported virtualization platform? Yes, VMware ESXi is a supported virtualization platform, but if problems occur they need to be verified first on bare ESX
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Jobs don't finish even after canceling them using the Admin GUI.
Jobs don't finish even after canceling them using the Admin GUI. You can force to abort all active jobs: # Verify that the vda service is running. # Enter the following command in the shell: /opt/SUNWvda/mysql/bin/mysql ...
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Kerberos authentication to Active Directory works for a while and then stops.
Kerberos authentication to Active Directory works for a while and then stops. A temporary solution for this issue is to run the following on each VDI server: kinit V administrator@MY.DOMAIN Troubleshooting This might be: # A time synchronization issue. Make sure the domain controllers and the VDI servers are connecting ...
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LDAP Integration LDAP Integration allows to integrate with one Active Directory server or one LDAP server in a straightforward way, without the need for extra configuration. The users from the Active Directory or LDAP server can be used for desktop and pool assignments ...
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MySQL Cluster Reconfiguration Scenarios
MySQL Cluster Reconfiguration Scenarios The following table show the different host types from the perspective of the MySQL Cluster database and the possible transformation from one type to another. The following terms will be used: NonVDI host a host which is not yet a VDI ...
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Standard System Requirements This section outlines the minimum requirements for a standard VDI 3 configuration. We recommend that you read the following pages for more information about supported software and VDI deployment options: Release Notes Supported Configurations Deployment ...
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Reconfiguring the VDI MySQL Cluster
Reconfiguring the VDI MySQL Cluster Be sure have have this level of knowledge before continuing. Familiarize yourself with MySQL Cluster. Detailed information can be found in the official MySQL documentation MySQL Cluster Overview http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en ...
Release Notes
Release Notes These notes contain important information about the Sun VDI Core at the time of revenue release, including requirements and supported platforms as well as issues and workarounds. Be sure to read this document before you begin using Sun VDI 3 ...
Removing the VDI Core
Removing the VDI Core Uninstall and unconfigure the VDI Core: # /opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdainstall u \\ \\ !ImagesLeftArrow.png! Checking VDA Services Previous Page Checking VDA Services Up One Page Level !ImagesUpArrow.png! Installing Installing
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Setting Up a Storage Server
Setting Up a Storage Server A Sun xVM VirtualBox virtualization platform requires a storage server to house the virtual machines. The following servers can be used as storage by VDI 3.0: Any Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System (the 7210 ...
Setting Up a Sun xVM VirtualBox Server
Setting Up a Sun xVM VirtualBox Server The VirtualBox server should be an x86 platform (only) running Solaris 10 Update 6 (64bit) or Solaris 10 Update 7 (64bit). Before You Begin Solaris hosts running ...
Setting Up a VMware ESX Server
Setting Up a VMware ESX Server VMware ESX server is a Linuxbased appliance that provides a virtualization layer abstracting CPU resources, storage, and memory of a physical host into multiple virtual machines. To install the software, just power on the host machine with the VMware ...
Setting Up a VMware vCenter Server
Setting Up a VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter provides central management of several ESX servers. It installs on a physical or virtual Windows machine. For quick evaluation you can simply install it on a virtual machine inside your ESX server ...
Setting Up Sun Secure Global Desktop Software
Setting Up Sun Secure Global Desktop Software Sun VDI can be also used with Sun Secure Global Desktop software (SGD) 4.41. Steps # Install SGD 4.41 or SGD 4.5. For detailed instructions, see the Sun Secure ...
Sun Ray Administration GUI
Sun Ray Administration GUI The Sun Ray administration GUI is configured and accessible on each Sun VDI host. This allows easy modification of Sun Ray configuration settings such as Kiosk session parameters (see following section). Steps # Go to {{http ...
Sun Ray Computing Model
Sun Ray Computing Model Sun Ray DTUs have no local disks or locally installed applications or operating systems and are therefore considered stateless. This makes them easy to exchange, inexpensive to maintain, and extremely secure. Sun Ray DTUs connect ...
Sun Ray Kiosk Session
Sun Ray Kiosk Session Sun Ray Software is typically used to serve standard UNIX desktop sessions. However, other session types can be easily supported taking advantage of the Sun Ray Kiosk mode. Sun VDI 3 ...
Supported Configurations
Supported Configurations The following information outlines the supported and unsupported configurations for a Sun VDI 3 deployment in a production environment. For more information about supported software versions, please refer to the Release Notes. Supported Configurations for Sun Virtualbox Virtualization Platforms ...
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Testing the VMware Infrastructure Setup
Testing the VMware Infrastructure Setup It is highly recommended to test the configuration made so far, before setting up the remaining Sun VDI components. A quick manual test consists of cloning a virtual machine using the desired template and customization specification ...
The Man Page for the vda Command
Man Page for the vda Command Sun VDI 3.0 vda(1M) NAME vda administer Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure SYNOPSIS /opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda ? help /opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda V version /opt/SUNWvda ...
The Sun Ray DTU is cycling and cannot connect to a virtual machine.
Sun Ray DTU is cycling and cannot connect to a virtual machine. # Verify that you have a virtual machine available to connect to. # Verify that remote access is correctly configured on your guest operating system. # Verify that the VDI Core host can communicate ...
The system is not reacting as expected.
system is not reacting as expected. A restart of the vda service is recommended: Restart the Common Agent Container: cacaoadm stop force cacaoadm start You may want to inspect the Common Agent Container (cacao) log file located at: /var/cacao/instances ...
The vda Command
vda Command The {{vda}} command, {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda}}, is used for administration tasks at the CLI level. Nearly all administration tasks that are performed via the Web Administration GUI can also be performed using the {{vda}} command. The {{vda}} command ...
The vda Subcommands
Detailed Usage of the Subcommands user usersearch Search for users/groups in the user directory that match the specified search criteria Usage: vda usersearch x parseable <searchfilter> ?, help Print this help list Options: x, parseable Display output suitable ...
The vda-config Command
Command {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdaconfig}} Usage Usage: vdaconfig OPTIONS Configures the Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure product. If no OPTIONS are specified, the command will perform a full interactive configuration of this product. The accepted values for OPTIONS are: h Display this help list ...
The vda-db-status Command
Command {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdadbstatus}} Usage Usage: vdadbstatus OPTIONS Shows a detailed status of the Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Database service. The accepted values for OPTIONS are: h Display this help list. s Displays a short version of the status. x ...
The vda-install Command
Command {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdainstall}} Usage Usage: vdainstall OPTIONS Installs the Sun VDI product. If no OPTIONS are specified, the command will perform a full installation of this product. The accepted values for OPTIONS are: h Display this help list. u Uninstalls all ...
The vda-migrate Command
Command {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdamigrate}} Usage Usage: vdamigrate OPTIONS Migrates settings and data from a previous version of Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure The accepted values for OPTIONS are: e /path/to/directory Exports data from an older ...
The vda-service Command
Command {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdaservice}} Usage Usage: vdaservice SUBCOMMAND or: vdaservice OPTIONS Manages the Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure service. The accepted values for SUBCOMMAND are: start Starts the service stop Stops the service restart Stop followed by start ...
The vda-webadmin Command
Command {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vdawebadmin}} Usage Usage: vdawebadmin SUBCOMMAND or: vdawebadmin OPTIONS Manages the Web server hosting the Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Web Administration. The accepted values for SUBCOMMAND are: start Starts the server stop Stops the server ...
The VDI logs are not showing me any useful information. Can I adjust the logging level?
VDI logs are not showing me any useful information. Can I adjust the logging level? Yes, you can increase the detail that is shown in the logs. To increase the logging level, perform the following as root: # cacaoadm setfilter p com.sun.vda.service=ALL ...
The VirtualBox host is crashing unexpectedly.
VirtualBox host is crashing unexpectedly. The host may have run out of memory the threshold for the crash is determined by the amount of swap space configured. Solaris hosts running VirtualBox must have swap space equal to, or greater than the host's physical ...
The VirtualBox software never finishes installing due to an error.
VirtualBox software never finishes installing due to an error. If you are installing VirtualBox, you may get the following error in the console: ## Executing postinstall script. Configuring VirtualBox kernel modules... VirtualBox Host kernel module unloaded. devfsadm ...
The VirtualBox Web Service cannot be contacted.
VirtualBox Web Service cannot be contacted. The VDI 3 installer runs a check to be sure that the Apache 2 packages are installed on the Solaris platform. If the Apache 2 packages are not installed, and the check does not notify you, the VirtualBox web service cannot be contacted ...
The VMware virtual machine cloning process is not operating as expected.
VMware virtual machine cloning process is not operating as expected. To determine whether a new virtual machine is ready for use, the VDI Core tries to open an RDP connection to it. In certain cases, especially if you use a customized VM template for Vista ...
The window displaying the VMware-hosted virtual desktop is freezing.
window displaying the VMwarehosted virtual desktop is freezing. If you suspend or power down your virtual machine without first closing the RDP connection, the guest OS dies, but the RDP connection remains active. The result is a nonresponsive window displaying the last ...
There is an error when I add a VirtualBox host to a desktop provider.
an error when I add a VirtualBox host to a desktop provider. Several errors can occur when adding a VirtualBox host and will result in possible error alerts on either the 'Specify Host' or 'Verify Certificate' wizard steps. Specify Host ...
Troubleshooting and FAQs
Troubleshooting and FAQs This page displays a categorical view of VDI Troubleshooting and FAQs. Some questions will be shown in more than one category. We are constantly updating this page based on VDI Forum http://forums.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=992 questions
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Understanding the RDP Broker
Understanding RDP Broker Sun VDI 3 includes a builtin RDP broker that allows easy desktop access leveraging the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). This way users can take advantage of existing RDP clients (for example, the remote desktop ...
Unused VMware virtual machines are not being recycled.
Unused VMware virtual machines are not being recycled. # Verify that the Power Options on the Windows guest OS have been configured to go into standby when it is idle. # Verify that the VMware Tools and the Virtual Desktop Connector Tools are installed and running on the Windows guest ...
Upgrading
Imagesupgrading.png! Upgrading Configured settings from Sun VDI 2.0, including a VMware vCenter and its corresponding virtual machines and pools, can be stored and used once again after Sun VDI 3.0 has been installed and configured. Sun ...
User Directory Settings
User Directory Settings User directory settings are configured in the Admin Web UI in the Settings category and User Directory subcategory. Defining the User Directory The instructions to define the user directory are described in Active Directory Integration and LDAP Integration. Only one ...
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UserDirdemo
Setting up the User Directory Now the desktops must be made available to users. Typically the user information is already stored in an Active Directory or LDAP server. Before you can assign users to desktops, you must configure the desired ...
Users cannot log into their desktops using their User Principal Name (UPN), or email address.
Users cannot log into their desktops using their User Principal Name (UPN), or email address. Users should be able log into Active Directory with the user name {{user@example.com}}, where {{example.com}} is different than the Active Directory domain. The default LDAP settings ...
Users do not show up in the Admin GUI in the Users and Groups section.
Users do not show up in the Admin GUI in the Users and Groups section. It might be necessary to customize the LDAP filters {{ldap.user.object.filter}} and {{ldap.user.search.filter}} as described in Customizing the LDAP Filters and Attributes, especially if the user directory is OpenLDAP or Novell eDirectory
Using the CLI
Imagestools.png! Using the CLI The following sections provide detailed information about the usage, subcommands, and examples of VDI CLI commands. You can also see examples of the man page associated with each command. Command Description vdainstall The vdainstall Command ...
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vda command reports that VDI is not running although cacaoadm and vda-db-status say it is.
vda command reports that VDI is not running although cacaoadm and vdadbstatus say it is. If you run the {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda}} command, and: # You are getting the error message, "This command cannot be used because Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is not running on this server ...
vda Command Usage
vda}} Command Usage Command {{/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda}} Usage Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Administration Usage: vda <subcommand> ?, help: Print this help list V, version: Display the version User Subcommands: usersearch: Search for users ...
vda Command Usage Examples
vda}} Command Usage Examples Creating a Desktop Provider The following example creates a VMware VirtualCenter desktop provider: example% /opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda providervccreate p name="VC provider",host=my.vc.com,username=Administrator The following example ...
VDI database doesn't start during an Evaluation configuration.
VDI database doesn't start during an Evaluation configuration. Installing VDI 3 Patch 1 VDI Patches will solve this problem. If you do not intend to install VDI 3 Patch 1, change the value 'NoOfFragmentLogFiles' from 300 ...
VDI Default Configuration
VDI Default Configuration This is an overview of the configuration actions which occur during VDI configuration (via script 'vdaconfig'). Actions are shown according to VDI component and the used command lines. The configuration actions shown here don't necessarily happen ...
VDI Patches
VDI Patches The information below provides an overview of the patching available for all VDI versions. Use the links from the patch ID numbers to access the official patch documentation on SunSolve. VDI Patch Strategy Patches for the VDI Core will be released ...
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What are the conditions of the RTU license for SGD?
What are the conditions of the RTU license for SGD? The Right To Use (RTU) license for SGD that is included with the purchase of Sun VDI Software is designed to provide you a secure alternative method when connecting to your Sun VDI virtual machine an alternative ...
What are the conditions of the VDI 3.0 concurrent users license for Sun Ray and SGD?
What are the conditions of the VDI 3.0 concurrent users license for Sun Ray and SGD? The VDI license is per concurrent user. For a VDI configuration using both Sun Ray and SGD, use the following guidelines: \\ Will the Sun Rays (DTUs) be used simultaneously ...
What are the differences between SRS in VDI 2 and VDI 3?
What are the differences between SRS in VDI 2 and VDI 3? The main change between SRS in VDI 2 and VDI 3 is the installation/configuration experience. In VDI 2 you had to manually install and configure the various pieces of software (SRSS ...
What are the requirements for High Availability in a VirtualBox backend?
What are the requirements for High Availability in a VirtualBox backend? High Availability for a VirtualBox virtualization platform would require at least 2 VirtualBox hosts. In the event that one VirtualBox server goes down, all existing desktop sessions would be terminated. Then the terminated ...
What happens when the Primary VDI Core host fails?
What happens when the Primary VDI Core host fails? Assuming you have three VDI Core hosts and one of them is the primary, if the primary goes down the following happens: The underlying database is still running on the remaining hosts. All ...
What is the difference between Personal and Flexible desktop assignments?
What is the difference between Personal and Flexible desktop assignments? Personal Assignment: Desktops which have been personally assigned to users are owned by these users (similar to the personal computers under their desks). Thus they will never be recycled and will never become available for other ...
What is the support target for VirtualBox 3.0.0?
What is the support target for VirtualBox 3.0.0? The next release of VDI will is the support target for VirtualBox 3.0.0. Version 3 of VDI only supports VirtualBox version 2.0.8
What type of privileged access to the user directory is required?
What type of privileged access to the user directory is required? For LDAP LDAP Integration type of authentication: Read access to the entire users and groups base, so that Sun VDI is able to look up for users and resolve the desktops assigned to the users that log ...
When I start a desktop I get this error - No suitable hosts to start a desktop for Desktop Provider XYZ.
When I start a desktop I get this error No suitable hosts to start a desktop for Desktop Provider <ProviderName>. The error 'No suitable hosts to start a desktop for Desktop Provider <ProviderName>.' indicates that there were no hosts with sufficient memory in your desktop provider ...
Which versions of JRE are supported?
Which versions of JRE are supported? Java Runtime Environments 1.5 and 1.6 are supported with the most recent version of VDI
Why does my VMware virtual machine have an invalid IP address or cannot be pinged?
Why does my VMware virtual machine have an invalid IP address or cannot be pinged? # Verify that your networking interface is properly configured for your ESX server in the Virtual Infrastructure Client. # If the network interface is properly configured for your ...
Wiki Guide
Wiki Guide Traditionally, Sun documentation has been located at docs.sun.com in PDF and HTML formats. These documents were often only rereleased with new software versions. By migrating documentation to wikis.sun.com (a Confluence wiki from Atlassian), the Sun doc teams ...
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