About Template Management
In Sun VDI 3, making changes to imported desktops was cumbersome. You either needed to make adaptations outside of Sun VDI and re-import the desktop image again, or you were forced to temporarily assign the desktop to a user, access the desktop on behalf of this user, and then make your changes. Sun VDI 3.1 introduces an Adobe Flash plug-in that enables you to easily access, test, and modify the desktop directly from within the VDI Manager. This feature also includes changing desktop properties as well as mounting ISO images for setting up the operating system.
Any desktop can be used as template for cloning additional desktops. Testing desktop templates and keeping track of any changes before rollout is crucial for large enterprise deployments. Sun VDI now includes support for managing several template revisions. You can create a new template revision at any time, test your changes and declare the new revision as the master used for the cloning process. You can also revert to a previous revision if you are not satisfied with your changes.
Sun VDI leverages the Microsoft System Preparation tool (Sysprep) for preparing Windows desktops for cloning. The use of Sysprep ensures that each desktop clone is assigned its own unique security identifier (SID), which is mandatory if desktops need to join an Active Directory domain. In Sun VDI 3.1 it is now possible to trigger Sysprep from within the VDI Manager. The corresponding template revision is automatically marked as Sysprepped once the preparation has completed.
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