Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Administration

Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (Oracle VDI) is a complete management, hosting and access solution for virtualized desktops hosted in the datacenter.

Oracle VDI offers ground-breaking VDI storage economics, built-in virtualization capabilities, and support for a wide variety of virtual desktop operating systems. The open architecture of Oracle VDI software gives end-users access to a broader choice of client devices and virtualization hosts, increasing flexibility, management efficiency, and data security.

This three-day course introduces you to the Oracle VDI software technology and software administration. Along with installing Oracle VDI Software, you are introduced to the architectural details of the software, providing a foundation to understand the individual features introduced in subsequent modules. Through a combination of instructor-led lectures and hands-on labs, you are introduced to the following Oracle VDI components and features:

• Oracle VM VirtualBox and other desktop providers
• LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory directory server integration
• Open Storage platform for the back-end storage of user desktops
• Sun Ray Software (SRS) and Oracle Secure Global Desktop (SGD) for the access of user desktops
• Oracle VDI administration and troubleshooting tools

Audience

• System Administrator
• Architect
• Data Center Manager

Course Topics Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Introduction

• The Oracle VDI solution, its Components and Benefits
• The Oracle VDI Architecture: Layers and Components
• Oracle VDI Management Interfaces
• Oracle VDI Core Installation and Configuration
• High Level View of Steps to Deploy Desktops with Oracle VDI
• Oracle VDI New Features and Resources

Oracle VDI Desktop Providers

• The Role and Charateristics of the Desktop Provider
• Storage Choices with Oracle VM VirtualBox
• How Oracle VM VirtualBox Communicates with Storage
• Oracle VM VirtualBox Installation and Administrative Interfaces
• Create and Modify Desktop Providers with Oracle VDI Manager
• Create Templates on Desktop Providers

Desktops, Pools and Templates

• The role of Oracle VDI Pools and Pool Types
• The Desktop Lifecyle and Desktop States
• Creating Desktop Pools and Modifying Pool Parameters for Automated Cloning
• Preparing Desktops for Windows System Preparation
• Performing Template and Revisions Manipulations

Users, Directories and Companies

• The Role of User Directory Integration
• Understanding User Directory Authentication Mechanisms and their Features
• How to perform User Directory Configuration
• How to create and View User Assignments
• Understanding the Role of LDAP Filters and Attributes for User Directory Operations
• Creating Custom Groups

Sessions and Protocols

• How End-Users Access their Desktops
• The Oracle Secure Global Desktop (SGD) Access Solution
• The Role of the Sun Ray Kiosk Mode in Providing Desktops to End-Users
• The Oracle VDI Authentication Process
• How End-Users Access their Desktops using Sun Ray Thin CLients and the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
• Sun Ray PC/SE-lite, Sun Ray Multimedia Enhancements and USB Redirection

High Availability in the Oracle VDI Environment

• High Availability Components in the Oracle VDI Solution
• Oracle VDI High Availability options
• The Role of Oracle VDI Nodes in High Availability configurations
• Load Balancing in the Oracle VDI Solution
• High Availability Options for Oracle VDI storage servers

Operations and Troubleshooting

• Using of the CLI with Oracle VDI
• Monitoring and Maintaining Hypervisor and Storage Hosts
• How End-Users Requests are handled by the Oracle VDI Cluster
• How to Troubleshoot Problems at Each Layer of the Oracle VDI Solution
• How to Troubleshoot Problems with USB Redirection and Multimedia Enhancements

Course Objectives

• Describe the architecture of the Oracle VDI solution
• Perform the installation and configuration for the Oracle VDI software
• Configure the Oracle VM VirtualBox desktop provider
• Provision Microsoft Windows OS and Ubuntu desktop images
• Clone virtual desktop images
• Manage desktop pool resources and behavior
• Configure Oracle VDI software to deliver desktops to users through Sun Ray Software (SRS),Oracle Secure Global Desktop (Oracle SGD) and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
• Troubleshoot installation and configuration issues in the Oracle VDI environment