![]() ![]() The datastores option is important, to make full use of the Native NFS Snapshots, the Parent VM should be in the same NFS datastore. ![]() There is nothing special about this image, it is just a bare Windows 7 installation patched using Windows update, nothing more.įor this example, I am using my “MgmtCluster”, which is just a cluster with my physical ESXi 5.0 host. Now we select the Parent VM & Snapshot, In this case, I am using a Windows 7 VM which I have prepared. Again, this is something to carefully consider in your production environments, but is not relevant to this example. The “Storage Optimization” menu allows both persistent and replica disks to be separated from OS disks. However, in a production environment this is an option you need to carefully consider. The “View Composer” disks menu allows us to configure “disposable disks”, for this example these are not required as no users will be using the desktops I am deploying as this is a test lab. In a production environment this would not generally be the most efficient setting. In this example I want to provision all desktops up-front to demonstrate the speed of deployment. Then we select the maximum number of desktops and the number of spare desktops. In the “Provisioning settings” menu the two (2) main things to do is to set the naming pattern, which should be a logical name for your environment, followed by, this basically results in three (3) digits after your chosen name so you can support VMs 001 through 999. In the real world, each of these settings should be carefully considered. In Pool settings, I have chosen to leave everything default for this example. After you set your ID and Display name, press “Next”. We are now in the “Settings” section of the Add Pool wizard, Here we set the ID and Display Name, for this example, the ID and display name are both set to “W7TestPool”. In the “vCenter server” menu, Select “View Composer linked clones” and press “Next”. The “User Assignment” screen gives us two (2) options, both options can leverage the Native NFS snapshots, but in this case, I have selected “Floating”. In the Pool definitions section, we start at the “Type” menu.įor this example, to use View Composer, we select the “Automated Pool” option and press “Next”. The below shows the VMware View administrator console, To create a Pool (with or without Native NFS Snapshots), we use the “Add” button shown below. If you do not have vCenter and View Composer configured, this article does not cover these steps. ![]() Now, this article assumes your environment is already configured with a vCenter and View Composer server, like the below. Note: My system health shows some errors due to not have signed certificates, this will not impact the functionality. You should see similar to the below after logging in. Launch the web interface to your connection broker, and login. Now that we have the plugin installed, its time to get into VMware View Administrator. If for some reason it still shows “Not Supported”, reboot your host, and if that doesn’t work, reinstall the plugin. Ensure it is now showing “Supported” as per the below example. The easiest way to confirm if the installation was successful is to check the “Hardware Accelerated” column (on the far right) for your datastores. The installation was not super fast for me, so be patient.Īfter around 3 mins (in my lab anyway), it should complete, following which, reboot your host/s. The installation will begin as shown below. The below screenshots are designed to be visual aids to support the above written instructions.Ĭlick the “Tools” option on the left hand sideĬlick the “Install on host” button, then select the hosts you want to install the plugin on and press “Install” The easiest way however, is too download the offline bundle from and use the VSC plugin to complete the installation, see below for instructions. The official documentation on the plugin can be found at here. ![]() To take advantage of native NFS snapshot functionality within VAAI you need to install the NFS VAAI Plugin. This feature is really the missing piece of the puzzle as the Rapid Clone Utility (RCU) could deploy large numbers of desktops very quickly, however it could only do manual pools which may have been a pain point for some customers. Following my post on Netapp Edge VSA and the Rapid Clone utility, I thought it was obvious to write a piece on the new VAAI functionality in VMware View 5.1 which allows the use of Netapp Native NFS snapshots (VAAI) for VMware View Composer linked clone deployments. ![]()
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