Vmware os optimization tool the osot provides the easiest and most efficient way to optimize your windows desktop and server master images. Creating an optimized windows image for a vmware horizon. Suggested changes to vmware view optimization guide for windows 7. Mar 11, 2010 vmware view is vmwares virtual desktop infrastructure, or vdi, software that runs a desktop on a users thin client, or pc, from the servers in a data center. My vmware view windows 7 optimization guide mike tabor. Creating an optimized windows image for a vmware horizon virtual. Horizon view virtual machine workflow using traditional and mdt build process traditional install method. Mar 11, 2018 vmware daas agent, vmware daas health agent and the vmware horizon view agent. Reversing vmware view optimization guide for windows 7 configuration i was recently asked by a colleague whether i had prewritten scripts to reverse the configuration changes that the vmware view optimization guide for windows 7 performed on a master image and while i didnt have exactly what he asked for, i did have scripts to reverse a. Vmware horizon view optimization guide for windows 7 and.
When creating an image for horizon view, use the vmware os optimization tool. Mike tabor my vmware view windows 7 optimization guide. An admin can deploy the bundle on premises as a private cloud or run it as a service within a public cloud. This tool standalone executable helps optimize windows 7810200820122016 systems for use with vmware horizon view, cloud and daas. View in vmware horizon 7 about our free operating system optimization tool fling. Vmware has also released a fling, the os optimization tool, with a graphical interface that can simplify the optimization process. Creating an optimized windows image for a vmware horizon virtual desktop. Vmware can help enable your remote workforce ensuring business operations continue in the face of interruptions is critical to any organization.
Applying windows updates is an important step in the process to verify that. Vmware horizon training 01 introduction and technical overview vmware horizon training 02 lab setup for. I have use the os optimization tool on the base image but users are still getting slow responsiveness at times on their vdi and was looking if maybe there is still another option that we can set using gpo to give them a better performance with the bandwidth that the office has. Oct 11, 2011 vmware view 5 has been released recently during vmworld 2011 at las vegas and with this new release, the way to optimize and configure vmware view has changed. When using the vmware os optimization tool in a citrix environment, use the tool with care. In the device manager, under other devices, rightclick vmware view virtual usb hub. This feature redirects video and audio data to the desktop with a significantly lower bandwidth than can be. Roll back to the preoptimized state of the master image. In the registry, navigate to hklm\ software \vmware, inc. Operating system optimization tool osot for view in vmware horizon 6 and vmware horizon 7. Announcing the updated vmware os optimization tool vmware. Aug 14, 2018 vmware os optimization tool osot is a free tool provided by vmware labs website. The vmware horizon 6 report uses systracks dynamic collection of enduser and system characteristics to develop a plan for how vmware horizon 6 can be implemented more fully in an environment, including insight into image management with vmware horizon mirage, workflow and security optimization with workspace, and desktop.
Vmware windows operating system optimization tool guide. You may not want to disable agent logs on pools that are set to delete or refresh on log off since you wont be able to recover realtime logs. The vmware os optimization tool helps in preparing and optimizing windows 1087 and windows server 2019201620122008 systems for use with vmware horizon. Get to know virtual desktop image optimization tools.
Creating an optimized windows image for a virtual desktop provides stepbystep procedures for creating optimized images. Vmware horizon training 12 creating golden or master. Vmware horizon view optimization guide for windows 7. The microsoft premier field engineer pfe view on virtual desktop vdi. Oct 10, 2018 hi friends, welcome to my channel and this is vmware horizon advance training training. You can then use business intelligence reporting engines to access and analyze this database. Reversing vmware view optimization guide for windows 7. Our industrystandard software is built to help you avoid problems, lower costs and. As stated before, this tool has not been created with citrix in mind. With image optimization, however, this process could be reduced to 30 seconds.
Vmware os optimization tool is a free program for devices running windows designed to optimize those devices for running vmware horizon view. Vmware daas agent, vmware daas health agent and the vmware horizon view agent. In the registry, navigate to hklm\software\vmware, inc. Vmware view window 7 complete optimization windows 7. Vmware osot performs a full scan of your desktop image and advises you on. Add this reg keys as expandable string variable downloads 374de290123f4565916439c4925e467b desktop 754ac886df644cba86b5f7fbf4fbcef5.
Desktop virtualization vdi overview vmware horizon view jim rowland senior system architect and project manager daly. Click update driver software browse my computer for driver software. The first icon called vmware os optimization tool is the in guest optimization utility and is used for optimizing the master image. Optimizing desktop images with vmware osot login vsi. Vmware view is vmwares virtual desktop infrastructure, or vdi, software that runs a desktop on a users thin client, or pc, from the servers in a data center. Integration interfaces to view you can use several interfaces to integr ate view with external applications. For vmware horizon view environment there are several components where optimization practices could be applied view connection brokers connection servers, security servers, vsphere infrastructure, virtual desktop templates or golden images, end user devices. And at the end of the day when you have many hosts and many vms per host, you can save a lot of money, span said. Tune windows 10 in every vdi environment with vmware os. Excellent new utility for optimizing windows 78 vdi desktops from. Vmware data center solutions enable it organization to modernize applications for speed and agility while providing cost optimization and consistent operations.
Learn how to maintain a productive and connected remote digital workforce by providing continuous and secure access to all applications and devices, while enabling it to scale remote users ondemand. This takes you all the way from creating the vm hardware, installing windows, using audit mode, optimizing, etc. Run the vmware os optimization tool install the horizon agent post optimization taskclean the image and remove unnecessary software, files, and data. For more information, see the pcoip general settings and the vmware blast policy settings sections in setting up desktop and application pools in view.
It offers many advantages over traditional scripts, including the ability to roll back changes, selectively edit optimization values, and view detailed audit information before applying optimizations. On the server side, image optimization can save organizations significant money by reducing the amount of memory each image requires. Previous versions of this white paper have focused on making changes using a powershell or batch script. Install the vmware view agent last, only after all other optimizations, changes, software installs, etc have been completed. If you have been thinking of upgrading your virtual desktop environment from windows 7 to windows 10or if you have a need for optimization, or further optimizationyou should definitely take a look at windows 10 optimization test results. Diagram 1 optimization aids provided this guide provides two mechanisms to optimize the windows 7 image. We just released a new guide with step by step instructions on how to creating an optimized windows image for a vmware horizon virtual desktop. There is a script that they offer that i suggest in the instructions to download and use. Once you have created a windows 10 virtual desktop machine, it needs to be optimized so that it runs optimally as a vdi desktop. Once installed and the system rebooted, disable debug logs. As shown in diagram 1, customers have the choice of leveraging a script file or the mdt to implement the customizations.
Optimizing the windows 10 image for vmware horizon view. Mar 07, 20 suggested changes to vmware view optimization guide for windows 7 those who have worked with vmware view are probably aware that vmware provides the following optimization guide for windows 7 virtual desktop deployments. Pcoip optimization best practices vmware view duration. The view integration document describes how to integrate view software with thirdparty software such as windows powershell, business intelligence reporting engines, and microsoft system center operations manager scom. Learn more about what vmware view is and how it works with this super definition. These include system cleanup tasks and clearing information that makes the image cleaner and ready for use with horizon. Click here for a list of certified thin clients, zero clients, and other partner solutions for vmware horizon. Hot off the presses, get it now, the windows 8 vdi optimization script, courtesy of pfe. Desktop virtualization vdi overview vmware horizon view. You can create vsphere 5 vibs for the custom extensions and add those vibs to the base vib. Jun 10, 2015 for a well functioning vdi environment all components should be well tuned and optimized.
Vmware operating system optimization tool guide vmware. Vmworld 2016 vmware os optimization tool anthony hook. Vmware horizon view optimization guide for windows 7 and windows 8. Vmware os optimization tool osot is a free tool provided by vmware. Hi friends, welcome to my channel and this is vmware horizon advance training training. Vmworld 2016 vmware os optimization tool anthony hook vbrownbag. Vmware view 5 has been released recently during vmworld 2011 at las vegas and with this new release, the way to optimize and configure vmware view has changed. So there are a lot of guides out there see link list at the end.
The article describes configuring vmware horizon view script host service to run a script to change pcoip configuration based on the connection server that the user connected through. The latest release of vmware view 5 has brought some great enhancements in the pcoip protocol and other features detailed in my post here and here. Optimization guide for desktops and servers in view in vmware. The os optimization tool helps with three key steps in this process. Optimization guide for desktops and servers in view in. Vdi environments usually use a base operating system image, which. These include system clean up tasks and clearing information that makes the image cleaner and ready for use with horizon. Event database you can configure view to record ev ents to a microsoft sql server or oracle database. Vmware view 5 pcoip network optimization guide esx. Suggested changes to vmware view optimization guide for windows 7 those who have worked with vmware view are probably aware that vmware provides the following optimization guide for windows 7 virtual desktop deployments.
Written in conjunction with gary sloane, consulting editor, vmware. When you examine the landscape of desktop virtualization solutions that are being implemented at organizations, two such solutions immediately stand out. Apr 08, 20 reversing vmware view optimization guide for windows 7 configuration i was recently asked by a colleague whether i had prewritten scripts to reverse the configuration changes that the vmware view optimization guide for windows 7 performed on a master image and while i didnt have exactly what he asked for, i did have scripts to reverse a. Sep 19, 2016 vmware os optimization tool is a free program for devices running windows designed to optimize those devices for running vmware horizon view. In this part i will guide you through the steps to build a windows 8. Vmware horizon clients for windows, mac, ios, linux, and android allow you to connect to your vmware horizon virtual desktop from your device of choice giving you onthego access from any location. Vmware horizon training 01 introduction and technical overview vmware horizon training. Partners who wish to certify their products for vcenter, vsphere, vsan, nsx, vcloud foundation, vmware cloud and vrealize suite product families would fit into the data center solution.
For a well functioning vdi environment all components should be well tuned and optimized. During one of our windows 10 test cycles in our vdi labs we decided to give vmware os optimization tool a try and we were amazed by the. The os optimization tool is a free vmware fling that you can download. These procedures include creating a vm, installing and configuring a windows operating system, optimizing the os, and installing the various vmware agents required for desktop pool deployment. See vmware windows operating system optimization tool guide for details on this tool. At a high level, the process of creating a master vm image consists of the following steps. This guide presents the ways to optimize virtual desktops and servers for view in vmware horizon 6 and for vmware horizon air desktops and vmware horizon air apps using the vmware operating system optimization tool osot. Lakeside software adds hp thin client and vmware horizon 6. Running the os optimization tool to optimize, generalize, and finalize the os. Image optimization tools comparison matrix dennis span. With realtime audiovideo, webcam and audio devices that are connected locally to the client system are redirected to the remote desktop. Optimizing windows 10, version 1803, for a virtual desktop. Vmware os optimization tool osot is a free tool provided by vmware labs website. With an optimized image, you are able to host more users per vm.
Vmware cloud foundation is an integrated software stack that bundles vsphere, vmware vsan and vmware nsx into a single platform through the sddc manager. Vmware view optimization guide for windows 7 optimization guide 4 builds and customize events. As per this guide creating an optimized windows image for a vmware horizon virtual desktop vmware i set up 2 displays and 26mb of video memory which is the same as our 1809 image which has no such inconsistency issues. A website which is well known for the flings, which are free utilities which helps it admins in their daytoday administration tasks. Suggested changes to vmware view optimization guide for. The os optimization tool also has features to assist with the generalization of a windows image and also to automate many of the cleanup tasks that are run as a final step before using the image.