Preface

This manual provides instructions for installing, using, and administering the Suntrademark Virtual Desktop Connector 1.0 (VDC). VDC is a software product that connects users’ desktop environments to virtualization platforms such as VMware® VirtualCenter, making it possible to run users’ desktop environments on virtual machines. Individual instances of the desktop environment are called virtual desktops.

The Sun Virtual Desktop Connector’s management and administrative functions handle the lifecycles of virtual machines and desktops and their assignment to users. Users can access their virtual desktops from physical devices such as Sun Raytrademark virtual display clients, usually called desktop units (DTU), or, if Suntrademark Secure Global Desktop Software (SGD) is deployed, through Web-based software clients running on physical devices such as PCs. The effect is to enable access to the same desktop from anywhere.

Audience

The target audience for this manual consists of system and network administrators who are already familiar with Windows operating systems and the Sun Raytrademark or SGD computing paradigm. Some familiarity with UNIX® commands and procedures is assumed.

Scope

This manual is provided to help administrators find what they need to install, set up, and administer the Sun Virtual Desktop Connector. Although this product interacts with products belonging to other companies than Sun Microsystems -- notably VMware and Microsoft -- no attempt is made to duplicate the documentation those companies provide for their respective products. Instead, references and, when possible, URLs, are provided to the appropriate documents on the VMware and Microsoft Web sites.


How This Document Is Organized

This manual is organized as follows:

This manual also has a glossary and an index.


Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

http://docs.sun.com


Shell Prompts


Shell

Prompt

C shell

machine-name%

C shell superuser

machine-name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

#



Typographic Conventions


Typeface[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.



Related Documentation

The latest release notes for this product can be located at:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-3022


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