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This manual provides instructions for installing, using, and administering the Sun 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 Ray virtual display clients, usually called desktop units (DTU), or, if Sun
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.
The target audience for this manual consists of system and network administrators who are already familiar with Windows operating systems and the Sun Ray or SGD computing paradigm. Some familiarity with UNIX® commands and procedures is assumed.
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.
This manual is organized as follows:
This manual also has a glossary and an index.
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:
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