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Oswald Chen
Jim Yanik

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Disclaimer
• This presentation may contain product features that are currently under development.
• This overview of new technology represents no commitment from VMware to deliver these
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• Features are subject to change, and must not be included in contracts,
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Agenda

1 Instant Clones Overview

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2 Technical Overview
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3 Installation
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Anatomy of an Instant Clone
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5 What’s
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Instant Clones Overview t ion
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 Platform
Instant-Clone Concepts
Leverages vmFork in vSphere 6.0 U1 and later
• Running parent VM is quiesced and “forked.”
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• Clones are customized in a powered-on state.
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• Enables disk-space and memory efficiency.
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• During the instant-cloning phase, one clone is created
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Advantages over View Composer
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• Faster provisioning of RDSH
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• Simpler and quicker
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• No database required.
• Lighter load on vCenter Server.
JMP Technologies Eliminate Cost and Complexity

Ultra-fast Desktop
Provisioning ibution
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App
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Volumes
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Instant
Clones
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Management Contextual Policy
Management
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Technical Overview t ion
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Architecture

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Simple Architecture
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Horizon Connection Server • Installs with Connection Server
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• No Additional Server o noro Service
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• No Database
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• Instant or p
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Tomcat Server
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Instant Clones versus View Composer
Composer Instant Clones

• Recompose, Refresh, Rebalance • Delete and Create new clone

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• Clone level CBRC • CBRC only for Replica
b u t ri
r d i s
• Composer Service • No separateoservice
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• Composer database • uNo c
blidatabase
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• Long provisioning maintenance windows t f • New desktops provisioned in seconds after
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– 2K VMs 4 hours to provision* priming
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• Provisioning operations
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w o rl • Far lower disk IO load for provisioning
• VM
High vCenter Calls – Clone, multiple operations
power and reconfigure
• Fewer vCenter calls – Clone and Power

* Example- your mileage may vary

Limitations – We’ve Come a Long Way in a Year

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Instant Clone Limitations in Horizon 7.2

No Dedicated Desktop Pools t i o n

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No IPv6 Support : N o
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No Sysprep support
ClonePrep

Change Machine Name

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Change Machine Password
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Domain Join
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V License Activation
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No power operations required

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Installation t ion
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Requirements for Instant Clones
Infrastructure

• Horizon 7 or higher Broker t i o n

• Horizon 7 or higher Agent with Instant Clones i s tr ibu
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• vSphere 6.0u1 or higher
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• VMXNET3
• Windows 7 or Windows 10
• On Portgroup with Static Binding with fixed allocation ESXi 6 & vCenter 6.5 Issue
• Ephemeral Binding not supported KB - 2150925
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Instant Clone Domain Admins

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• Specific permissions documented
• Credentials will be verified at time of Add
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Anatomy of an Instant Clone blication
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 Provisioning Instant Clones
Priming: Image Push Cloning

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Master Internal Replica Parent
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Template
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Delta Disk Full Clone Delta Disk Copy-on-Write

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Disk Snapshot Disk
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Provisioned Disk Copy DiskCopy-

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Active Memory Active Memory

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Page Shared
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Instant Clone Components in vCenter
Master VM

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Desktops
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Fast Provisioning of RDSH Servers with Instant Clones
Overview of RDSH Over JMP
• Instant Clone Technology foir RDSH servers.
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• AppStacks are attached when the App Volumes service starts on the RDSH
t r i b u server.
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• Delivers JIT published apps and RDSH-based desktops.
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• Rapidly provision RDSH servers.
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• Adding servers to anorexisting RDSH farm happens in seconds.
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• Maintenance windows can be brief, and some servers always available.
• Operating system updates no longer require a long recompose step on each server.
New Add Farm Wizard Options

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• Requires an Instant Clone domain administrator.
• ClonePrep customizes the VMs, joins to domain without a reboot.
Add or Remove RDS Hosts from the Farm Instantly
• Priming process is done at farm creation.
• Or when farm is updated.
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– Active Parent VMs are created on each vSphere host.
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• Individual RDS Hostsorare Instant Clones
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– Rapidly created,c a and available.
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• Can
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Immediate Maintenance
Overview
• A one off update or refresh of the RDSH farm.
• Use the same or a new Master snapshot. t i o n
• Can be Immediate or at a specific time. i s tr ibu
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– Old RDS Hosts are deleted.
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– New RDS Host Instant Clones are created.
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Benefits
• Push urgent security patches or updates.
• One off regeneration of the RDSH Instant Clones.
Recurring Maintenance
Automated Maintenance

• Scheduled Maintenance.
– Daily, weekly, monthly.
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• Regularly delete and recreate the RDSH Instant i s tr ibu
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– Can update to a new Master snapshot.
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– Subsequent times will use the same Master snapshot.
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• Regularly regenerate the RDSH Instant Clones.
• Automatically keep RDSH farm at optimal condition.
Image Choice
• For both Immediate and Recurring
maintenance.
• Choose Master VM snapshot to use. t i o n
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– No push of Master to create new parents.
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Enable Multi-VLAN support for Instant Clone pools
Support Tested Limits
• vSphere 2016 • No multi-VLAN provisioning n
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• ESXi 6.0 U1 or newer
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• Virtual Distributed Switch only.
• Single IC pool of 2K VMs.
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• Port Group must be configured
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– No support for Dynamic or
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• No dependency on Guest OS.
• Works with IC pools only.
– VDI or RDS
Enable Multi-VLAN support for Instant Clone pools
Overview Benefits
• Provides native support in Horizon • Create IC pools > size single subnet mask
Administrator for large IC pools. permits. t i o n
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• Works with IC pools only. • Enabled in GUI.
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– No more network label config file + PowerCLI.
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 Platform
Enable Multi-VLAN support for Instant Clone pools
Distribution Logic
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• Multiple VLANs are
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Port Group Port Group Port Group Port Group Port Group Port Group

VLAN1 VLAN2 VLAN3 VLAN1 VLAN2 VLAN3

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Uplink Uplink
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 Platform
Enable vGPU support on Instant Clones

Overview Requirements
• Deploy Instant Clones pools on
• vSphere 6.0 U1 or higher
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• VDI desktop pools
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– Farms
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• GRID profile selected in
u b liapplications not yet supported.
Horizon pool creation wizard. or p
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• Adds vGPU capability. e n t:N
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Enable vGPU support on Instant Clones

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• GPU profile selected
must match profile in parent VM /
selected snapshot.
– Provisioning will fail without a match.
– Can be viewed in Broker in Horizon 7.2 or
later
vGPU Limitations
• GPU Profile of pool cannot be edited – pool must be re-created with new GPU profile

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• BLAST protocol only – PCoIP in Tech Preview r p u
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: host in cluster has “Group VMs on GPU until full”
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1 GPU profile per ESXi cluster unless each esxi
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 Platform
vSphere Host Maintenance Mode with Instant Clones
Overview Benefits
• Automatically deletes Parent VMs when a • Simplify maintenance operations.
vSphere host goes into maintenance mode. t i o n
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• Remove previous manual step:
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• Change to Instant Clone Engine
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– InstantCloneMaintenance i = 1 on host
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– Works with any version of vSphere that a
annotation.
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:N – Running IcMaint utility from Connection Server
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Behavior to Expect
Enter Maintenance Mode Exit Maintenance Mode

• Parent VMs are powered off. tion

• Parent VMs are NOT recreated.
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• Parent VMs are deleted.
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• Parent VMs are created automatically when
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• Clones are migrated to another host in the
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Instant Clones & Machine Based Group Policies
• Machine based group policies often require a
reboot to take effect
Parent
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• Policy may APPEAR to be active – GPO updates
i s tr ibu Delta Disk
have added it to registry but policy NOT working. or d
Delta Disk Copy-on-Write
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• Once the machine reboots, Computer based bli c a Linked Linked
p u Copy DiskCopy-
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• Instant Clone Recover operation: on t e GPO still not
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– Recover deletes
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Active Memory Active Memory
– Parent was not rebooted & the machine GPO was never
processed
– That state is copied to the new Instant Clone
Instant Clones & Machine Based Group Policies
Workflow for applying Computer based GPOs on Instant Clones

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• Create/apply the new computer-based policy in the r d
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• Use the existing master VM or create o p
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• Shutdown the master VM inntvCenter : N Server and take a new snapshot
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of instant

KB 2150495
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Debug Mode
Overview
• Allows easier POC effort during trial and
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error phase
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• Internal VMs will not be protected when
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• Turn Debug Mode ON or OFF on the
Master VM
Turn ON Debug Mode on Master VM
• Navigate to Master VM on vSphere • Create an entry “cloneprep.debug.mode”
• Edit Settings  VM Options  Advanced • Set it to “ON”
 Edit Configuration
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• No Need to Take a New Snapshot!
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Turn On Debug Mode on Internal VMs
• After Debug Mode is Turned ON on the • All VM operations are now unprotected
Master VM, trigger an IC operation (create
a new desktop, logoff a user, publish an
t i o n
image, etc.)
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Internal VM: Debug Mode ON vs OFF
• Debug OFF • Debug ON

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Turn OFF Debug Mode on Master VM
• Make sure Debug Mode is Turned OFF on
the Master VM when you are done
• Trigger an IC operation for it to be
t i o n
propagated down to the Internal VMs
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• Otherwise Internal VMs won’t be recycled or d
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Master VM / Target VM Networking Issue
• Be Aware of DNS entries on the Master VM if • Stale DNS entries from Master will carry over
the clones are going to be deployed on a to Internal VM and can cause the domain join
different network to fail
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Microsoft KB for Win7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Download and Install Microsoft KB3125574
• Internal Template Customization would fail
without this KB t i o n
t r i b u name
• If you see network
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difference
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Troubleshooting - Logs

• Logs are written to debug logs on Connection

Servers
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• ProgramData >VMware>VDM>Logs
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• NGVC
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All those Objects. . . All those GUIDs
How do we determine which templates, replicas and parents go together?

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