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Sun VDI at EDUCAUSE 09

Sun VDI welcome screen at EDUCAUSE 2009

EDUCAUSE 2009 is ready to start this week in Denver /Colorado. Do not miss to check out Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – Sun VDI – at booth #415 (floor plan).

Picks from the conference schedule:

Seminar 03T - Sun Microsystems
Tuesday 8:00am - 2:30pm (Off-Site Tour)
Virtual Desktops: 60 Percent Cheaper, but Are They Worth It?
Gerard Flynn, Thomas Hoover
Wednesday 3:50pm - 4:40pm (Korbel Ballroom 4A/B)
Deploying and Managing Desktop Virtualization for University Students and Faculty
Jeff Cunningham
Wednesday 4:55pm - 6:10pm (Hall F, Table 65)
"I'm Thin and Green": Reducing the Desktop Carbon Footprint While Offering Anywhere, Anytime Computing Services
Richard Toeniskoetter
Thursday 8:10am - 9:00am (Korbel Ballroom 1E/F)
It Is About Time: Getting Our Values Around Copyright Right
Lawrence Lessig
Thursday 9:30am - 11:00am (Wells Fargo Theater)
Sun Microsystems, An EDUCAUSE Gold Partner - Project Wonderland and the Age of Immersive Education
Kevin Roebuck
Thursday 2:20pm - 3:10pm (Korbel Ballroom 3B)

02 Nov 2009 | Permalink | Comments[0] | Tags: conference desktop education educause learning sunray vdi virtualbox virtualization
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Silpion & 13. Stock Sommerparty

Quelle: www.hamburgs-stadtteile.de

Am Freitag 11.9. laden Silpion IT Solutions und der 13. Stock zur Sommerparty ein. Beginn 12 Uhr Mittags! bis Open-End.

Ach ja, Sun VDI wird auch gezeigt. cu _Matthias.

08 Sep 2009 | Permalink | Comments[1] | Tags: community desktop hamburg party sunray vdi virtualization
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Thank you very much..

Posted by Sesli Chat on September 09, 2009 at 10:59 PM CEST #

Sun Ray 2, Sun Ray 2FS, and the Sun Ray 270, together with the Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1, are once again certified for VMware View. The latest tests against VMware View 3.1.1 run smoothly.

Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1

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31 Aug 2009 | Permalink | Comments[0] | Tags: desktop srvc sunray virtualization vmware
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New Set of Sun Ray Status Icons

Do you notice the difference? No? Good. Good design is when you do not notice it. You probably haven't recognized that the prompt icon has changed compared to the icon that was used for nearly a decade.

former icon to insert a Java Card new icon to insert a Java Card The former icon still had the original Sun purple on a beveled button (the latter a usability issue in its own, because there is nothing to click). And even though the Sun Ray 1 is still on duty at many sites, it has long been replaced by a couple of successor models. Hence the icon of the tilted thin client device is not appropriate anymore.

The new set of status icons will be part of the upcoming SRSS 4.2 release. The entire set is presented and explained at SRSS Troubleshooting Wiki.

Thanks to Jörg for the good cooperation, and welcome to the blogosphere.

25 Aug 2009 | Permalink | Comments[1] | Tags: design icon sunray usability
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It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the information you have shared. Just continue writing this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Thanks again.

Posted by Abercrombie and Fitch on November 08, 2009 at 09:20 AM CET #

Before and behind the curtain of JavaOne

Here are some more impressions from Sun VDI 3 at JavaOne. <via the singing fat bloke>

09 Jun 2009 | Permalink | Comments[1] | Tags: conference desktop javaone sunray vdi virtualization
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So, how did the card greeter UI and the like get implemented? Would love to be able to customize our implementation with informative graphics like that!

Posted by Brad on July 12, 2009 at 08:46 AM CEST #

20k desktops at JavaOne

This is big – more than 20.000 personal virtual machines are waiting for the attendees of JavaOne and CommunityOne at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

See also VDI 3 @ JavaOne on Dirk's blog and the background story on the desktop virtualization wiki.

01 Jun 2009 | Permalink | Comments[0] | Tags: conference desktop javaone sunray vdi virtualization
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Localized documentation for Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1

インストールと構成

安装和配置

Installation et configuration

and still in English_ Installation and Configuration

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03 Apr 2009 | Permalink | Comments[0] | Tags: china desktop france japan srvc sunray virtualization vmware
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Sun VDI 3 Press Release

Press Release: New Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 3 Boosts Virtualization Flexibility, Significantly Reducing Storage Consumption And Costs

25 Mar 2009 | Permalink | Comments[0] | Tags: desktop sunray vdi virtualbox virtualization vmware
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Sun VDI 3 launches today!

Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3 launches today. A cool team made this happen in about a year. Guys, you rock! Let's celebrate the launch of Sun VDI 3! (Actually I am just back from the release party in Hamburg.)

>> Learn More

>> Download Now

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25 Mar 2009 | Permalink | Comments[0] | Tags: blogwatch desktop hamburg sunray vdi virtualbox virtualization vmware
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Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1 Update

Today we release update 1.1 to Sun Ray Connector for VMware Virtual Desktop Manager 1.0. Once again this is a certified VMware View Client to use Sun Ray as client devices for VMware View 3. The software is localized into Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish, and comes with a new Installation and Configuration guide.

Installation and Configuration Guide. Sun Ray Connector for VMware View 1.1

Download Sun Ray Connector for VMware View 1.1

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11 Mar 2009 | Permalink | Comments[11] | Tags: china desktop france germany japan korea release spain srvc sunray update virtualization vmware
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Did I miss the release notes? Would like to know what is fixed/added in this update.

Posted by Art Peck on March 11, 2009 at 09:19 PM CET #

Any release notes/change log for 1.1?

Posted by Duco Jaspars on March 12, 2009 at 01:42 PM CET #

Hello Art, Duco,
you haven't missed anything. There are no release notes. Here is a quick overview what has changed:
- rebranded and certified for VMware View 3
- new documentation
- localization of user interface and documentation. The latter is in progress.
- '-d' to specify a default domain.
- some minor bug fixes, e.g. the Java 5/6 issue to solve some keyboard issues (http://blogs.sun.com/sjf/entry/keyboard_layout_problems_with_sun) is gone.

Posted by mprove on March 12, 2009 at 02:10 PM CET #

Thanks mprove,
Have one more question though (which I am trying to get answered for a while now). What we are missing in the View connector is the menu bar you get in the top of your screen when you use the VMware client, which gives you the oportunity to switch sessions. The only way to do this now is to disconnect your session, and login again if you want to go back. Next to that, an end user can not reset his desktop when it hangs. Both these isues would be very welcome, either via a menu bar ala view client, or maybe an other way. Is this something that will show up in the not so far future?

Thanx

Duco

Posted by Duco Jaspars on March 12, 2009 at 09:41 PM CET #

I have also another problem. When I click logoff from the View client, my Sun Rays are not presented with the log in prompts again. The only way for me to do this, is to kill the sessions (through a cold restart). Is there a way to solve this?

These are the differences between the two sessions, one before login, and one after login! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :

root 13573 1 0 13:32:42 ? utku1 13576 13362 0 13:32:42 ? utku1 13671 1 0 13:32:42 ? utku1 13698 1 0 13:32:44 ? utku1 13675 13639 0 13:32:42 ? utku1 13639 13576 0 13:32:42 ? utku1 13712 13711 0 13:32:47 ? utku1 13720 13712 0 13:32:47 ? utku1 13711 13639 0 13:32:47 ? utku1 13700 13684 0 13:32:45 ? utku1 13699 13684 0 13:32:45 ? utku1 13687 13684 0 13:32:43 ? utku1 13684 1 0 13:32:42 ? utku0 12455 1 0 13:29:08 ? utku0 12446 1 0 13:29:08 ? utku0 12442 1 0 13:29:08 ? utku0 12469 1 0 13:29:09 ? utku0 12457 12455 0 13:29:08 ? utku0 12347 12192 0 - ? utku0 12470 12455 0 13:29:11 ? utku0 12471 12455 0 13:29:11 ? 0:00 /opt/SUNWkio/lib/kioskcritd /var/run/opt/SUNWkio/sessions/utku1/kioskcritd utku
0:00 /usr/bin/ctrun -l child -i none /etc/X11/gdm/Xsession custom
0:00 /opt/SUNWut/bin/utaudio
0:00 /usr/lib/gconfd-2 10
0:00 /opt/SUNWut/lib/utslaunch
0:00 /bin/ksh /opt/SUNWkio/lib/Xsession
0:00 /bin/sh /etc/opt/SUNWkio/sessions/vdm/vdm -http -s 172.16.4.121 -p 80
0:12 /usr/java/bin/java -client -Duser.language=en_MT.UTF-8 -Djavax.net.ssl.trustSto
0:00 /opt/SUNWkio/lib/kioskcrit /var/run/opt/SUNWkio/sessions/utku1/kioskcritd /etc/
0:00 iiim-xbe
0:00 iiim-panel --disable-crash-dialog
0:00 iiimd -nodaemon -desktop -udsfile /tmp/.iiim-utku1/:12.0 -vardir /var/opt/SUNWk
0:00 /usr/bin/iiimx -iiimd
0:00 /usr/bin/iiimx -iiimd
0:00 /opt/SUNWut/lib/utslaunch
0:00 /opt/SUNWut/bin/utaudio
0:00 /usr/lib/gconfd-2 9
0:00 iiimd -nodaemon -desktop -udsfile /tmp/.iiim-utku0/:11.0 -vardir /var/opt/SUNWk
0:03 <defunct>
0:00 iiim-panel --disable-crash-dialog
0:00 iiim-xbe

Posted by Jean Paul Gatt on March 13, 2009 at 02:25 PM CET #

Hi Duco,

The Connector uses the script /etc/opt/SUNWkio/sessions/uttsc
to start the Windows RDP session. If you change
the line:

theUTTSCDefaultArgs="-m -b"

and remove the -b option, a menubar will be available when
you move your mouse to the top of the screen that allows you to
disconnect your session. You can find more about this option in
the uttsc man page.

Tom

Posted by Tom O'Connor on March 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM CET #

Hi Jean Paul,

I don't see anything unusual in this log output that
would explain your problem. You could also look in
the file /var/dt/Xerrors to see if there is anything
there that might help to diagnose it.

Tom

Posted by Tom O'Connor on March 18, 2009 at 12:18 PM CET #

Hi,
Has anyone experienced issues when the username (under "Owner" in token registration) has a space, hence; "lastname firstname". It fails to pass the full information to the VMView server on logon. Hence when that user inserts the smartcard, it displays only LASTNAME in the User Name field.

Regards, Eduardo

Posted by Eduardo on May 19, 2009 at 02:22 PM CEST #

Does Vmware View Manager for Sun Ray work with Vmware View server 3.1 ?

Posted by Jefferi Holland on June 01, 2009 at 09:11 PM CEST #

Hi All,

Does Vmware View Manager for Sun Ray work with Vmware View server 3.1 ?

Posted by Jefferi Holland on June 01, 2009 at 09:14 PM CEST #

I'm using

-s anetv91 -http -d OENBNT -- -m -l de-DE -r usb:on

as options for VmWare View, but I do not get a German Keyboard, which works for uttsc session, and no USB Devices are forwarded to the Target PC, even if have EA2, an actual patch level of the Sun Ray DTU, etc. It seems, the -- options are more or less ignored.

With uttsc (RDP) and USB redirection installed on the Target PC, USB redirection works and also the german keyboard.

any ideas, thomas

Posted by Thomas Fuerle on October 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM CEST #

Sun & VMware Desktop Training

Susan, Chris, and I talked yesterday about a joined VDI solution of VMware and Sun Ray technology. Here are the slides:

Sun & VMware Desktop Training

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leider wird das Training geladen und geladen, man sieht nur nichts weder auf Safari noch auf Firefox

Posted by 192.9.112.196 on February 11, 2009 at 04:01 PM CET #

Hmm - that must have been a temporary outage on slideshare. Let me know if it still does not work for you.

Posted by mprove on February 22, 2009 at 11:43 PM CET #

Sun Ray and VMware View

Adam Workman wrote two new technical articles on Corner 11:

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Sun VDI at EDUCAUSE 09

Silpion & 13. Stock Sommerparty

Sun Ray and VMware View 3.1.1

New Set of Sun Ray Status Icons

Before and behind the curtain of JavaOne

20k desktops at JavaOne

Localized documentation for Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1

Sun VDI 3 Press Release

Sun VDI 3 launches today!

Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1 Update

Sun & VMware Desktop Training

Sun Ray and VMware View

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Virtualization News

Sun VDI at EDUCAUSE 09

Silpion & 13. Stock Sommerparty

Sun Ray and VMware View 3.1.1

New Set of Sun Ray Status Icons

Before and behind the curtain of JavaOne

20k desktops at JavaOne

Localized documentation for Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1

Sun VDI 3 Press Release

Sun VDI 3 launches today!

Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1 Update

Sun & VMware Desktop Training

Sun Ray and VMware View