1. Migration Strategies – Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) Overview
Fritz Ohman
Alphageek
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2. Infrastructure Remediation
Solution Accelerator for BDD
Key Message – We will now drill down into each functional area of the Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator.
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3. Agenda Assess Current Environment Infrastructure Planning
Capacity Planning
Collect Inventory using SMS 2003
Performance Testing
Upgrade Strategy
Infrastructure Assessment
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4. Assess Current Environment
Network configuration
Domain model
DNS, WINS
DHCP
Protocols, devices
Bandwidth
Active Directory
Sites
Group Polices
Servers OS
Roles
Applications
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5. Assess Current Environment
Desktop Configuration
Hardware OS
Profiles
Total Desktops..
Applications
Number of Users and Locations
Install Methods
Type
SMS Environment
Site Hierarchy
Software Distribution model
Inventory configuration
...
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6. Scope and Infrastructure Requirements
Define scope
The number of desktops being deployed
Desktops that require upgrades
Server systems that will host OS images
Network systems that will carry the OS images
Define Infrastructure Requirements
Hardware and performance requirements
Network requirements
Application requirements
Management requirements
Scalability requirements
Security Requirements
Operational Requirements
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7. Desktop Capacity Planning
Identify minimum system requirements (memory, cpu etc)
Obtain hardware and system configurations (from other feature teams or tools like SMS)
Evaluate current performance
Obtain performance baselines for current profiles
Obtain application performance settings from the Applications teams
Plan performance settings for XP system and applications
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8. Server Planning
Determine hardware configuration of Zero Touch Deployment Servers
Size capacity based on number of OS images, updates etc
Identify potential performance bottlenecks
Define acceptable level of server performance
Use Capacity Planning tools:
System Monitor
Network Monitor
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9. Network Considerations
Sizing bandwidth utilization for Zero Touch Deployments
Image sizes and package downloads
Package Distribution settings
Link speeds and availability
Network usage and traffic patterns
Scheduled times for other applications or high-priority operations
Status messages and reporting requirements
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10. Collect Inventories Using SMS 2003
Enable Hardware and Software Inventory
Schedule Inventory periods
Build queries and collections based on hardware configuration
Use SMS 2003 Web reports
Use SMS 2003 Resource Explorer for detailed machine configuration
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11. Application Compatibility Analyzer
To perform the inventory, use the following tools:
Inventory Engine
Application Compatibility Analyzer
WMI Scripting
Data Store
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Reporting Tool
Microsoft Access 2003
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12. Measuring Sizing and Capacity
CPU Utilization
System% Total Processor Time: Less than 80% means the level of processor performance is acceptable. Constant measurements above 95% mean there is cause for concern.
SystemProcessor Queue Length: 2 or fewer means the level of processor performance is acceptable
Disk Utilization
Physical disk% Disk Time Less than 80% means the level of physical disk performance is acceptable.
Physical disk Current Disk Queue Length:The count minus the number of spindles on the disks should average less than two. (A RAID device would have more than
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13. Measuring Sizing and Capacity
Memory Utilization
Committed Bytes: If this value is smaller than the available amount of RAM, you have enough memory to support the running processes without excessive paging. If this value is consistently larger than available RAM, the computer is experiencing an unacceptable level of paging, and you must add more physical RAM
MemoryPage Reads/sec: Constant measurements greater than five indicate a requirement for more memory
Network Utilization
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14. Infrastructure Upgrade Strategy
Better understand how to optimize the deployment
Identify possible deployment issues for deployment teams
Decide on upgrading existing hardware or purchasing additional hardware or resources to aid in the deployment.
Plan which desktops need to be upgraded before deployment.
Evaluate possible network issues and alternatives
Confirm or discover additional risks to the deployment
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15. Infrastructure Risk AssessmentID
Risk Statement
P r o b
L o s s
E x p
Mitigation Approach
Contingency Plan
Trigger
Date
Condition
Consequence 1
If the Desktop Systems desktops aren't connected to the switch using large bandwidth (fibre or gigabit) ...
…then the deployment will be slowed by the capacity of the switch. 8
Verify that the capacity of the switch and the amount of data that can be moved under load will satisfy the deployment requirements.
Upgrade or obtain a larger switch or blade for the deployment.
Network bandwidth and connectivity won't allow installation within time window.
Nov 25 2
If the single deployment server isn't connected to the switch using a gigabit fibre connection …
…then the deployment will be slowed by the capacity of the server network connection. 3 9 27
Verify that the server is connected using a gigabit fibre connection.
Obtain a gigabit connection for the deployment server to use for the deployment.
If the deployment server doesn't have extremely fast disks ...
…then the deployment will be slowed by the disk I/O. 5
Verify that the disk performance will handle the number of desktops.
Obtain faster disks or even storage area network disks for the deployment.
Hardware inventory of deployment server lists disk speed less than 15K.
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