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VMware View Manager 4.0.1 is released.  This release includes the following new features:

Localization of VMware View

The View Client and online help for View Client are now available in Japanese, French, German, and simplified Chinese. The View Manager Administration Guide, View Manager Release Notes, Getting Started with VMware View document, View Upgrade Guide, and View Architecture Planning Guide are also available in these languages.

VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 and ESX 3.5 Update 5 Support

View Manager 4.0.1 includes support for VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 and ESX 3.5 Update 5.

Enhancements to the PCoIP Display Protocol

PCoIP now supports the following features:

• Virtual Printing, which allows end users to use local or network printers from a View desktop without requiring that additional print drivers be installed in the View desktop.
• Single sign-on support for third party providers such as Sentillion and Imprivata.
• View Client supports international keyboards when using PCoIP.

For PCoIP-related bug fixes, see the View Client Resolved Issues section.

Important: VMware View 4.0.1 requires VMware vSphere 4 Update 1. VMware View 4.0.1 supports the versions of vSphere and VMware Infrastructure listed in the System Requirements section of the VMware View Manager Administration Guide and VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 and ESX 3.5 Update 5.

The full release notes can be found here.

 

After attending the VMware View 4 Talkshoe podcast the following information about the announced VMware  View 4 was discussed:

VM’s per core:

VM’s per core, In VMware View 3 the number was 6-9 VM’s per core, now in View 4 with for example the Intel Nehalem processors you can get to 12-16 VM’s per core. This number heavily depends for example on the application load inside the VM’s.

The PCoIP protocol does NOT support:

- Security Server;

- Smart Cards integration;

- Thinprint support.

Generally: 

- The PCoIP protocol is not different in scalability than RDP;

- For the RDP protocol version 6 is used in VMware VIEW;

- Offline desktop support is still experimental;

- There’s no RTO Software Virtual Profiles in this release of VMware VIEW 4;

- Windows  7 is still experimental, official support will be around the begin of 2010; 

- The Connection server must be installed on Windows 2003, support for Windows 2008 will be around the begin of 2010;

- Advise for virus scanning software is use VMware aware virus scanners (VMsafe), for example Trend Micro and McAfee have beta’s that use the VMsafe technology.

 

Today VMware has View 4 announced.  VMware View 4 is supported on VMware vSphere and has a new protocol named PCoIP (View 3 uses RDP). 

 

Here’s a list of new and/or improved features:

FEATURE	NEW/IMPROVED	DESCRIPTION
Quad monitor support	New	Support 32-bit color with 1920 x 1200 display resolution and up to 4 monitors simultaneously.Benefit: True multiple displays allow you to “see more and do more” from a full desktop. This provides the ability to reproduce true color images with support for up to 4.2 billion distinct colors per pixel.
True multi-monitor support on L-shape configuration	New	Support 1 landscape display and 1 portrait display (with pivot monitors), variable resolution support, and auto fit to client.Benefit: Each monitor can be of a different size and be set to a different resolution. Auto Display Scaling/Dynamic Resizing helps desktop publishing, financial application, and high-end graphic design needs.
Guest desktop support Windows Vista and XP OS	New	Support for connecting to virtual desktops from Windows XP and Vista. The VMware View 4 PCoIP is a software-to-software implementation. However, it also supports hardware PCoIP hosts such as the Samsung SyncMaster 930ND 19″ monitor and Teradici Tera Portal. http://www.teradici.com/pcoip/pcoip-products/oem-solutions.php   Benefit: Provides scalable support to both software and hardware on the local hosts.
Network characteristics and security	New	SSL protection on TCP for session management and AES 128-bit key encryption on UDP for media transfer between host and client system.Benefit: Provides comparable security and encryption found in other protocols.
Protocol intelligence	New	PCoIP protocol provides the intelligence to handle prioritization and quality of services (QOS) for video/mouse/keyboard/sound, etc.Benefit: This greatly helps the user experience by managing bandwidth and content variables.
WAN performance and optimization	New	Operate with up to 250ms of round-trip latency with tolerance on packet loss up to 5%.
VPN tunneling	New	Support Cisco VPN soft client.
RDP virtual channel compatibility for USB redirection	New	Support the comparable list of USB peripherals including biometrics, card readers, webcams, mass storage, flash devices, scanners, etc. The authorization can be done on a per-user/per-group basis to only accept specific devices.
Flash control support for PCoIP	New	PCoIP uses breakthrough graphics compression that is custom built for delivering a user desktop over IP networks. It works in such a way as to support all graphics (full-frame rate 3D for design engineering, video gaming, etc.), and media (HD video, Microsoft video formats, YouTube, Microsoft Silverlight, Google, QuickTime, or Adobe Flash).Benefit: By compressing the display image at the host PC/Server, you avoid application interoperability issues that have plagued thin clients for years and can quickly adapt to physical networks.
Audio redirection	New	New to PCoIP protocol. Redirect audio with dynamic audio quality adjustment on the WAN.
ClearType font	New	Subpixel rendering technology which may help to improve the apperance of text on some computer displays. Newly added to PCoIP protocol

Full clone pool with thin disk/thin provisioning	New	VMware View 4 provides seamless native support for thin provisioning with the vSphere server.Benefit: Helps reduce storage usage and allows more guest desktops per core while still providing high performance.
Mixed cluster support for backward – forward compatibility	New	This new option in View Administrator allows different versions of clusters to be managed via the same UI.
VWware VMsafe API for better anti-virus optimization and execution	New	VMware vSphere supports VMware VMsafe™ API Security virtual machine deployment, sold separately by security vendors, is consistent with desktop deployment. Protects the virtual machine by inspecting virtual components (CPU, Memory, Network and Storage).

Triple single sign — on (3SSO) for sessions/connections keep-alive	Improved	This setting enables “log in as current user” using Active Directory credentials or smart cards over Remote Desktop Protocol.Benefit: Helps eliminate redundant authentication steps or double PIN entry when using smart cards.
Tag-based pool access	New	Administrators can now assign “tags” to connect server and desktop pools. Tag matching rules can be applied to restrict or grant users access to certain desktops.
Smart card removal policy	Improved	This policy setting forces desktops to disconnect when users remove their smart card.
Delete script	Improved	This scripting capability cleanly deletes VMware View desktops and allows extensibility using visual basic scripting.

VMware View is available in two editions:

Offline desktop and Windows 7 support is experimental. This means it is not ready for production environments! There is a HCL for Thin clients that supports View, click here for the HCL. VMware View will be released and available for download on 19 November 2009.

Sources:

- VMware View 4 product page

- VMware View Datasheet

- Register for a 60 day trail when it comes available