ILIO

ILIO - Virtual machine Imaging for Windows Desktops & Servers

 Desktop Virtualization Challenges

ambit

oving a desktop image into the data center onto a VM does

not lower costs or offer virtualization benefits.

eality

he “true” cost of the desktop is managing an image and its

consumption over its lifetime.

oly grail
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Today’s Desktop Dilemma
PC Lifecycle Management (provisioning, patching, and
upgrades) is very expensive

Managing thousands of PC images one PC at a time is costly,

complex, and often requires days, weeks or even months

Companies are embracing desktop virtualization to lower

costs only to find new challenges
 storage costs, strain on shared infrastructure and scalability
 transfers desktop management headaches from the physical PC
to the datacenter
 further complicated by creating two classes of PCs to manage:
the physical and the virtual

Transformational change is needed

out of band model
VMWare View Profile
Composer Management

App Roaming
Virtualization Profiles

Hypervisor Terminal Access Thin

Technology Services Brokering Client

Hyper-V
The Enterprise Desktop Build
Desktop build meet out of Out of band model

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VDI
Client

Access Brokering

Profile Management

Roaming Profiles

App Virtualization

Operating System

Guest OS

Hypervisor
 Other “1 : MANY” Approaches Fall Short
Image Decomposition can be very challenging and risky

Requires Massively Complex and Expensive App Repackaging

Assumes all Applications can be Virtualized – Can take Years!!

Exceptions to the model result in custom build derivatives

Personalization is difficult to achieve

Profiles do not fully virtualize “user state”
Lengthy logon time, bloat and profile corruption issues

Results in high Operational Risk or excessively extends project

timeline
 Atlantis’s Approach - ILIO
Hypervisor Hosted VMs
ILIO Image Server
• Inline in the IO Path
• Transparent to Storage &
Hypervisor
• Virtualizes the (Virtual)
image
• Clustered for HA & Failover

ILIO
ILIO

Physical servers
Storage Array

• Creates VMs on the fly from assembling component block/file IO (Virtual IO)
• Dynamically generated based on desktop/server profile pulled from Active Directory
• Builds a user centric desktop from common IO components (Flocks)
• Deep separation of user personality (profile, apps etc) from underlying image
• Automatic inline 3 Step virtualization – Machine/Application/User Session
 ILIO Image Management
Synthesis and Provision
1 • Create Virtual Image Definitions
• Synthesize templates
• Define user/group entitlements
1 • Clone and Propagate (Rapid Provisioning)

Single Point of Change

2 • Patch/Update a Single GOLD Image
3 • Instantly update user Images
• Allow users to install their own apps
2 • Deep User Profile Management

Journaling and Delivery

3 • Roll back Image to any point in time
• Roll back entire data center in time
• Define time/event triggers for snapshots
• WAN delivery via Foundation Server
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