Hi Colin,

I normally use desktop pools for virtual machines, whic= h =3D are the same, and single desktops for individual vms.

So mostly office vms are from a pool and admin vms aren't.

Fo= r pa=3D tching you can either use some tools like Microsoft WSUS or for Linux vms K= =3D atello/Satellite/... or if you're using desktop pools it's also possible to= =3D patch the master image, create a new template with a new version and shut = =3D down all you vms. Afterwards they should boot with the new version if you d= =3D id configure to always use the lastest version.
<= /d=3D iv>

Performance of the virtual de= sk=3D tops depends on some things:

- protoco= l =3D (Spice is really great in our tests) - also make sure you install all VirtI= =3D O drivers in your vms

- bandwith - thi= s =3D is no problem in the LAN, but for WAN setups this could be an issue. Watchi= =3D ng full HD videos in your vms can require 40mbit/s...

- thin clients - they need good graphics cards and at least 2= =3D gb ram and 2 cpu cores, better 4...

Most of my customers use GPOs for their v= ir=3D tual desktops, as it's easier to configure group policies then updating the= =3D master template too often...

I hope this helps...
=

<=3D div>Regards,
Ren=3DC3=3DA9

From: "Colin Coe" <colin.coe= (a)g=3D mail.com>
To: Users(a)ovirt.org
Sent: Friday, Januar= y =3D 29, 2016 1:20:15 PM
Subject: [ovirt-users] VDI non-persistant des= =3D ktops

Hi all

We're using RHEV 3.5.7 and have about 40 desktop = VM=3D s that are all clones from a single original.

In the very beg= =3D inning we used desktop pools but this was torn down when we started getting= =3D "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain fa= =3D iled" error messages.

We use DHCP for all desktops however ev= =3D ery VM is defined on the DHCP server and unknown MACs are rejected.

I'd like to revisit desktop pools but I'd like to know if other are = =3D using this and what their experiences have been.

Kind of thin= =3D g I'd like to know is

- how is patching done

- what is = =3D the performance like

- what tuning if any is done on the desktops= =3D

- GPO vs LPO

Any comments?

Thanks

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