Making a Seamless Move to Windows® 7
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Imagine a migration that went so well, nobody noticed.
Process/Timeline
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PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Benchmark
• Gather user data
• Define success
• Create project plan
Image Deployment
• Create one
Master Image
• Deploy remotely
• Restore with
personalizations
Validate and
Measure Success
• ID and fix
performance issues
• Disaster recovery and
repair, as needed
• Quantify success
PHASE I
Stratusphere ™ FIT
Gather user data
Define success
Create project plan
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PHASE I
PHASE II
Horizon Mirage ™
Create one Master Image
Deploy remotely
Restore with personalizations
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PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Stratusphere ™ UX
ID and fix performance issues
Disaster recovery and repair, as needed
Quantify success
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Process / Timeline
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PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Benchmark
• Gather user data
• Define success
• Create project plan
Image Deployment
• Create one
Master Image
• Deploy remotely
• Restore with
personalizations
Validate and
Measure Success
• ID and fix
performance issues
• Disaster recovery and
repair, as needed
• Quantify success
PHASE I
Benchmark with Stratusphere™ FIT
Assess and quantify machine, user, and infrastructure metrics.
Provide visibility into user persona and authored data.
Access applications for usage and master image strategy.
Define the baseline user experience.
Design base image on actual usage metrics.
Group users into appropriate tiers based on consumption.
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PHASE I
Visibility Throughout Is Key
Workers’
Desktops
How are users spending
their time?
What are they consuming?
What is the baseline
user experience?
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Target
Image
Are image resources
adequate and available?
Are problems developing?
Constraints and/or avoidable
crashes ahead?
PHASE I
Summary of Benefits
Collect data automatically.
Accurate data — no lost work time for users.
Reduce migration labor costs.
Accurate metrics lead to accurate planning.
Save on licensing costs.
Identify apps that users have but never use.
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Process / Timeline
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PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Benchmark
• Gather user data
• Define success
• Create project plan
Image Deployment
• Create one
Master Image
• Deploy remotely
• Restore with
personalizations
Validate and
Measure Success
• ID and fix
performance issues
• Disaster recovery and
repair, as needed
• Quantify success
PHASE I
PHASE II
Migrate Image Centrally and In-Place
Centralized Images
Local Copies
Windows® 7
Image
Mirage™ Server
Network-Optimized
Synchronization and Streaming
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Desktops/Laptops
with Mirage Client
PHASE I
PHASE II
Base Image is captured
from the Reference CVD.
Windows 7
Reference
Machine
Reference
CVD
Base
Image
The BI is downloaded to one
or more Branch Reflectors.
CVD1
Branch
Reflector
CVD2
Horizon Mirage™
Server
CVD3
Endpoints leverage Reflector
to load new Base Image.
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PHASE I
PHASE II
Summary of Benefits
Better manage and optimize image creation.
Manage one Master Image vs. 300.
Achieve more migrations per day.
Centralized migration operations eliminate most or all PC visits.
Avoid loss of user files.
Quickly revert to original Windows XP, preserving user personalizations
and data.
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Process / Timeline
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PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Benchmark
• Gather user data
• Define success
• Create project plan
Image Deployment
• Create one
Master Image
• Deploy remotely
• Restore with
personalizations
Validate and
Measure Success
• ID and fix
performance issues
• Disaster recovery and
repair, as needed
• Quantify success
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Validate with Stratusphere™ UX
Ongoing and proactive monitoring—the ability to quantify UX.
Validate image changes to ensure optimal performance.
Identify rogue entities and/or bottlenecks to quickly remediate issues.
Enable "what-if" scenarios to plan for growth and changes.
Get support for mixed VMware Mirage and VMware View
environments with single pane-of-glass monitoring.
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PHASE I
PHASE II
Measure for Success
Reporting to ensure
equal-to-better user
experience
At-a-glance comparison
of physical machines to
Mirage-managed
machines
Easy to see results to
quickly determine if
users are reaping the
benefits of the
transformation
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PHASE III
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Summary of Benefits
Prevent unplanned downtime.
Get fewer post-migration calls to the Help Desk.
Track system performance.
See from the desktop to the data center, and across all networks.
Measure success.
Built-in reports provide accurate ROI and TCO data.
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What a migration looks like when
you simplify the process:
Save money.
Reduce migration labor costs; save on licensing costs.
Save time.
Reduce user downtime during migration; manage one image instead of 300.
Use fewer resources.
Centralize migration operations; manage fewer post-migration calls.
Monitor proactively.
Alert administrators to issues; prevent unplanned downtime.
Keep end-users productive.
Optimize performance; provision resources quickly.
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Simplify the migration process —
and execute it with speed and confidence.
Migration Timeline
T-3
T-2
T-1
T-0
Post-Migration
Monitor and
measure
all hardware,
operating
systems,
and applications.
Define baseline
of usage and user
experience.
Create a master
image.
Conduct phased
image
deployment.
Monitor and
compare.
Easily discover all
the metrics you
need before the
move. Define what
migration success
will mean to you.
Produce reports
and use them to
put a project plan
together.
Create and deploy
a mirror-perfect
image (and
manage one image
instead of 300).
Set triggers to let
you know when
post-migration
performance is
less than ideal —
and drill down to
see where the
problem really is.
Fix it before
anyone reports it
as an issue.
Validate that
migration worked
properly.
Generate reports
that quantify
success.
Disaster recovery.
Use pre-migration
snapshot for
recovery and
repair, as needed.
Recover systems
due to lost, stolen,
or broken PCs.
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Imagine this:
You controlled your migration instead of it
controlling you. You migrated on time and on
budget — with minimal downtime and optimum
performance during and after the migration.
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