Build a VDI course

A VDI course is available for classes after it is built.

  1. During the software installation procedure or on the course console, install an operating system for the course (use Windows 10 as an example):

  1. After VM startup, the system enters the Windows setup screen. Specify your language and other preferences, click Next, and then click Install Now.

  1. Accept the license agreement, and select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).

  1. Click Load driver when Where do you want to install Windows? is prompted. VMs use Virtio drivers. The drivers are not displayed when you install the operating system for the VM. You must load drivers and install the operating system on a disk.

  1. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

  1. In the dialog box that opens, select all drivers by using the Ctrl or Shift key, and then click Next.

  1. Partition the disk as needed when the Where do you want to install Windows? prompt is displayed, and then click Next. Disk partition is required if you need multiple disks when installing the operating system.

  1. After the installation is complete, configure basic system settings such as region, keyboard layout, network, and account settings.

  1. On the Settings > Accounts > Sign in with Microsoft screen, click Domain join instead in the lower left corner.

  1. Create a user account used to enter the desktop after system installation. After completing system setup, enter the Windows desktop.

 

The user account in this example is only used to enter the desktop after installation. You must switch to an administrator account after entering the desktop. Further system optimizations also require using the administrator account.

 

  1. Switch to the administrator account:

  1. Press shortcut keys Win + X, and then click the Computer Management option.

  1. Click Local Users and Groups. Right-click Administrator, and then select Properties.

  1. In the administrator properties window, clear the Account is Disabled option to enable the administrator account without specifying a password, and then click OK.

  1. Sign out and then sign in as the administrator to enter the system desktop.

  1. Press shortcut keys Win + X. In the Local Users and Groups window, right-click the created user account, and then click Delete.

  1. Install CAStools and cloud desktop agent VdiAgent (use Windows as an example):

  1. On the image creation page, click Install Template Tool and then select Attach Optical Drive.

  1. In the dialog box that opens, enter the folder corresponding to the operating system type. In this example, enter the Windows folder to run the agent_tools_setup program.

  1. In the dialog box that opens, click Next.

  1. In the communication environment settings dialog box that opens, enter the host IP address or domain name (FQDN) for the system management node, use the default port number, and then click Next.

 

To mount the installed software to the correct shared disk, make sure the system IP address is correctly configured in the communication environment settings.

 

  1. Select the target folder for installing VdiAgent, and then click Install.

  1. In the dialog box that opens, click Always trust software from..., and then click Install.

Upon startup of VDI installation, the system automatically installs CAStools. During CAStools installation, specific driver application software will be installed.

  1. Click OK in the dialog box opens after CAStools installation is complete, and then click Close to continue with VdiAgent installation.

  1. After the VdiAgent installation is complete, click Finish to restart the VM.

  1. Configure and optimize system services:

After basic VM settings are complete, you must optimize the VM to improve VM operation speed and user experience for cloud desktop connection.

  1. Click Install Template Tool, and then select Mount H3CoptTools.

  1. Enter the CD-ROM, and run the H3COptTools application program.

  1. Select a locale.

  1. Select the education scenario template as the optimization scenario and click Start Scanning.

  1. After the scan finishes, click OK. Select optimization items, and click Optimize Now. 

  1. Select a disk for customizing a user profile.

  1. In the CloudDiskClient installation wizard that opens, select an installation path, and click Install. After the installation is completed, click Finish.

  1. After the optimization is complete, click OK to reboot the VM.

  1. Install client VM and teaching-related software such as office software, Sogou input software, and media players (use client VM as an example):

  1. Click Install Template Tool, and then select Attach Shared Disk.

 

·          If shared disks cannot be correctly attached, check the VdiAgent communication environment settings and the course VM network settings.

·          To use the quiz, score statistics, and game functions, install Chrome browser (Chrome 45 or higher as a best practice) in the course image. For more information, see the teacher client user manual in the education scenario.

 

  1. Copy Learningspace_App from the shared disk and then decompress it. Run the application, and then click Next in the dialog box that opens.

  1. Select the VDI endpoint type, select the VM client type, and then click Next.

  1. Select the installation path, and then click Install.

 

You can install the Learningspace client only on the C drive for a Windows endpoint.

 

  1. After the installation is complete, install other required software.

  1. For domain users, specify a Microsoft AD server as the DNS server for the VDI course to enable automatic domain assignment for the domain users:

  1. Open the Control Panel on the course VM. Navigate to the Network and Sharing Center > Local Area Connection Properties page, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click Properties.

  1. On the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box, enter the IP address of a Microsoft AD server in the Preferred DN server field.

 

If you have enabled trust domain configuration for the domain server, configure the alternate DNS server address as the trust domain address. For more information about the LDAP authentication server, see "Configure authentication servers."

 

  1. Click OK.

  1. After software installation, shut down the course operating system. Then click Finish & Release on the software installation page or click the Publish icon under the course on the course list page, and select the storage path for the course image.

 

When you publish a course, you can select a storage path created on the Data Center > Teaching Storage > GlusterFS Settings page or Data Center > Teaching Storage > Course Storage Pool Settings page.