VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
1. Connect
with Cisco VPN (only if off campus)
a. Download VPN Client from ISU Helpdesk (will require filling out form and waiting for response)
b. AnyConnect Secure Client (Linux, Mac, Windows)(Will require free signup with cisco)
i. Put in “vpn01.ilstu.edu” as the address
2. Setup the VMware Horizon View Client
a. Download
the VMware
Horizon View Client
b. Install
with default options and the View Connection Server is: “vdi.ad.ilstu.edu“
3. Open
VMware Horizon View Client
a. Double
click on “vdi.ad.ilstu.edu”
b. Logon
with your ISU ULID and password
c. Double
click on the VM-Pool you would like to access
i.
ITLab-Pool(Win7)
– General use virtual machines
ii.
ITPersonal-Pool
– Faculty/Staff/GA virtual machines
iii.
Class Specific VM Pool –
your instructor will give you the name