Software Installation

In order to deploy an existing DVM in HyWorks, some tools are required to be installed and a few software are required for better performance. Depending on your requirements you can choose to install all or specific applications.

  1. Hypervisor Tools: Required, By Hypervisor tools, which means installing guest tools baed on the Hypervisor where the VMs reside. HyWorks fetches some critical details (such as the network configurations of VMs, etc.) from Hypervisors directly and these Hypervisor tools are required to enable that information.

    • VMware Tools: If you are using VMWare as the Session Provider, you must install VMware Tools on the DVMs (Desktop Virtual Machines) from VMware ESXi/vCenter Server.

    • Nutanix Guest Tools: If you are using Nutanix as the Session Provider, you must install Nutanix Guest Tools on the DVMs.

    • Hyper-V Integration Tools: If you are using DVMs from the Hyper-V, you must install Hyper-V Integration Tools on the DVMs.

  2. Feature-specific Tools: Must

    1. HyWorks DVM Agent: A critical HyWorks component which must be installed on the DVMs to avoid manual RDP configurations and enabling the DVM power policies.

    2. Built-In USB Redirection Driver (Server Component): Integrated with HyWorks Tools and must be installed on DVMs, if USB redirection is required, and built-in USB Redirection Driver is used.

    3. Enhanced USB Redirection Driver (Server): Must be installed, if the Enhanced USB Redirection Driver is used for USB redirection. It requires to be installed separately on remote desktop servers.

    4. RDP8.0 Updates on Windows7 DVMs: Performance of a remote session can be improved by using the RDP8 protocol for session. To use the RDP8 protocol in the remote session, RDP8 patches must be installed and configured correctly. It must be installed if the following deployment configuration is used:

      1. Target DVM is on Windows 7 OS

      2. HyDesk devices are configured with the RDP8 Protocol

      3. Connection profiles are using the RDP8 optimized options such as graphics accelerations.

        Refer to the Install and Enable RDP8 on DVMs section for details.

    5. Enable Audio and Audio Recording Devices
      Enable Audio and Audio Recording Devices setting if the users are required to use audio and audio recording devices. To do so, appropriate settings must be configured on the target DVM. Refer to the Enabling Audio in Remote Session section for details.

  3. Performance Improvement Recommendation

    1. HyWorks USB Cleaner: Integrated in HyWorks Tools and must be installed if USB redirection is used. HyWorks USB Cleaner utility gracefully disconnects all the plugged-in USB devices, ensuring that in the next session, these USB devices will be shared correctly.
    2. System Performance Improvements: System tweaks to improve overall performance of the system in order to support better remote session experience. Refer to the Customizations to Improve System Performance section for details.
    3. Hypervisor Settings: A few Hypervisor settings can also be modified to have a better performance. Refer to the Hypervisor Settings to Improve Performance section for details.