Client Management Server Virtual Image Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing client management systems face challenges in efficiently managing and distributing virtual image files across diverse client terminals, including the need for centralized management of client terminals, user profiles, and virtual machine execution, while ensuring secure and seamless user experiences across different terminal types.
Innovation Solution
A client management system comprising a management server, virtual machine management server, virtual image creation & distribution server, thin client execution server, connection broker, and profile storage, which creates and distributes master, registered, reset, and individual virtual image files to both fat client terminals and thin client execution servers, enabling centralized management and secure user profile handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a centralized client management system is implemented to manage diverse client terminals, then management efficiency and consistency are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The management server is divided into multiple functional modules: client management module for terminal management, user management module for user account management, group management module for group-based resource allocation, and virtual image file management module for virtual machine image management. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific tasks independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining centralized management capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server is designed as a universal platform that can manage multiple types of client terminals (thin clients, fat clients, virtualization terminals) through a unified architecture. The system provides multi-functional capabilities including terminal management, user management, group management, and virtual image file management, all through a single centralized server, thereby improving management efficiency without requiring separate systems for each function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If virtual image files are distributed to multiple client terminal types, then system versatility is improved, but management difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides different virtual image files tailored to specific client terminal types (thin client image files, fat client image files, virtualization terminal image files). Each image file is optimized for its target terminal type, ensuring optimal performance and compatibility. The group management module can assign different image files to different groups of terminals based on their capabilities, managing diversity through localized customization rather than uniform treatment.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual image file management module acts as an intermediary between the centralized management system and diverse client terminals. It handles the complexity of image file creation, distribution, and version management, abstracting the complexity from the management modules. This intermediary layer simplifies management by centralizing image file operations while enabling versatile support for multiple terminal types.
3Reliability
If user profiles are centrally managed for security, then security is improved, but user experience consistency may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
User profiles are prepared and managed in advance by the user management module before users actually access the system. Profile templates are pre-configured with security settings and preferences, and the system proactively applies appropriate profiles to users based on their authentication. This preliminary preparation ensures security is built-in from the start while maintaining consistent user experiences through pre-tested profile configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where user preferences and usage patterns are captured and fed back into the profile management system. This allows the centralized user management module to adjust profiles dynamically while maintaining security, ensuring user experience consistency. The feedback loop enables the system to learn from actual usage and refine profile applications accordingly.
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AI summary
According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a client management module configured to manage first information which correlates with client terminal information, group information, and type information, the client terminal information indicating a client terminal, the group information indicating a group to which the client terminal belongs, and the type information indicating whether the client terminal is a client virtualization terminal that executes a virtual machine or a thin client terminal, a user management module configured to manage second information which correlates with a user account and the group information, and a group management module configured to manage third information, which correlates with the group information and a virtual image file.