VDI Software Notes
                             Revised 7/28/18

1. Overview. The Rice Univeristy VMWare software provides a suite of software products accessible from any on campus or off-caumps using VPN remote acccess software.  The VM is a virtual machine, and currently has the following software installed:

	U:\ drive and C:\ drives
	Microsoft Excel: Enable Data Analysis Toolpak and Solver
	Notepad++ (disable auto-updating)
	Python
	R
	R-Studio
	PuTTY
	Matlab
	Palisades Decision Tools
	SAS
	Show file extensions
 
2.  Detailed installation instructions are available at http://www.stat.rice.edu/~dobelman/courses/vdi_installation.pdf

3.  How to use the VM version of this software. NOTE: As of 2018 the VDI is Win 10.

	1.  MAKE SURE you are on campus or have VPN installed and running. (see C:\data\windows7_64bit_hassle.txt)
	2.  Install VMWare client available at https://vdi-connect.rice.edu vice https://it-vconnect.rice.edu.  Download the client, select the appropriatre version for your OS (Win, Mac, iOS, etc.).  
	3.  Run setup
		Specify default server:	it-vconnect.rice.edu
		Actual install begins.
	4.  Restart your system
	5.  Run VMWare Horizon Client, select the Statistics VDI and log on with your netID.  You will then have access to your U:\ drive. Detailed instructions are available in https://kb.rice.edu/page.php?id=69597
	6.  In the case of Windows 8, the connection might fail.  There are two other things you can try for off-campus access.
		01. In the VMware Horizon Client, right-click the "Statistics VDI" icon and select "Microsoft RDP" and try connecting with those settings.  
			-or-
		02. Connect to the Rice VPN. Then go to https://vdi-connect.rice.edu vice https://it-vconnect.rice.edu. Click "VMware Horizon HTML Access."  THIS WORKS as of 7/28/18.


In order to directly access your U:\ drive from outside of Rice, you will need to ..... see http://it.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=82 ... under VPN, you can map a network drive as follows:  

	Drive:	Whatever (try u:)
	Folder:	\\samba.ad.rice.edu\dobelman
	Wait!  That didn't work:  try 

	Drive:	\\storage.ad.rice.edu\home\d\dobelman
	Click on the link for different credentials and enter in ADRICE\username 

4.  BE SURE TO LOGOFF THE VM!!  Press the "Start" button in the lower right corner of the screen and click the logoff button.  "X"-ing out of the VM windows will leave you logged in!