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Novell® Demo SystemsPortal Update

Doc Hodges

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Demo Systems 2011 Portal Update What does the Demo Systems team do?

• The Demo Systems Team builds fully functional VMware based demos of all major products

• These are documented and distributed to thousands of partners and employees

• These demos, the team that builds them and the corporate wide standard to which they are built is called Utopia

• http://novell.com/demosystems


Demo Systems 2011 Portal Update What does the Demo Systems team do?

• The Novell Demo Systems Portal gives you quick and easy access to:

– A browsable library of the Utopia Demo Library with

complete documentation and videos for each demo

– Links to download the VMs that make up the demos

– Run them online or locally

– Online access provided by a system called NODS

– A full feature remote demonstration system

– Free, shareable and live access to the VMs on our servers

– An easy landing page called the Demonstration Dashboard

– A choice of remote access methods including your browser


What's new in the Demo Systems Portal?

• The 2010 Portal added many new useful features

– all are still there• The 2011 portal has a new sleeker look and new tabs for

quick access to your favorite features• The 2011 portal introduces many new features

– Parking Lot, NODS Viewer, Bookmarks, History, Integrated support and news pages and much more



Welcome tabA quick look at what's available in the system

Links to sites like our Vibe page, Facebook page etc

The Geo you are connected to is on the top right. You can change your geo and your default geo here too.



News TabOur team keeps the information flowing and the latest is

published here.

The status of new demos, release details and useful links.



Support TabThis links to our Vibe page where you can see past

questions and get quick help from the demo authors and the community of users.

FAQ Tab

This links to our FAQ page with information about demos, Utopia standards, recent problems and solutions.



Demos Tab

This is where you access the incredible Demo Library. Here you can:

Search the library content with keywords for all types of files

See and reschedule your past demos in NODS History

Schedule a new NODS demo

Use, list, kill, extend, reset or park your current demos

Bookmark your favorite content from Flash videos to demos

Use the new Parking Lot to archive or restore your demos

– (Limited to select US based employees at first release)



Demos Tab – Find a demo

Put a keyword in the search box, like Collaboration and click the magnifying glass to start the search

Use the green filter buttons on the right to filter by content type.

You can bookmark the favorites you find.



Demos Tab – Find more informationSome items have an information button with good information

about the demo or video



Demos Tab – The blue iconsOnce you've found your content

you can see the type by the blue icons

Online Demo

Flash Video

Documentation

VM download



Demos Tab – Schedule a demoTo schedule a demo, select it and this dialogue appears

Set how long to keep the demo, your partner info (if any) and press schedule. Your demo will soon appear in the demos tab



Demos Tab – working with your active demo

To access demo right away, click Access to open the Demo Dashboard. Each demo gets it's own dashboard.

You can access the Documentation, Kill, Extend, Reset, see Advanced demo information or Park your demo here



Demos Tab – working with your active demo

Reset will pause your VMs and restart the VNC sessions with the resolution of your choice.

Easy access to

documentation


What's new in the Demo Systems Portal?Demos Tab – Advanced Information

All the ports, IDs, Passwords etc are displayed. You normally don't need this information unless you are using a custom client



Demos Tab – Click Access to see the Dashboard for your demo

The Dashboard now hosts all of the links for you demo.

In the previous version these were duplicated in the portal page



The dashboard has everything you need to access, customize and share your demo.

As the owner, you see all of the links. Links is blue are visible to your guests.

You can edit most items and

change their names and visibility to your guests.

If you are not going to share the demo you don't need to customize the page



Click Preview in the upper right to see the page your guests will see.



The NODS viewer now the default

It shows only the VM and not the VMware controls. This makes your demo view simpler and more spacious.

To control the VM use the VM controls at the bottom of the dashboard


What's new in the Demo Systems Portal? The NODS Viewer in action


What's new in the Demo Systems Portal?There is a remarkable level of control in the

Virtual Machine Control bar

Advanced users can add VMs to NODS demos. Contact us at https://vibe.novell.com/demosupport for help with this.

The first four buttons will Start the VM, Stop the VM, Suspend the VM and Restart the VM.

https://vibe.novell.com/demosupport


What's new in the Demo Systems Portal?There is a remarkable level of control in the Virtual

Machine Control bar

The next two buttons will Revert to a previous snapshot or allow to to create a new snapshot.

Advanced users can remove VMs from demos too


What's new in the Demo Systems Portal?There is a remarkable level of control in the Virtual

Machine Control bar

The last three buttons will:

1 - Show a simple screen of just this VM (VM must be running)

2 – Allow you to browse for a file on your machine and send it directly to the disk inside your running VM

3 – Add the single screen link to the Dashboard links so you can share it with your guests.



The NODS viewer can resize the screen for a better fit

Traditional VNC and NX are still there so have choices.

Remember to click “edit” and change the link name to something your guest will understand

Remember to click “edit” to make unused links invisible



Other neat features of the DashboardThe “Attached files” pane lets you share your files with your

users. It also automatically creates a presentable version in the Dashboard. Just upload, wait a few minutes for the automatic conversion and click Present.

The Bulletin Board is a great place to post dial in numbers etc.

If you change the name of the demo in the Dashboard that change will show up in your list of demos in portal in a few minutes.

The Invite button lets you email the guest Dashboard URL to guests.

The Dashboard stays live after the demo expires so your guests can get to your documents.


What's new in the Demo Systems Portal?Parking Lot – Demos Tab (Limited to select US employees at launch)

Archive your demo to our near line storage. It suspends your VMs and saves them for your future recall.

Customize a demo and then reuse it as often as you like. “My Parked Demos” lets you use or remove parked demos.

While only available to select US employees currently, we'll work to expand it's availability as quickly as possible.

Park and kill your long term demos when not in use, saving valuable resources until you need them again.

* Note - It does not kill or cancel your current demo. Remember to kill the demo after parking if you aren't using it.*


What's new in the Demo Systems Portal?Conclusions

New features in every aspect of the new portal, all designed to help you travel less and sell more.

The best way to learn the Portal and systems like NODS is to use them. With a little practice you'll be doing more free online demos with less prep time.

Our best features were suggested by users. We also do special setups for your special sales situations.

Join us at https://vibe.novell.com/demosupport

https://vibe.novell.com/demosupport

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