{"id":61846,"date":"2025-10-06T08:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/61846\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:48:30","slug":"migration-options-for-nice-enginframe-views-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/61846\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration options for NICE EnginFrame Views customers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In September, AWS announced the discontinuation of NICE EnginFrame<\/a>, which included EnginFrame Views.\u00a0In this post, I cover some of the migration options for EnginFrame Views customers.<\/p>\n

EnginFrame provided a centralized approach for High Performance Computing (HPC) environments. Along with integrating with popular job schedulers, EnginFrame Views provided a consolidated portal for users to seamlessly connect to visualization nodes within their environment. To securely visualize nodes, EnginFrame Views used Amazon DCV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DCV is high-performance display protocol that provides secure access over varying network conditions. There are several options that deliver the value of EnginFrame Views by utilizing DCV. These options provide a comprehensive interface for users to connect to their machines and configurations to minimize the administrative overhead of managing the workload.<\/p>\n

NI SP EF Portal <\/p>\n

For customers looking to continue using their EnginFrame environment, they can migrate to NI SP EF Portal<\/a>. NI SP worked with AWS to develop the NI SP branded solution to replace EnginFrame and EnginFrame Views, with enhanced usability and new features. NI SP offers support for EF Portal and professional services to make migration a straightforward experience. NI SP also offers EF Views Portal<\/a> as a drop-in replacement for EnginFrame Views.\u00a0To learn more, you may request a trial on the NI SP contact page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1 \u2013 NI SP worked with AWS to develop the NI SP branded solution to replace EnginFrame and EnginFrame Views, with enhanced usability and new features. It\u2019s as close to a drop-in replacement for EnginFrame as you can get.<\/p>\n

Amazon DCV Access Console <\/p>\n

The DCV Access Console<\/a>\u00a0is a web application that helps administrators and end users manage their DCV sessions. While the DCV Access Console does not directly integrate with HPC infrastructure, it does provide a flexible and lightweight replacement for EnginFrame Views. The web portal depends on DCV components, including DCV Session Manager<\/a>, DCV server<\/a>, and, optionally, DCV Connection Gateway<\/a>. All of these components are free to use on AWS<\/a>. To get started, follow the Setting Up instructions in the DCV Access Console Administrator Guide<\/a>. Alternatively, to quickly get started, you can launch the Cloud Development Kits hosted in dcv-samples<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"DCV <\/p>\n

Figure 2 \u2013 DCV Access Console is a supported AWS product you can integrate to build your own solution.<\/p>\n

Research and Engineering Studio <\/p>\n

Research and Engineering Studio<\/a> (RES) is an AWS supported, open-source product that\u00a0provides a single pane of glass for users to launch and connect to secure virtual desktops. This product provides a feature rich solution for HPC customers that want a one-click environment. RES is available at no additional charge, and you pay only for the AWS resources needed to run your applications. Similar to DCV Access Console, RES delivers visualization through the use of the same DCV components. To get started, see the Deploy the product section of the RES User Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Figure 3 \u2013 Research and Engineering Studio (RES) is an AWS supported, open-source product that\u00a0provides a single pane of glass for users to launch and connect to secure virtual desktops.<\/p>\n

Leostream <\/p>\n

Leostream<\/a>\u00a0provides a\u00a0Remote Desktop Access Platform to manage Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The Leostream platform consolidates the IT management of VDI, as well as prioritizes the security posture of your deployment. Through its interface, end users visualize their resources with DCV. Whether you need to visualize a HPC node or a general desktop, Leostream offers many differentiated features to improve both the administrator and end user experience.\u00a0Leostream offers a trial for their platform and quick starts<\/a> to guide your deployment.<\/p>\n

\"Leostream\u00a0provides <\/p>\n

Figure 4 \u2013 Leostream\u00a0provides a\u00a0Remote Desktop Access Platform to manage Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)<\/p>\n

Conclusion <\/p>\n

EnginFrame customers have several migration options to evaluate. All of the covered options utilize DCV to deliver a high performance, local like experience to end users. Additionally, customers looking to consolidate their general VDI and visual HPC workloads can do so with any of the mentioned options.\u00a0With these options and the release of the AWS Parallel Computing Service<\/a> (AWS PCS), customers can streamline their HPC operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In September, AWS announced the discontinuation of NICE EnginFrame, which included EnginFrame Views.\u00a0In this post, I cover some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[371,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-61846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}