Specifications
Table Of Contents
- View Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- Installing and Running View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- Adobe Flash Bandwidth Reduction
- Client Computer Information
- Using PCoIP Display Protocol
- Using HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing vCenter Server for View Composer
- Preparing a Parent VM
- Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
- Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked Clone Desktops
- Using an Existing View Composer Database
- Using the SviConfig Tool for View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix: The locked.properties File
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 6 View Composer
Allowuserstoreset
theirdesktop
Selectifyouwanttoallowdesktopuserstoresettheirown
desktopswithoutadministrativeassistance.
Allowmultiple
sessionsperuser
(non‐persistentpools
only)
Selectifyouwanttoallowindividualuserstosimultaneously
connecttomultipledesktopsinthesamepool.
RefreshOSdisk
on
logoff
(persistentpoolsonly)
Never—thebaseoperatingsystemimageisneverrefreshed.
Always—thebaseoperatingsystemimageisrefreshedevery
timetheuserlogsoff.
Every—thebaseoperatingsystemimageisrefreshedona
recurringbasisataspecifiedtime.Enterapositivenumberof
daysinthefieldprovided.
At—thebaseoperatingsystemimageisrefreshedwhenthe
sizeoftheoperatingsystemdatareachesacertainlevelonthe
datastore.Enterapercentagevalueinthefieldprovided.
Defaultdisplay
protocol
SelectthedisplayprotocolthatyouwantViewConnection
ServertousewhencommunicatingwithViewClient.
PCoIP—Provides
anoptimizedPCexperienceforthedelivery
ofimages,audio,andvideocontentforawiderangeofusers
ontheLANoracrosstheWAN.PCoIPissupportedasthe
displayprotocolforindividualdesktopswithvirtual
machinesandwithphysicalmachinesthatcontainTeradici
hostcards.
MicrosoftRDP—Amulti
‐channelprotocolthatallowsauser
toconnecttoacomputerrunningMicrosoftRDC.
Allowuserstooverride
thedefaultprotocol
Selectifyouwanttoallowuserstooverridethedefaultdisplay
protocolfromwithinViewClient.
Maxnumberof
monitors
IfyouareusingPCoIP,selectthemaximumnumberof
monitorsonwhichuserscandisplaythedesktop.
Note:Youmustpoweroffandthenpoweronexistingvirtual
machinesforthissettingtotakeeffect.
Resolutionofeach
monitor
IfyouareusingPCoIP,selectthepixeldimensionsofthe
highestresolutionmonitor.
Note:Youmustpoweroffandthenpower
onexistingvirtual
machinesforthissettingtotakeeffect.
AdobeFlashquality SelectthequalitylevelofAdobeFlashanimationsdisplayedin
ViewClientfromthedrop‐downmenu.Lowerqualitylevels
mightresultinfasterdisplayrefreshduetolowerbandwidth
usage.
Property Parameter Description