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
View Manager Administration Guide
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Oncetheprocessiscompleteyoucanentitleusersorgroupstousethedesktoppoolby
carryingouttheproceduredescribedin“EntitlingaDesktoporPool”onpage 85.
Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked
Clone Desktops
Youcanrecompose,refresh,orrebalanceonlythoselinkedclonedesktopsthatarepart
ofapersistentpool.IfyouwanttochangetheParentVMofanon‐persistentlinked
clonedesktoppool,youmustmodifythepooldirectlybyusingthepooldeployment
wizard.Thedeploymentwizardcanbe
invokedbyclickingEditonthesummarypage
forthenon‐persistentpool.
Ifyouwanttomakechangestothedatastoreprofile(addorremoveastorage,or
modifythepoolconfiguration)beforerebalancing,youmustfirst usetheEditDesktop
wizardtoreconfigurethepool.
Youcanscheduleonly
onerefresh,recomposition,orrebalanceoperationatatime.
To refresh a linked clone desktop pool
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,clickDesktopsandPoolstodisplaythe
desktoppage.
2EnsurethattheInventorytabisselectedintheleftpaneandselectthepersistent
desktoppoolyouwanttorefresh.
3 Selectoneofthefollowingoptions:
Torefreshtheentiredesktoppool,ensurethattheSummarytabisselectedin
therightpane.
Torefreshthedesktopsassignedtospecificusersinthedesktoppool,ensure
thattheUsersandGroupstabisselectedintherightpane.
Ifyouwanttorefreshthedesktopofoneormoreassignedusers,selectthe
correspondingcheckboxes.Youdonotneedtodothisif
youwanttorefresh
thedesktopsofallassignedusers.
N
OTERebalancingwillautomaticallyinitiatearefreshofthetargetdesktopor
desktops.Inaddition,onlydesktopsintheReady,Error,orCustomizingstatewithno
schedulesorpendingcancellationscanberebalanced.
CAUTIONDonotmodifytheParentVM(forexample,convertittoatemplate)from
withinvCenterServerbeforeorduringanyoftheproceduresdescribedinthissection.