Specifications

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View Manager Administration Guide
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To recompose a linked clone desktop pool
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,clickDesktopsandPoolstodisplaythe
desktoppage.
2EnsurethattheInventorytabisselectedintheleftpaneandselectthedesktop
poolyouwanttorecompose.
3 Selectoneofthefollowingoptions:
Torecomposetheentiredesktoppool,ensurethattheSummarytabisselected
intherightpane.
Torecomposethedesktopsassignedtospecificusersinthedesktoppool,
ensurethattheUsersandGroupstabisselectedintherightpane.
Ifyouwanttorecomposethedesktopofoneormoreassignedusers,selectthe
correspondingcheckboxes.Youdonotneedtodothisif
youwantto
recomposethedesktopsofallassignedusers.
Torecomposespecificdesktopsourcesinthepool,ensurethatthe
Desktop Sourcestabisselectedintherightpane.
Ifyouwanttorecomposemultipledesktops,selectthecorrespondingcheck
boxes.Youdonotneedtodothisifyouwanttorecomposeallthedesktopsin
thepool.
4ClickEditImage
.YouarepresentedwiththeEditImagewizard.Selectthe
RecomposeoptionandclickNext.
5IfyouselectedtheUsersandGroupstabyoucannowfilteryouruserselection.
SelectAllusersifyouwanttoexecuteaglobalrecompositionagainstallassigned
usersinthedesktoppool.If
youselectedoneormoreusersyoucanselect
The followingusersifyouwanttherecompositiontoapplyonlytospecificusers
withintheselectedgroup.
IfyouselectedtheSummaryorDesktopSourcestabyoucannowfilteryour
desktopsourceselection.SelectAllvirtualmachinesifyouwanttoexecutea
globalrecompositionagainstalldesktopsinthepool.
IfyouspecifiedoneormoreindividualassigneddesktopsfromtheDesktop
SourcestabyoucanselectThefollowingvirtualmachinesifyouwantthe
recompositiontoapplyonlytospecificsystemswithintheselectedgroup.
6ClickNext.