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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
7Editthebaseimageusedbytheselecteddesktoppool.
Ifyouwanttoanchortheclonesinthedesktoppooltoadifferentsnapshot
withinthesamebaseimage,selectanewsnapshotfromthelistprovided.
IfyouwanttochangethecurrentbaseimagetothatofanewParentVM,click
ChangeandselectanewvirtualmachinetobetheMasterVMforthepool
fromthosehighlightedinthelist.ClickOK.
ClickNext.
8Schedulewhenyouwanttherecompositioneventtotake
place(thedefaultisset
tothecurrenttime,andthereforeimmediately).
Ifyouwantanycurrentlyconnecteduserstobeloggedoffassoonasthe
recomposeeventstarts,selectForceUserstologoff.
Ifyouwantthesystemtowaituntilauserhasdisconnectedbeforeinitiating
arecompositionoftheirdesktop,selectWaitforuserstologoff.
9TheReadytoCompletepageisdisplayed.Thispageprovidesasummaryofthe
recomposetask,includingwhichsnapshotwillbeused,whenthe
taskis
scheduledtostart,andhowmanyvirtualmachineswillbeaffected.
Ifyouaresatisfiedthattheinformationdisplayedonthispageiscorrect,click
Finishtostarttherecomposition.
To rebalance a linked clone desktop pool
1FromwithinViewAdministrator,clickDesktopsandPoolstodisplaythedesktop
page.
2EnsurethattheInventorytabisselected
intheleftpaneandselectthedesktop
poolyouwanttorebalance.
3Intherightpane,selecttheDesktopSourcestab.
4 Selectoneormoredesktopsfromthedesktopsourcelistprovided.Youdonot
havetoselectanydesktopsifyouintendtorebalancetheentirepool.
N
OTEIfyouselectthisoption,connecteduserswillbenotifiedpriorto
disconnectionandgiventheopportunitytoclosetheirapplicationsandlog
out.ThenotificationmessagecanbeaccessedfromwithintheGlobalSettings
sectionoftheconfigurationpage.