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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Inanticipationofthis,anOfflineDesktopusercanusetheViewClientwith
Offline Desktopapplicationtodownloadacopyoftheirdesktopvirtualmachinefrom
theViewConnectionServerforuseonalocalcomputer—aneventthatalso“locks”the
onlinedesktopvirtualmachine,preventingitfrombeingaccessedfrom
anyother
location.
Oncedownloaded,Offlinedesktopsbehaveinthesamewayas theironlineequivalents
yetcantakeadvantageoflocalresources;latencyisminimizedandperformanceis
enhanced.Thepresenceofadownloadedvirtualmachinehasnoeffectontheexisting
operatingsystemoftheclientsystem,whichusers
cancontinuetoutilizeiftheywish.
AconsistentuserexperienceisensuredthroughuseofViewClientwith
Offline Desktopforbothonlineandofflinesessions.Inaddition,userscandisconnect
fromtheirofflinedesktopandthenloginagainwithoutconnectingtotheView
ConnectionServer.Oncenetworkaccessis
restored(orwhentheuserisready)the
checkedoutvirtualmachinecanbe:
Backedup—theonlinesystemisupdatedwithallnewdataandconfigurations,
buttheofflinedesktopremainscheckedoutonthelocalsystemandtheonlinelock
remainsinplace.
Rolledback—theofflinedesktopisdiscardedandtheonlinelockisreleased.
Futureclientconnectionswillbedirectedtotheonlinesystemuntilthedesktopis
checkedoutagain.
Checkedin—theofflinedesktopisuploadedtotheonlinehostandtheonlinelock
released.Futureclientconnectionswillbedirectedtotheonlinesystemuntilthe
desktopischeckedoutagain.
Theabilityofuserstodownloadanonlinedesktopforuseontheirlocalsystemis
conferredthroughentitlement
andOfflineDesktopaccesspolicy.Whileadesktopis
checkedout,ViewManageradministratorsarestillabletoaccesstheonlinesystem
whilemonitoringtheofflineequivalent.
TheflowofatypicalonlineandofflineusagescenarioisillustratedinFigure 7‐1,with
eachstagesummarizedinTable 7‐1.
N
OTEWhilealockisinplace,vCenterServeroperationssuchaspoweringonthe
onlinedesktop,takingsnapshots,editingthevirtualmachinesettings,andsoforthare
disabled.
N
OTEUserscannotaccesstheirofflinedesktopwhiletheaboveactionsaretakingplace.