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 8 Component Policies
Power Policy in Automated Pools
Inanautomatedpool,powerpolicyisacquiescenttotherulesregardingdesktop
availability.Anavailabledesktopisonethatisactive,doesnotcontainausersession,
isnotassignedtoauser,andhasanactiveViewAgentservicethatconfirmsits
availabilitytoViewConnectionServerbasedupon
theprecedingcriteria.
Power Policy Example 1
Ifaparticularnumberofdesktopsarerequiredtobeavailableatanygiventime,the
powerpolicyforthosedesktopsensuresthattheyarealwayspoweredon.This
behaviorisillustratedinthefollowingpoolingexample,theparametersforwhichare
providedinTable 8‐3.
Afterthedeploymentprocessis
completed,10desktopsarecreated:2arepoweredon
andimmediatelyavailable,and8areinasuspendedstate.Foreachnewuserthat
connects,adesktopispoweredonsoastomaintaintheavailabilitylevel.
Whenthenumberofconnectedusersexceeds8,additionaldesktops—uptoalimit
of 20—arecreatedsothattheavailabilitylevelcanbemaintained.Oncethemaximum
numberisreached,thedesktopsofthefirst2userstodisconnectremainpoweredonin
ordertomaintaintheavailabilitythreshold.Thedesktopofeachsubsequentuserto
disconnectissuspended,asperpolicy.
Non‐PersistentmanualPool Afteruserdisconnectionorlogoff.
Note:IfthePowerOffpolicyisappliedaftera
disconnection,thesessionisdiscarded.IftheSuspend
policyisappliedafteradisconnection,anorphaned
sessioncouldbecreated(thedesktopisnon‐persistent
sothereisnoguaranteethattheuser
willeverbeableto
returntoit).
EnsurethatAutomaticlogoffafterdisconnectissetto
Immediatelyinordertopreventeitherscenario.
PhysicalSystems/Terminal
ServicesDesktopPool
N/A
Table 8-2. Power Policy Notes (Continued)
Desktop Type Power Policy is Applied...
Table 8-3. Pooling Example 1
Type Minimum Maximum Available Power Policy
Non‐PersistentAutomatedPool 10 20 2 SuspendVM