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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TheViewManagerpoliciesthatrelatespecificallytoOfflineDesktopsessionsare
describedinTable 8‐7.
Configuring and Applying Client Policies
Wherethenewpool‐levelpolicyismorerestrictive,apool‐levelpolicycanbe
configuredtooverridetheequivalentglobalpolicy.
Forexample,iftheglobalpolicyfordesktopcheckoutisAllow,youcansetthe
equivalentpool‐levelpolicytoDeny.Thereverseisnottrue.If
theglobalpolicyfor
desktopcheckoutisDeny,youcannotapplytheequiv alentpool‐levelpolicytoAllow.
Table 8-7. Client Policies for Offline Desktop
Property Description
OfflineDesktop Specifiesifdesktopscanbecheckedoutforlocaluse.
AvailableoptionsareAllowandDeny.Pool‐and
user‐levelpoliciesmayalsoInheritthedefaultsetting
fromtheirparent.
ThedefaultisAllow.
User‐initiatedRollback Specifiesifusersareallowedtodiscardtheiroffline
desktopinorder
toreverttousingtheonlineversion.
Whenthisactioniscarriedout,thelockontheonline
desktopisreleasedandtheofflinedesktopis
abandoned—thelocalfolderthatcontainstheoffline
desktopdatacanthenbemanuallyremovedanddeleted
ifnecessary.
AvailableoptionsareAllowandDeny.Pool
‐and
user‐levelpoliciesmayalsoInherittheirdefaultsettings
fromtheirparent.
ThedefaultisAllow.
Maxtimewithoutservercontact SpecifiestheamountoftimeanOfflineDesktopdesktop
canrunwithoutsuccessfullycontactingtheView
ConnectionServerforpolicyupdates.Whenthistimeis
reached,awarningis
displayedtotheuserandtheoffline
desktopissuspended.
Theavailableoptionsforpool‐anduser‐levelpoliciesare
Inherit,wherethedefaultsettingisinheritedfromthe
parent,andSet.
WhenSetisselectedyoucanthenenterthelifetimeofthe
cacheinDays,Hours,or
Minutesinthefieldprovided.
Thispolicycanbemodifiedatthegloballevelinthesame
wayandstartswithadefaultof7days.