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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 8 Component Policies
GPOscanbeappliedtoViewManagercomponentsatadomain‐widelevelinorderto
providegranularcontrolovervariousareasoftheViewManagerenvironment.Once
applied,GPOpropertiesarestoredinthelocalWindowsregistryofthespecified
component.
Inordertominimizetheadministrativeoverheadofcreating
bespokepolices,anumber
ofcomponent‐specificGPOtemplatesareprovidedwithViewConnectionServerthat
canbeimportedintoActiveDirectory.Thetemplatefilesthataccompany
View Manageraredescribedbelow:
vdm_agent.admcontainspropertiesrelatingtotheauthenticationand
environmentalcomponentsofaclientdesktopcontrolledbyViewAgent
vdm_client.admcontainspropertiesrelatingtotheconfigurationparametersof
ViewClient
vdm_server.admcontainspropertiesrelatingtoViewConnectionServer
vdm_common.admcontainspropertiesrelatingtoallcomponentsofViewManager
TheGPOtemplatefilesarestoredinthefollowinglocation:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\Extras\GroupPolicyFiles
MicrosoftTechNetprovidesdetailedguidanceonhowtoloadGPOtemplatesdirectly
intoActiveDirectory:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en‐us/library/cc728217.aspx
Application of Group Policies
OncetheGPOtemplateshavebeenloadedintoActiveDirectorytheyarereadand
applied:atstartupfordesktops,andduringlogonforusers.Bydefault,clientsystems
refreshmostGroupPolicysettingsapproximatelyevery90minutes.
N
OTEClientsconnectingfromoutsidetheViewConnectionServerdomainare
unaffectedbyanyGPOsappliedtotheViewClientcomponent.
NOTEThepolicyupdateintervaliscontrolledbyageneralWindowspolicy,andcan
itselfbemodified.