Specifications

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Chapter 9 Unified Access
4IntheDesktopPersistencewindow,specifythepersistencesettingsforthe
desktopsinthispool.
PersistentThisdesktoppoolallowsuserstologintothesamedesktopevery
time.Userscansavedocumentsandfilesonpersistentdesktopsbecausethey
returntothesamedesktop.
NonpersistentDesktopsare
availabletouserswhentheyloginbutarereturned
tothepoolwhenuserslogoff.Userslogintoadifferentdesktopeachtimeand
cannotsavedocumentsorfilesonthedesktop.
5IntheDesktopPoolSourcewindow,choosePhysicalcomputersorvirtual
machinesnotmanagedbya
vCenterServerandclickNext.
6EntertheUniqueID,theDisplayname,andDescription.
TheuniqueIDisthenamethatViewManagerusestoidentifythedesktop.
The desktopdisplaynameiswhattheuserseeswhenloggingin.TheuniqueID
anddisplaynamecanbearbitrarybut
ifyoudonotspecifyadisplayname,the
uniqueIDisusedforboth.IfyourinstallationhasmultipleVirtualCenteror
vCenterServers,see“UniquenessofUniqueID”onpage 214.
Afteryouprovidethedesktopidentificationdetails,clickNext.
7SpecifythedesktopparametersandclickNext.
Formoreinformationon
theparametersthatareapplicabletounmanaged
persistentandnonpersistentpools,seeTable 92,“MappingDesktopParameters
toDesktopTypes,onpage 206.
8InthetableontheDesktopSourcespage,selectthedesktopsourcestoincludein
thepoolandclickNext.
Allregistereddesktopsourcesthatarerunninga
supportedguestoperating
systemandthatanotherdesktopordesktoppoolisnotusingappearinthetable.
Formoreinformationaboutregisteringdesktopsources,see“InstallViewAgent
onanUnmanagedDesktopSource”onpage 206.
9ReviewtheinformationinReadytoCompleteandclickFinishtoacceptitorBack
tomakecorrections.
10 ClickFinish.
ThedesktopisaddedsuccessfullyandappearsinthemainDesktopspage.
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OTEYoucanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovidean
optionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersinlengthandis
onlyvisiblefromwithintheViewadministratorinterface.