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Virtualdesktopdeploymentisthetaskofpreparingindividualormultiplevirtual
machinesforViewManagerclientconnections.Oncedeployed,preparedsystemscan
beaccesseddirectlyoractasatemplatefromwhichViewManagercancreatean
extensiblepoolofcloneddesktops.
Thischaptercoverstheendtoendrequirements
andproceduresassociatedwith
desktopdeployment,andconcentratesspecificallyonthecreationofdesktopsand
desktoppoolsfromvirtualmachinesmanagedbyvCenterServer.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“OverviewofVirtualDesktopDeployment”onpage 66
“PreparingtheGuestSystem”onpage 68
“IndividualDesktops”onpage 71
“A u t o m a t e d DesktopPools”onpage 74
“ManualDesktopPools”onpage 81
“EntitlingaDesktoporPoolonpage 85
“SearchingDesktopsandEntitledUsersandGroups”onpage 89
“DisablingViewManagerandDeletingObjects”onpage 91
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