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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Overview of Virtual Desktop Deployment
Theprocedurefordeployingvirtualdesktopsvariesdependingonwhetheryouare
creatinganautomatedpoolfromavirtualmachinetemplate,anindividualdesktop
instance,orapoolofmanually‐selectedvirtualdesktops.However,inallofthesecases
abase—orguest—systemmustfirstbeselectedandconfiguredforusewith
View Manager.
Desktop Sources
Differentdesktopsourceshavedifferentcapabilitiesintermsofapplicationsupport
anduserexperience.Theyalsodifferinthewaytheyareconfiguredandmanagedand
theprovisioningchoicestheyoffer.ThedesktopsourcessupportedbyViewManager
includethefollowing:
ViewManagerProvisionedandvCenterServerManaged—thedesktopsource
isa
virtualmachinethatisprovisionedbyViewManagerandismanagedbyavCenter
Server.Toaddthisdesktopsourcethefollowingsettingsmustbespecifiedbythe
administrator:
vCenterServerthatprovisionsandmanagesthevirtualmachines.Youcanonly
usevCenterServersthatareknowntotheViewManagerserver.
Templateusedtoprovisionthevirtualmachines.
LocationinthevCenterServerinventoryhierarchywhereyouwanttoaddthe
virtualmachines.
Datastoreforthevirtualmachines.
Customizationspecificationforthevirtualmachines.
ViewManagerNon‐ProvisionedandvCenterServerManaged—thedesktopsource
isavirtualmachinethatismanagedbyavCenterServerbutnotprovisionedbyView
Manager.VirtualmachinesalreadyexistonthevCenterServer.Toaddthisdesktop
sourcethefollowingsettingsmust
bespecifiedbytheadministrator:
vCenterServerthatmanagesthevirtualmachines.YoucanuseonlyvCenter
ServersthatareknowntotheViewManagerserver.
Individualdesktop:Selectthevirtualmachineandadditasadesktopsource.
Desktoppool:Selectmultiplevirtualmachinesandaddthemasdesktopsources.
Ifthevirtualmachineisalreadyassignedtoanotherdesktop,anerrorappears.You
mustremovethedesktopfromthepreviouslyassigneddesktoppoolorindividual
desktop.