Specifications

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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
UnmanagedDesktopSourcesthedesktopsourceisamachinethatisnotmanaged
byavCenterServer.ThisincludesvirtualmachinesrunningonVMwareServerand
virtualmachinesrunningonothervirtualizationplatformsthatsupportViewAgent.
BladePCs,physicalPCs,andTerminalServersonwhichyoucaninstallView Agent
are
unmanageddesktopsources.
Desktop Delivery Models
UnifiedAccesssupportsdifferentdesktopdeliverymodelswhichcharacterizetheway
adesktopiscreated,entitled,delivered,andused.Thedesktopdeliverymodels
supportedbyViewManagerare:
IndividualDesktopisadesktopthatallowsasingle,preexistingbackendsource
withthefollowingcharacteristics:
Entitledtomanyusersorusergroups;however,onlyoneactiveuseratatime.
Notprovisionedautomatically.
ManualPoolisapoolofdesktopsourceswiththefollowingcharacteristics:
Multipleuserstomultipledesktopmapping;however,onlyoneactiveuserona
desktopatatime.
Notprovisionedautomatically.
Supportsbothpersistentandnonpersistentaccessmodes.
Administratorentitlesentirepooltousersorusergroups.
AutomatedPoolisapoolthatcontainsoneormoredynamicallygenerateddesktops
thatareautomaticallycreatedandcustomizedbyViewManagerfromavCenterServer
virtualmachinetemplateandhavethefollowingcharacteristics:
Multipleuserstomultipledesktopmapping;however,onlyoneactiveuserona
desktopatatime.
Provisionedautomatically.
Administratorspecifiesatemplateandacustomizationspecificationwhichisused
toprovisiondesktopsources.
Supportsbothpersistentandnonpersistentaccessmodes.
Administratorentitlesentirepooltousersorusergroups.