Specifications

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TerminalServerPoolisapoolofterminalserver(TS)desktopsourcesservedbyone
ormoreterminalservers.Aterminalserverdesktopsourcecandelivermultiple
desktops.ATSpoolhasthefollowingcharacteristics:
PoolofTSdesktopsservedbyafarmcomprisingofoneormoreterminalservers.
Leastsessioncountbasedloadbalancing:ViewManagerloadbalancesconnection
requestsacrossterminalserversinapoolbychoosingthepoolthathastheleast
numberofactivesessionsonit.
Administratorentitlesentirepooltousersorusergroups.
Administratorsshoulddeployaroamingprofilesolutiontoenableusersettings
andpersonalizationtobepropagatedtothecurrentlyaccesseddesktop.
Preparing the Guest System
Theguestsystemofthevirtualmachine,whichyoucreateinvCenter,providesthe
basisforvirtualdesktopdeployment.Thevirtualmachinemustadheretothe
requirementsdescribedin“SystemRequirements”onpage 14.
Toprepareaguestsystemfordeployment,performthefollowingtasks:
InstalltheguestoperatingsystemasdescribedintheVMwarevSphere
documentation.IfyouareinstallingWindowsXPasyourguestoperatingsystem,
reviewtheadditionalinstructionsandguidelinesintheWindowsXPDeployment
Guideat
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/resources/
vmwareviewxpdeploymentguide.pdf
InstallthelatestversionofVMwareTools(providedwithVMwarevSphere).
InstallMicrosoftservicepacksandWindowsupdates.
Installantivirussoftware.
Installotherapplications,suchasWindowsMediaPlayerifyouareusingMMR.
Installanyrequiredsmartcard(suchasCommonAccessCard)drivers.
Configurenetworkproxysettings.
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