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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
View Manager Administration Guide
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7Fromthelistprovided,selectthevirtualmachineorphysicalmachineyouwantto
useastheindividualdesktopandclickNext.
8Youarepresentedwithasummaryoftheconfigurationsettingsforthis
deployment.
Ifyouareunsatisfiedwithanyaspectoftheconfigurationyoucanusethe
Backbuttontorevisitanypreviouspage.
IfyouaresatisfiedwiththeconfigurationclickFinishtodeploytheindividual
desktop.
Oncethedeploymenthasbeeninitiatedyoucanmonitortheprogressoftheindividual
desktopbyselectingeithertheDesktopsandPoolsorDesktopSourcestabsinthe
Globaldesktopandpoolviewpane.
Automated Desktop Pools
Automateddesktoppoolscontainoneormoredynamicallygenerateddesktopsthat
areautomaticallycreatedandcustomizedbyViewManagerfromavCenterServer
virtualmachinetemplate.Desktoppoolsofthistypecanbeeither:
Persistent—Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocatedstaticallyinordertoensure
thatusersconnecttothesamesystemeachtimetheylogin.Desktopassignment
takesplacethefirsttimetheuserconnects.
Non‐persistent—Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocateddynamicallywhenthe
userlogsin,andarereturnedtothepoolwhentheuserdisconnects.
Automateddesktoppoolscanusethelinkedclonefeaturetorapidlydeploydesktops
fromasingle“ParentVM”.However,thissectiondescribesadeploymentthatdoes
not
usethisfeature.Formoreinformationaboutlinkedclones,includingthedeployment
procedure,refertoChapter 6,“ViewComposer,”onpage 127.
Virtual Machine Templates
Afteryouinstallandconfiguretheguestsystem,convertthevirtualmachinetoa
template.Youcanthenusethetemplateasadesktopsourceforautomateddesktop
pools.
ViewComposerlinkedclonevirtualdesktopsuseasnapshotinsteadofavirtual
machinetemplateasabaseimage.SeeChapter 6,“View
Composer,”onpage 127.