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7Fromthelistprovided,selectthevirtualmachineorphysicalmachineyouwantto
useastheindividualdesktopandclickNext.
8Youarepresentedwithasummaryoftheconfigurationsettingsforthis
deployment.
Ifyouareunsatisfiedwithanyaspectoftheconfigurationyoucanusethe
Backbuttontorevisitanypreviouspage.
IfyouaresatisfiedwiththeconfigurationclickFinishtodeploytheindividual
desktop.
Oncethedeploymenthasbeeninitiatedyoucanmonitortheprogressoftheindividual
desktopbyselectingeithertheDesktopsandPoolsorDesktopSourcestabsinthe
Globaldesktopandpoolviewpane.
Automated Desktop Pools
Automateddesktoppoolscontainoneormoredynamicallygenerateddesktopsthat
areautomaticallycreatedandcustomizedbyViewManagerfromavCenterServer
virtualmachinetemplate.Desktoppoolsofthistypecanbeeither:
PersistentDesktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocatedstaticallyinordertoensure
thatusersconnecttothesamesystemeachtimetheylogin.Desktopassignment
takesplacethefirsttimetheuserconnects.
Nonpersistent—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.