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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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
5EntertheUniqueIDand,optionally,theDisplaynameandDescription,andclick
Next.
TheuniqueIDisusedbyViewManagertoidentifythedesktoppoolandisthe
namethattheuserseeswhenloggingin.TheuniqueIDanddisplaynamecanbe
arbitrarybutifyou
donotspecifyadisplaynametheuniqueIDisusedforboth.
IfyourinstallationhasmultipleVirtualCenterorvCenterServers,see“Uniqueness
ofUniqueID”onpage 214.
Youcanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovideanoptional
description.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersin
lengthandisonly
visiblefromwithinViewAdministrator.
6ConfigurethedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingaWindowsVistavirtualmachine,youmustsetthe
powerpolicytoEnsureVMisalwayspoweredon.
Property Parameter Description
State Enabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolis
automaticallyenabledandreadyforimmediateuse.
Disabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolis
disabledandunavailableforuse.Thisisanappropriate
settingifyouwanttoconductpostdeploymentactivities
suchastestingorotherformsofbaselinemaintenance.
WhenVM
isnotinuse Donothing(VMremainson)—Virtualmachinesthatare
poweredoffwillbestartedwhenrequiredandwillremain
on,evenwhennotinuse,untiltheyareshutdown.
Alwayson(ensureVMisalwayspoweredon)—All
virtualmachinesinthepoolremainpoweredon,even
when
theyarenotinuse.Iftheyareshutdown,theywill
immediatelyrestart.
SuspendVM—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolentera
suspendedstatewhennotinuse.
PoweroffVM—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolshut
downwhennotinuse.
Powerpolicyisdescribedinmoredetail
in“PowerPolicy”
onpage 179.
Automaticlogoffafter
disconnect
Immediately—usersareloggedoffassoonasthey
disconnect.
Never—usersareneverloggedoff.
After—thetimeafterwhichusersareloggedoffwhenthey
disconnect.Enterthedurationinminutesinthefield
provided.