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5EntertheUniqueIDand,optionally,theDisplaynameandDescription,andclick
Next.
TheuniqueIDisusedbyViewManagertoidentifythedesktoppoolandisthe
namethattheuserseeswhenloggingin.TheuniqueIDanddisplaynamecanbe
arbitrarybutifyou
donotspecifyadisplaynametheuniqueIDisusedforboth.
IfyourinstallationhasmultipleVirtualCenterorvCenterServers,see“Uniqueness
ofUniqueID”onpage 214.
Youcanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovideanoptional
description.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersin
lengthandisonly
visiblefromwithinViewAdministrator.
6ConfigurethedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingaWindowsVistavirtualmachine,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.