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
13 Selecthowyouwouldlikethedesktopscreatedfromtheguestsystemtobe
customized.IfacustomizationspecificationexistsonvCenterServeryoucanselect
itfromtheUsethiscustomizationspecificationlistinordertopreconfiguresuch
propertiesaslicensing,domainattachment,andDHCPsettings.
Ifyouwantto
manuallyconfigurethedesktopordesktopsinthispoolafterthey
havebeenprovisioned,orifnocustomizationspecificationisdetected,select
None ‐Customizationwillbedonemanually.
Optionally,selectDonotpoweronvirtualmachinesaftercreationifyouwantthe
virtualmachinetoremainpow e redoff.
ClickNext.
14 You
arepresentedwithasummaryoftheconfigurationsettingsforthis
deployment.
Ifyouareunsatisfiedwithanyaspectoftheconfigurationyoucanusethe
Backbuttontorevisitanypreviouspage.
IfyouaresatisfiedwiththeconfigurationclickFinishtodeploythe
automateddesktoppool.
Oncethedeploymenthasbeeninitiatedyoucanmonitortheprogressoftheautomated
desktoppoolbyselectingeithertheDesktopsorDesktopSourcestabsintheGlobal
desktopandpoolviewpane.
Manual Desktop Pools
Manualdesktoppoolsarepoolsofvirtualmachinesthataremanuallyconstructedby
theViewManageradministrator.Desktoppoolsofthistypecanbeeither:
Persistent—Usersareallocatedadedicateddesktopthatretainsalloftheir
documents,applications,andsettingsbetweensessions.Thedesktopisstatically
assignedthefirsttimetheuserconnects,andisthenusedforallsubsequent
sessions.
Non‐persistent—Usersareconnectedtoadifferentdesktopfromthepooleach
timetheyconnect,andthereisnopersistenceofenvironmentaloruserdata
betweensessions.