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
View Manager Administration Guide
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Deploying a Manual Desktop Pool
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonand
thenclicktheInventorytab.IntheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane,ensurethat
theDesktopsandPoolstabisselectedandclickAdd.
2YouarepresentedwiththeAddDesktopwizard.Fromhereyoucanconfigure
and
deployanewlinkedclonedesktoppool.SelectManualDesktopPoolandclick
Next.
3 SelectthetypeofdesktoppoolyouwanttocreateandclickNext.
4SpecifythesourcetypeoftheguestsystembyselectingeithervCentervirtual
machineorOthersources.ClickNext.
5Fromthelist
provided,selectthevCenterServerserverthatwillbeusedbythis
desktop.ClickNext.
6EntertheUniqueIDand,optionally,theDisplaynameandDescription.
TheuniqueIDisusedbyViewManagertoidentifythedesktoppoolandisthe
namethattheuserseeswhenloggingin.
TheuniqueIDanddisplaynamecanbe
arbitrarybutifyoudonotspecifyadisplaynametheuniqueIDisusedforboth.
IfyourinstallationhasmultipleVirtualCenterorvCenterServers,see“Uniqueness
ofUniqueID”onpage 214.
Onceyouhaveprovidedthedesktopidentificationdetails,clickNext.
7ConfigurethedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.
Pool Type Description
Persistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocatedstaticallyinordertoensure
thatusersconnecttothesamesystemeachtimetheylogin.Desktop
assignmenttakesplacethefirsttimetheuserconnects.
Non‐persistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocateddynamicallywhentheuser
logsin,
andarereturnedtothepoolwhentheuserdisconnects.
NOTEYoucanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovidean
optionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersinlengthandis
onlyvisiblefromwithinViewAdministrator.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingaWindowsVistavirtualmachine,youmustsetthe
powerpolicytoEnsureVMisalwayspoweredon.