Specifications

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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.
Nonpersistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocateddynamicallywhentheuser
logsin,
andarereturnedtothepoolwhentheuserdisconnects.
NOTEYoucanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovidean
optionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersinlengthandis
onlyvisiblefromwithinViewAdministrator.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingaWindowsVistavirtualmachine,youmustsetthe
powerpolicytoEnsureVMisalwayspoweredon.