Administration

Table Of Contents
Understanding Permissions 91
Manage Administrators 92
Manage and Review Permissions 93
Manage and Review Access Groups 95
Manage Custom Roles 97
Predened Roles and Privileges 99
Required Privileges for Common Tasks 103
Best Practices for Administrator Users and Groups 105
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Conguring Policies in View Administrator and Active
Directory 107
Seing Policies in View Administrator 107
Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files 109
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Maintaining View Components 115
Backing Up and Restoring View Conguration Data 115
Monitor View Components 123
Monitor Machine Status 123
Understanding View Services 124
Change the Product License Key 126
Monitoring Product License Usage 126
Update General User Information from Active Directory 127
Migrate View Composer to Another Machine 128
Update the Certicates on a View Connection Server Instance, Security Server, or View Composer 133
Information Collected by the Customer Experience Improvement Program 134
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Managing View Composer Linked-Clone Desktop Virtual Machines 151
Reduce Linked-Clone Size with Machine Refresh 151
Update Linked-Clone Desktops 153
Rebalance Linked-Clone Virtual Machines 157
Manage View Composer Persistent Disks 160
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Managing Desktop Pools, Machines, and Sessions 165
Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools 165
Managing Desktop Pools 166
Managing Virtual Machine-Based Desktops 175
Managing Unmanaged Machines 180
Manage Remote Desktop and Application Sessions 182
Export View Information to External Files 183
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Managing Application Pools, Farms, and RDS Hosts 185
Managing Application Pools 185
Managing Farms 186
Managing RDS Hosts 189
Conguring Load Balancing for RDS Hosts 193
Congure an Anti-Anity Rule for an Application Pool 199
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