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Table 1-1. View Administrator Navigation and Display Features
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View Administrator Feature Description
Selecting View objects and displaying
View object details
In View Administrator tables that list View objects, you can select an object or
display object details.
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To
select an object, click anywhere in the object's row in the table. At the top
of the page, menus and commands that manage the object become active.
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To display object details, double-click the left cell in the object's row. A new
page displays the object's details.
For example, on the Inventory > Pools page, click anywhere in an individual
pool's row to activate commands that affect the pool.
Double-click the Pool ID cell in the left column to display a new page that
contains details about the pool.
Expanding dialog boxes to view details You can expand View Administrator dialog boxes to view details such as
desktop names and user names in table columns.
To expand a dialog box, place your mouse over the dots in the lower right corner
of the dialog box and drag the corner.
Displaying context menus for View
objects
You can right-click View objects in View Administrator tables to display context
menus. A context menu gives you access to the commands that operate on the
selected View object.
For example, in the Inventory > Pools page, you can right-click a desktop pool
to display commands such as Add, Edit, Delete, Disable (or Enable)
Provisioning, and so on.
Troubleshooting the Text Display in View Administrator
If your Web browser runs on a non-Windows operating system such as Linux, UNIX, or Mac OS, the text in
View Administrator does not display properly.
Problem
The text in the View Administrator interface is garbled. For example, spaces occur in the middle of words.
Cause
View Administrator requires Microsoft-specific fonts.
Solution
Install Microsoft-specific fonts on your computer.
Currently, the Microsoft Web site does not distribute Microsoft fonts, but you can download them from
independent Web sites.
Configuring vCenter Server and View Composer
To
use virtual machines as desktop sources, you must configure View Manager to communicate with vCenter
Server. To create and manage linked-clone desktops, you must configure View Composer settings in View
Manager.
You can also configure storage settings for View. You can allow ESXi hosts to reclaim disk space on linked-
clone virtual machines. To allow ESXi hosts to cache virtual machine data, you must enable View Storage
Accelerator for vCenter Server.
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