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6 Select OU=Global and select CN=Common in the right pane
7
Select Action > Properties, and under the pae-NameValuePair attribute, add the new entry
suspendOnDisconnect=1.
8 Restart View Connection Server.
How Power Policies Affect Automated Pools
How View applies the configured power policy to automated pools depends on whether a View desktop is
available.
A desktop in an automated pool is considered available when it meets the following criteria:
n
Is active
n
Does not contain a user session
n
Is not assigned to a user
The View Agent service running on the desktop confirms the availability of the desktop to View Connection
Server.
When you configure an automated pool, you can specify the minimum and maximum number of virtual
machines that must be provisioned and the number of spare desktops that must be kept powered on and
available at any given time.
Power Policy Examples for Automated Pools with Floating Assignments
When you configure an automated pool with floating assignments, you can specify that a particular number
of View desktops must be available at a given time. The spare, available desktops are always powered on, no
matter how the pool policy is set.
Power Policy Example 1
Table 5-24 describes the floating-assignment, automated pool in this example. The pool uses a desktop-naming
pattern to provision and name the desktops.
Table 5-24. Desktop Pool Settings for Automated Pool with Floating Assignment Example 1
Desktop Pool Setting Value
Number of desktops (minimum) 10
Number of desktops (maximum) 20
Number of spare, powered-on desktops 2
Remote desktop power policy Power off
When this desktop pool is provisioned, 10 desktops are created, two desktops are powered on and immediately
available, and eight desktops are powered off.
For
each new user that connects to the pool, a desktop is powered on to maintain the number of spare, available
desktops. When the number of connected users exceeds eight, additional desktops, up to the maximum of 20,
are created to maintain the number of spare desktops. After the maximum number is reached, the desktops of
the first two users who disconnect remain powered on to maintain the number of spare desktops. The desktop
of each subsequent user is powered off according to the power policy.
Power Policy Example 2
Table 5-25 describes the floating-assignment, automated pool in this example. The pool uses a desktop-naming
pattern to provision and name the desktops.
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