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Policy Description
Target replication frequency Specifies the interval in days, hours, or minutes between the start of one
replication and the start of the next replication. A replication copies any
changes
in local desktop files to the corresponding remote desktop or View
Composer persistent disk in the datacenter.
The default value is the No replication setting. If you select At a specified
interval, the default replication interval is 12 hours.
You can prohibit scheduled replications by selecting No replication.
The No replication policy does not prohibit explicit replication requests.
You can initiate replications in View Administrator, and users can request
replications if the User initiated replication policy is set to Allow.
If a replication takes longer than the interval that is specified in the Target
replication frequency policy, the next scheduled replication starts after the
previous one is completed. The pending replication does not cancel the
previous one.
For example, the Target replication frequency policy might be set to one
day. A replication might start at noon on Tuesday. If the client computer is
disconnected from the network, the replication might take longer than 24
hours. At noon on Wednesday, View Client with Local Mode starts the next
replication request. After the previous replication is completed, View Client
with Local Mode takes a snapshot and starts the pending replication.
User deferred replication Determines whether users can pause active replications. If you enable this
policy,
a user can defer a replication that is underway. The replication does
not resume, and no new replications start, until the deferment period is
over.
The default value is Deny. When the value is set to Allow, the deferment
period is two hours.
Disks replicated Determines which desktop disks are replicated. This policy affects View
Composer linked-clone desktops only. For full virtual-machine desktops,
all disks are replicated.
You have these disk-replication choices:
n
Persistent disks
n
OS disks
n
OS and persistent disks
Changing this policy affects desktop replication after the next checkout
occurs. A change does not affect desktops that are currently checked out.
The default value is Persistent disks.
User-initiated check in Determines whether users are allowed to check in desktops that are running
in local mode.
The default value is Allow.
User-initiated replication Determines whether users are allowed to initiate replications from their
desktops when they run in local mode.
The default value is Allow.
Using Active Directory Group Policies
You
can use Microsoft Windows Group Policy to optimize and secure View desktops, control the behavior of
View components, and to configure location-based printing.
Group Policy is a feature of Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides centralized management and
configuration of computers and remote users in an Active Directory environment.
Group policy settings are contained in entities called GPOs. GPOs are associated with Active Directory objects.
You can apply GPOs to View components at a domain-wide level to control various areas of the View
environment. After they are applied, GPO settings are stored in the local Windows Registry of the specified
component.
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