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If %username%
is the last subfolder in the path, the user's name appears as the folder name. For example, instead
of seeing a My Videos folder on the desktop, the user JDoe sees a folder named JDoe and cannot easily identify
the folder.
Additional Best Practices
You can also follow these recommendations:
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By default, many antivirus products do not scan offline files. For example, when a user logs in to a desktop,
these anti-virus products do not scan user profile files that are not specified in the Files and folders to
preload or Windows roaming profiles synchronization group policy setting. For many deployments, the
default behavior is the best practice because it reduces the I/O required to download files during on-
demand scans.
If you do want to retrieve files from the remote repository and enable scanning of offline files, see the
documentation for your antivirus product.
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It is highly recommended that you use standard practices to back up network shares on which View
Persona Management stores the profile repository.
NOTE Do not use backup software such as MozyPro or Windows Volume backup services with View
Persona Management to back up user profiles on View desktops.
View Persona Management ensures that user profiles are backed up to the remote profile repository,
eliminating the need for additional tools to back up user data on the desktops. In certain cases, tools such
as MozyPro or Windows Volume backup services can interfere with View Persona Management and cause
data loss or corruption.
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You can set View Persona Management policies to enhance performance when users start ThinApp
applications. See “Configuring User Profiles to Include ThinApp Sandbox Folders,” on page 241.
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If your users generate substantial persona data, and you plan to use refresh and recompose to manage
dedicated-assignment, linked-clone desktops, configure your desktop pool to use separate View
Composer
persistent disks. Persistent disks can enhance the performance of View Persona Management.
See “Configuring View Composer Persistent Disks with View Persona Management,” on page 242.
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If you configure View Persona Management for standalone laptops, make sure that the profiles are kept
synchronized when users go offline. See “Manage User Profiles on Standalone Laptops,” on page 242.
Configuring User Profiles to Include ThinApp Sandbox Folders
View Persona Management maintains user settings that are associated with ThinApp applications by including
ThinApp sandbox folders in user profiles. You can set View Persona Management policies to enhance
performance when users start ThinApp applications.
View Persona Management preloads ThinApp sandbox folders and files in the local user profile when a user
logs in. The ThinApp sandbox folders are created before a user can complete the log on. To enhance
performance, View Persona Management does not download the ThinApp sandbox data during the login,
although files are created on the local desktop with the same basic attributes and sizes as the ThinApp sandbox
files in the user's remote profile.
As a best practice, download the actual ThinApp sandbox data in the background. Enable the Folders to
background download group policy setting and add the ThinApp sandbox folders. See “Roaming and
Synchronization Group Policy Settings,” on page 244.
The actual ThinApp sandbox files can be large. With the Folders to background download setting, users do
not have to wait for large files to download when they start an application. Also, users do not have to wait for
the files to preload when they log in, as they might if you use the Files and folders to preload setting with
large files.
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