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In View Administrator, you can add, remove, and unregister View desktops that are not managed by vCenter
Server. Unmanaged desktop sources include virtual machines that are not managed by vCenter Server,
physical computers, blade PCs, and Microsoft Terminal Services sources.
NOTE
When you reconfigure a setting that affects an unmanaged desktop source, it can take up to 10 minutes
for the new setting to take effect. For example, if you change the Message security mode in Global Settings or
change the Automatically logoff after disconnect setting for a pool, View Manager might take up to 10 minutes
to reconfigure the affected unmanaged desktop sources.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Add an Unmanaged Desktop Source to a Pool,” on page 281
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“Remove an Unmanaged Desktop Source from a Pool,” on page 282
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“Delete a Pool That Contains Unmanaged Desktops,” on page 282
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“Unregister an Unmanaged Desktop Source,” on page 283
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“Desktop Status of Physical Computers and Terminal Servers,” on page 283
Add an Unmanaged Desktop Source to a Pool
You
can increase the size of a manual desktop pool that uses unmanaged desktop sources by adding desktop
sources to the pool.
Prerequisites
Verify that View Agent is installed on the unmanaged desktop source. See “Install View Agent on an
Unmanaged Desktop Source,” on page 55.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click Inventory > Pools.
2 In the left column of the Pools table, click the pool ID of the manual pool.
3 In the Inventory tab, click Add.
4 Select desktop sources from the Add Desktop Resources window and click OK.
View Manager adds the desktop source to the pool.
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