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Table 5-3. Worksheet: Configuration Options for Creating a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool
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Option Description Fill In Your Value Here
Max number of desktops If you use a naming pattern, specify the total
number of desktops in the pool.
You can also specify a minimum number of
desktops to provision when you first create the
pool.
Number of spare (powered on)
desktops
If you specify names manually or use a naming
pattern, specify a number of desktops that View
Manager
keeps available and powered on for new
users. For details, see “Naming Desktops
Manually or Providing a Naming Pattern,” on
page 126.
When you specify names manually, this option is
called # Unassigned desktops kept powered on.
Minimum number of ready
(provisioned) desktops during
View Composer maintenance
operations
If you specify names manually or use a naming
pattern, specify a minimum number of desktops
that are ready and provisioned while View
Composer operations take place.
This setting lets you keep desktops provisioned
and ready to accept connection requests from
users while View Composer refreshes,
recomposes, or rebalances the desktops in the
pool.
This value must be smaller than the Min number
of desktops, which you specify if you provision
desktops on demand.
See “Keeping Linked-Clone Desktops Provisioned
and Ready During View Composer Operations,”
on page 117.
Provision desktops on demand
or
Provision all desktops up front
If you use a naming pattern, choose whether to
provision all desktops when the pool is created or
provision desktops as they are needed.
n
Provision all desktops up front. When the
pool is created, View Manager provisions the
number of desktops you specify in Max
number of desktops.
n
Provision desktops on demand. When the
pool is created, View Manager creates the
number of desktops that you specify in Min
number of desktops. View Manager
dynamically creates additional desktops as
users connect to the pool for the first time or
as you assign desktops to users.
Min number of desktops If you use a naming pattern and provision
desktops on demand, specify a minimum number
of desktops in the pool.
View Manager creates the minimum number of
desktops when you create the pool. View Manager
maintains the minimum number of desktops even
when other settings such as Delete or refresh
desktop on logoff cause desktops to be deleted.
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