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Table 14‑10. USB Device Families (Continued)
Device Family
Name Description
wireless
Wireless networking adapters.
wusb
Wireless USB devices.
USB Settings in the View Agent Configuration ADM Template
You can define USB policy settings for both View Agent and Horizon Client. On connection, Horizon Client
downloads the USB policy settings from View Agent and uses them in conjunction with the Horizon Client
USB policy settings to decide which devices it will allow to be available for redirection from the client
computer.
The View Agent Configuration ADM template file (vdm_agent.adm) contains policy settings related to the
authentication and environmental components of View Agent, including USB redirection. The settings
apply at the computer level. View Agent preferentially reads the settings from the GPO at the computer
level, and otherwise from the registry at HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Agent\USB
Settings for Configuring USB Device Splitting
The following table describes each policy setting for splitting composite USB devices in the View Agent
Configuration ADM template file. View Agent does not enforce these settings. View Agent passes the
settings to Horizon Client for interpretation and enforcement according to whether you specify the merge
(m) or override (o) modifier. Horizon Client uses the settings to decide whether to split composite USB
devices into their component devices, and whether to exclude the component devices from being available
for redirection. For a description of how View applies the policies for splitting composite USB devices, see
“Configuring Device Splitting Policy Settings for Composite USB Devices,” on page 169.
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