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Table 5‑1. Worksheet: Configuration Options for Creating a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool (Continued)
Option Description Fill In Your Value Here
Use QuickPrep or a
customization specification
(Sysprep)
Choose whether to use QuickPrep or select a
customization specification (Sysprep) to
configure licensing, domain attachment, DHCP
settings, and other properties on the machines.
Sysprep is supported for linked clones only on
vSphere 4.1 or later software.
After you use QuickPrep or Sysprep when you
create a pool, you cannot switch to the other
customization method later on, when you create
or recompose machines in the pool.
For details, see “Choosing QuickPrep or Sysprep
to Customize Linked-Clone Machines,” on
page 72.
Power-off script QuickPrep can run a customization script on
linked-clone machines before they are powered
off.
Provide the path to the script on the parent
virtual machine and the script parameters.
Post-synchronization script QuickPrep can run a customization script on
linked-clone machines after they are created,
recomposed, and refreshed.
Provide the path to the script on the parent
virtual machine and the script parameters.
Create a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool
You can create an automated, linked-clone desktop pool based on a parent virtual machine that you select.
The View Composer service dynamically creates a new linked-clone virtual machine in vCenter Server for
each desktop.
To create an automated pool that contains full virtual machines, see “Automated Pools That Contain Full
Virtual Machines,” on page 53.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the View Composer service is installed, either on the same host as vCenter Server or on a
separate host, and that a View Composer database is configured. See the View Installation document.
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Verify that View Composer settings for vCenter Server are configured in View Administrator. See the
View Administration document.
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Verify that you have a sufficient number of ports on the ESXi virtual switch that is used for the virtual
machines that are used as remote desktops. The default value might not be sufficient if you create large
desktop pools. The number of virtual switch ports on the ESXI host must equal or exceed the number of
virtual machines multiplied by the number of virtual NICs per virtual machine.
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Verify that you prepared a parent virtual machine. View Agent must be installed on the parent virtual
machine. See Chapter 3, “Creating and Preparing Virtual Machines,” on page 19.
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Take a snapshot of the parent virtual machine in vCenter Server. You must shut down the parent
virtual machine before you take the snapshot. View Composer uses the snapshot as the base image
from which the clones are created.
NOTE You cannot create a linked-clone pool from a virtual machine template.
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Gather the configuration information you must provide to create the pool. See “Worksheet for Creating
a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool,” on page 59.
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