6.0.2
Table Of Contents
- Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View
- Contents
- Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View
- Introduction to Desktop and Application Pools
- Preparing Unmanaged Machines
- Creating and Preparing Virtual Machines
- Creating Virtual Machines for Remote Desktop Deployment
- Install View Agent on a Virtual Machine
- Install View Agent Silently
- Configure a Virtual Machine with Multiple NICs for View Agent
- Optimize Guest Operating System Performance for All Windows Versions
- Optimize Windows 7 and Windows 8 Guest Operating System Performance
- Optimizing Windows 7 and Windows 8 for Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Benefits of Disabling Windows 7 and Windows 8 Services and Tasks
- Overview of Windows 7 and Windows 8 Services and Tasks That Cause Linked-Clone Growth
- Disable Scheduled Disk Defragmentation on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Parent Virtual Machines
- Disable the Windows Update Service on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Virtual Machines
- Disable the Diagnostic Policy Service on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Virtual Machines
- Disable the Prefetch and Superfetch Features on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Virtual Machines
- Disable Windows Registry Backup on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Virtual Machines
- Disable the System Restore on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Virtual Machines
- Disable Windows Defender on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Virtual Machines
- Disable Microsoft Feeds Synchronization on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Virtual Machines
- Preparing Virtual Machines for View Composer
- Prepare a Parent Virtual Machine
- Activating Windows on Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Disable Windows Hibernation in the Parent Virtual Machine
- Configure a Parent Virtual Machine to Use Local Storage
- Keep a Record of the Parent Virtual Machine's Paging-File Size
- Increase the Timeout Limit of QuickPrep Customization Scripts
- Creating Virtual Machine Templates
- Creating Customization Specifications
- Creating Automated Desktop Pools That Contain Full Virtual Machines
- Creating Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Worksheet for Creating a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool
- Create a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool
- Desktop Pool Settings for Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- View Composer Support for Linked-Clone SIDs and Third-Party Applications
- Keeping Linked-Clone Machines Provisioned and Ready During View Composer Operations
- Use Existing Active Directory Computer Accounts for Linked Clones
- Creating Manual Desktop Pools
- Setting Up Remote Desktop Services Hosts
- Remote Desktop Services Hosts
- Install Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2008 R2
- Install Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2
- Install Desktop Experience on Windows Server 2008 R2
- Install Desktop Experience on Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2
- Restrict Users to a Single Session
- Install View Agent on a Remote Desktop Services Host
- Enable Time Zone Redirection for RDS Desktop and Application Sessions
- Enable Windows Basic Theme for Applications
- Configure Group Policy to Start Runonce.exe
- RDS Host Performance Options
- Creating Farms
- Creating Application Pools
- Creating RDS Desktop Pools
- Provisioning Desktop Pools
- User Assignment in Desktop Pools
- Naming Machines Manually or Providing a Naming Pattern
- Manually Customizing Machines
- Desktop Pool Settings for All Desktop Pool Types
- Adobe Flash Quality and Throttling
- Setting Power Policies for Desktop Pools
- Power Policies for Desktop Pools
- Configure Dedicated Machines To Be Suspended After Users Disconnect
- How Power Policies Affect Automated Desktop Pools
- Power Policy Examples for Automated Pools with Floating Assignments
- Power Policy Example for Automated Pools with Dedicated Assignments
- Preventing View Power Policy Conflicts
- Configuring 3D Rendering on Windows 7 or Later Desktops
- Prevent Access to View Desktops Through RDP
- Deploying Large Desktop Pools
- Entitling Users and Groups
- Configuring Remote Desktop Features
- Configuring Unity Touch
- Configuring Flash URL Redirection for Multicast or Unicast Streaming
- Configuring Real-Time Audio-Video
- Configuration Choices for Real-Time Audio-Video
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Ensuring That Real-Time Audio-Video Is Used Instead of USB Redirection
- Selecting Preferred Webcams and Microphones
- Select a Default Microphone on a Windows Client System
- Select a Preferred Webcam on a Windows Client System
- Select a Default Microphone on a Mac OS X Client System
- Configuring Real-Time Audio-Video on a Mac OS X Client
- Configure a Preferred Webcam or Microphone on a Mac OS X Client System
- Select a Default Microphone on a Linux Client System
- Select a Preferred Webcam or Microphone on a Linux Client System
- Configuring Real-Time Audio-Video Group Policy Settings
- Real-Time Audio-Video Bandwidth
- Configuring Scanner Redirection
- Managing Access to Windows Media Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops
- Limitations Regarding USB Device Types
- Overview of Setting Up USB Redirection
- Network Traffic and USB Redirection
- Automatic Connections to USB Devices
- Disabling USB Redirection
- Using Log Files for Troubleshooting and to Determine USB Device IDs
- Using Policies to Control USB Redirection
- Troubleshooting USB Redirection Problems
- Reducing and Managing Storage Requirements
- Managing Storage with vSphere
- Using Virtual SAN for High-Performance Storage and Policy-Based Management
- Reducing Storage Requirements with View Composer
- Storage Sizing for Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Storage Overcommit for Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Linked-Clone Data Disks
- Storing Linked Clones on Local Datastores
- Storing View Composer Replicas and Linked Clones on Separate Datastores
- Configure View Storage Accelerator for Desktop Pools
- Reclaim Disk Space on Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Using View Composer Array Integration with Native NFS Snapshot Technology (VAAI)
- Set Blackout Times for ESXi Operations on View Virtual Machines
- Configuring Policies for Desktop and Application Pools
- Setting Policies in View Administrator
- Using Active Directory Group Policies
- Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- View ADM and ADMX Template Files
- View Agent Configuration ADM Template Settings
- View PCoIP Session Variables ADM Template Settings
- Using Remote Desktop Services Group Policies
- Add the Remote Desktop Services ADMX Files to Active Directory
- RDS Application Compatibility Settings
- RDS Connections Settings
- RDS Device and Resource Redirection Settings
- RDS Licensing Settings
- RDS Profiles Settings
- RDS Remote Session Environment Settings
- RDS Security Settings
- RDS Temporary Folders Settings
- Setting Up Location-Based Printing
- Active Directory Group Policy Example
- Configuring User Profiles with View Persona Management
- Providing User Personas in View
- Using View Persona Management with Standalone Systems
- Migrating User Profiles with View Persona Management
- Persona Management and Windows Roaming Profiles
- Configuring a View Persona Management Deployment
- Overview of Setting Up a View Persona Management Deployment
- Configure a User Profile Repository
- Install View Agent with the View Persona Management Option
- Install Standalone View Persona Management
- Add the View Persona Management ADM Template File
- Configure View Persona Management Policies
- Create Desktop Pools That Use Persona Management
- Best Practices for Configuring a View Persona Management Deployment
- View Persona Management Group Policy Settings
- Troubleshooting Machines and Desktop Pools
- Display Problem Machines
- Send Messages to Desktop Users
- Troubleshooting Desktop Pool Creation Problems
- Pool Creation Fails if Customization Specifications Cannot Be Found
- Pool Creation Fails Because of a Permissions Problem
- Pool Provisioning Fails Due to a Configuration Problem
- Pool Provisioning Fails Due to a View Connection Server Instance Being Unable to Connect to vCenter
- Pool Provisioning Fails Due to Datastore Problems
- Pool Provisioning Fails Due to vCenter Server Being Overloaded
- Virtual Machines Are Stuck in the Provisioning State
- Virtual Machines Are Stuck in the Customizing State
- Removing Orphaned or Deleted Linked Clones
- Troubleshooting Machines That Are Repeatedly Deleted and Recreated
- Troubleshooting QuickPrep Customization Problems
- Finding and Unprotecting Unused View Composer Replicas
- Windows XP Linked Clones Fail to Join the Domain
- View Composer Provisioning Errors
- Troubleshooting Network Connection Problems
- Troubleshooting USB Redirection Problems
- Troubleshooting GINA Problems on Windows XP Machines
- Manage Machines and Policies for Unentitled Users
- Further Troubleshooting Information
- Index
QuickPrep Script Timeout Limit
View Composer terminates a post-synchronization or power-off script that takes longer than 20 seconds. If
your script takes longer than 20 seconds, you can increase the timeout limit. For details, see “Increase the
Timeout Limit of QuickPrep Customization Scripts,” on page 50.
Alternatively, you can use your script to launch another script or process that performs the long-running
task.
QuickPrep Script Account
QuickPrep runs the scripts under the account under which the VMware View Composer Guest Agent
Server service is configured to run. By default, this account is Local System.
Do not change this log on account. If you do, the linked clones do not start.
QuickPrep Process Privileges
For security reasons, certain Windows operating system privileges are removed from the View Composer
Guest Agent process that invokes QuickPrep customization scripts.
A QuickPrep customization script cannot perform any action that requires a privilege that is removed from
the View Composer Guest Agent process.
The following privileges are removed from the process that invokes QuickPrep scripts:
SeCreateTokenPrivilege
SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege
SeSecurityPrivilege
SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege
SeLoadDriverPrivilege
SeSystemtimePrivilege
SeUndockPrivilege
SeManageVolumePrivilege
SeLockMemoryPrivilege
SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege
SeCreatePermanentPrivilege
SeDebugPrivilege
SeAuditPrivilege
QuickPrep Script Logs
View Composer logs contain information about QuickPrep script execution. The log records the start and
end of execution and logs output or error messages. The log is located in the Windows temp directory:
C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-viewcomposer-ga-new.log
Recomposing Linked Clones Customized with Sysprep
If you recompose a linked-clone machine that was customized with Sysprep, View runs the Sysprep
customization specification again after the OS disk is recomposed. This operation generates a new SID for
the linked-clone virtual machine.
If a new SID is generated, the recomposed linked clone functions as a new computer on the network. Some
software programs such as system-management tools depend on the SID to identify the computers under
their management. These programs might not be able to identify or locate the linked-clone virtual machine.
Also, if third-party software is installed on the system disk, the customization specification might regenerate
the GUIDs for that software after the recomposition.
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