6.2

Prerequisites
Familiarize yourself with the Windows hibernation feature. See the Microsoft Support Web site. For
information about disabling hibernation, see the Microsoft Support Web site and search for how to disable
and re-enable hibernation on a computer that is running Windows.
Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, select the parent virtual machine and select Open Console.
2 Log in to the Windows guest operating system as an administrator.
3 Disable the hibernation option.
a Click Start and type cmd in the Start Search box.
b In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator.
c At the User Account Control prompt, click Continue.
d At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate off and press Enter.
e Type exit and press Enter.
4 Log out of the guest operating system.
When you a create linked-clone machines from the parent virtual machine, the Hiberfil.sys file is not
created on the linked-clone OS disks.
Worksheet for Creating a Manual Farm
When you create a manual farm, the Add Farm wizard prompts you to configure certain settings.
You can print this worksheet and write down the values you want to specify when you run the Add Farm
wizard.
Table 8‑1. Worksheet: Configuration Settings for Creating a Manual Farm
Setting Description
Fill in Your Value
Here
ID Unique name that identifies the farm in View Administrator.
Description Description of this farm.
Access group Access group in which to place all the pools in this farm.
For more information about access groups, see the role-based
delegated administration chapter in the View Administration
document.
Default display
protocol
Select PCoIP or RDP. This setting applies to desktop pools only. The
display protocol for application pools is always PCoIP. If you select
RDP and you plan to use this farm to host application pools, you
must set Allow users to choose protocol to Yes . The default is PCoIP.
Allow users to choose
protocol
Select Yes or No. This setting applies to RDS desktop pools only. If
you select Yes, users can choose the display protocol when they
connect to an RDS desktop from Horizon Client. The default is Yes.
Empty session timeout
(applications only)
Determines the amount of time that an empty application session is
kept open. An application session is empty when all the applications
that run in the session are closed. While the session is open, users can
open applications faster. You can save system resources if you
disconnect or log off empty application sessions. Select Never or set
the number of minutes as the timeout value. The default is After 1
minute.
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