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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
UnmanagedDesktopSources—thedesktopsourceisamachinethatisnotmanaged
byavCenterServer.ThisincludesvirtualmachinesrunningonVMwareServerand
virtualmachinesrunningonothervirtualizationplatformsthatsupportViewAgent.
BladePCs,physicalPCs,andTerminalServersonwhichyoucaninstallView Agent
are
unmanageddesktopsources.
Desktop Delivery Models
UnifiedAccesssupportsdifferentdesktopdeliverymodelswhichcharacterizetheway
adesktopiscreated,entitled,delivered,andused.Thedesktopdeliverymodels
supportedbyViewManagerare:
IndividualDesktop–isadesktopthatallowsasingle,pre‐existingback‐endsource
withthefollowingcharacteristics:
 Entitledtomanyusersorusergroups;however,onlyoneactiveuseratatime.
 Notprovisionedautomatically.
ManualPool–isapoolofdesktopsourceswiththefollowingcharacteristics:
 Multipleuserstomultipledesktopmapping;however,onlyoneactiveuserona
desktopatatime.
 Notprovisionedautomatically.
 Supportsbothpersistentandnon‐persistentaccessmodes.
 Administratorentitlesentirepooltousersorusergroups.
AutomatedPool–isapoolthatcontainsoneormoredynamicallygenerateddesktops
thatareautomaticallycreatedandcustomizedbyViewManagerfromavCenterServer
virtualmachinetemplateandhavethefollowingcharacteristics:
 Multipleuserstomultipledesktopmapping;however,onlyoneactiveuserona
desktopatatime.
 Provisionedautomatically.
 Administratorspecifiesatemplateandacustomizationspecificationwhichisused
toprovisiondesktopsources.
 Supportsbothpersistentandnon‐persistentaccessmodes.
 Administratorentitlesentirepooltousersorusergroups.