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Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
View Manager Administration Guide
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QuickPrep
QuickPrepisasystemtoolexecutedbyViewComposerduringalinkedclonedesktop
deploymentthatisresponsibleforpersonalizingeachdesktopcreatedfromtheParent
VM.Duringtheinitialstartupofeachnewdesktop,QuickPrepensuresthatthesystem
isgivenanewname(specifiedduringthedeploymentprocess)andjoinedtothe
appropria
tedomain,andformountingthenewvolumethatwillcontaintheuser
profileinformation.Inaddition,anewcomputeraccountcorrespondingtoeach
desktopiscreatedbyQuickPrepontheActiveDirectorydomaincontroller.These
eventsalsotakeplaceafteradesktoprefresh.
Afteradesktopiscr
eatedorafterarefresh,auser‐definedcustomizationscriptcanbe
optionallyappliedtoeachresynchronizeddesktopinordertocarryoutadditional
operations.Ascriptcanalsobeappliedtodesktopsimmediatelypriortothembeing
poweredoff.QuickPrepisresponsibleforensuringthatthesescriptsarereadand
executeddu
ringeitherscenario.
Youarepresentedwiththeopportunitytoprovidethepathtoeachtypeofscript
(whichmustresideontheParentVM)duringthefinalstageoftheinitiallinkedclone
desktopdeployment.
Preparing VirtualCenter for View Composer
Beforecarryingoutalinkedclonedesktopdeploymentyoumustconfigurethe
VirtualCenterhostsysteminordertoprepareitforcreatingreplicasandlinkedclone
desktopsfromaParentVMusingtheViewComposerservice.
TheviewcomposerservicemustbeinstalledlocallyontheVirtualCenterserver.
YourActiveDirectoryadministratormustcreateauserwiththerequisitelevelof
authoritytobeusedbytheViewComposerservicetocreatelinkedclonedesktops
andaddthemtoyourdomain.
IftheVirtualCenteruserusedbyViewManagerisnotanadministrator,youmust
extendtheirroletoincorporateVirtualCenterprivilegesrequiredbytheView
ComposerService.
IfanavailableresourcepooldoesnotalreadyexistwithinVirtualCenter,youmust
createoneontheESXhostorclusterinwhichyouwanttostorethelinkedclone
desktops.RefertotheVirtualCenterdocumentationonhowtodothis.
Ifonedoesnotalreadyexistwithinyournetworkenvironment,adatabaseand
datasourcename(DSN)mustbecreatedinordertostorelinkedclonedesktops.