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Chapter 6 View Composer
5EntertheDesktopIDand,optionally,theDesktopDisplayNameandDescription.
ThedesktopIDisusedbyViewManagertoidentifythedesktoppoolandisthe
namethattheuserseeswhenloggingin.ThedesktopIDanddisplaynamecanbe
arbitrarybutifyoudonotspecifyadi
splaynamethedesktopIDisusedforboth.
Onceyouhaveprovidedthedesktopidentificationdetails,clickNext.
6ConfigurethedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.
NOTEYoucanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovidean
optionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersandisonly
visiblefromwithinViewAdministrator.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingWindowsVistaasyourParentVM,youmustsetthe
powerpolicytoEnsureVMisalwayspoweredon.
Property Parameter Description
Desktopstate Enabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolis
automaticallyenabledandreadyforimmediateuse.
Disabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolis
disabledandunavailableforuse.Thisisanappropriate
settingifyouwanttoconductpostdeploymentactivities
suchastestingorotherformsofbaselinemaintenance.
Virtualma
chinepower
policy
Donothing(VMremainson)—Virtualmachinesthatare
poweredoffwillbestartedwhenrequiredandwillremain
on,evenwhennotinuse,untiltheyareshutdown.
EnsureVMisalwayspoweredon—Allvirtualmachines
inthepoolremainpoweredon,evenwhentheyarenotin
us
e.Iftheyareshutdown,theywillimmediatelyrestart.
Suspend—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolentera
suspendedstatewhennotinuse.
Poweroff—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolshutdown
whennotinuse.
Automaticlogoffafter
disconnect
Immediately—usersareloggedoffassoonasthey
d
isconnect.
Never—usersareneverloggedoff.
After—thetimeafterwhichusersareloggedoffwhenthey
disconnect.Enterthedurationinminutesinthefield
provided.