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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
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Chapter 6 View Composer
VMnamingpattern Bydefault,aprefixisusedtoidentifyalldesktopsinapool
aspartofthesamegroup.Theprefixcanbeupto13
charactersinlengthandanumericsuffixisappendedto
thisentryinorder todistinguisheachdesktopfromothers
inthesamepool.
Yo
ucanoverridethisbehaviorbyenteringanamethat
containsatokenrepresentingthepoolnumber;thetoken
canappearanywhereinthename.Forexample:
amber-{n}-desktop
Afterdeployment{n}isreplacedwiththepoolnumberof
thedesktop.
Fixedlengthtokenscanbeenteredusingthen:fixed=
construction.Forexample:
amber-{n:fixed=3}
Af
terdeployment{n:fixed=3}isreplacedwitha
fixed‐lengthpoolnumberforeachthedesktop:
amber-001,amber-002,amber-003andsoforth.
A15characterlimitappliestonamesthatcontainatoken,
butonlytothe“replaced”formwherethetokenlengthis
fixed.Forexample:
my-view-system{n:fixed=1}
Wherethetokenlengthisno
tfixed,abufferof1isapplied
tothetoken,sothemaximum“replaced”lengthis14
characters.Forexample:
a-view-system{n}
Stopprovisioningonerror SelectthischeckboxifyouwantViewManagerto
automaticallystopprovisioningnewvirtualmachinesif
anerrorisdetectedduringdesktopcreation.
AdvancedSettings Clicktodis
playtheadvancedpoolconfigurationsettings.
Youcanenabletheadvancedparametersbyselectingthe
EnableAdvancedPoolSettingscheckbox.Thiswill
disablethePoolSizeparameter.
Minimumnumberofvirtualmachines—theminimum
numberofdesktopsthatmustbeprovisionedforthispool.
Maximumnumberofvirtualmachines—themaximum
nu
mberofdesktopsthatcanbeprovisionedforthispool.
Numberofavailablevirtualmachines—Thenumberof
virtualmachinesthatmustbeunassignedandavailablefor
useatanygiventime.Thisfigurecannotexceedthe
maximumnumberofdesktopsavailabletothepool
overall.
Table 6-2. Add Desktop: Desktop Provisioning Settings (Continued)
Property Parameter Description