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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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Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked
Clone Desktops
Youcanonlyrecompose,refresh,orrebalancelinkedclonedesktopsthatarepartofa
persistentpool.IfyouwanttochangetheParentVMofanon‐persistentlinkedclone
desktoppoolyoumustmodifythepooldirectlybyusingthepooldeploymentwizard.
Thedeploymentwizardcanbeinvokedbycl
ickingEditonthesummarypageforthe
non‐persistentpool.
Ifyouwanttomakechangestothedatastoreprofile(addorremoveastorage,or
modifythepoolconfiguration)beforerebalancing,youmustfirstusetheEditDesktop
wizardtoreconfigurethepool.
To refresh a linked clone desktop pool
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,cl
ickDesktopsandPoolstodisplaythe
desktoppage.
2EnsurethattheInventorytabisselectedintheleft‐handpaneandselectthe
persistentdesktoppoolyouwanttorefresh.
3 Selectoneofthefollowingoptions:
Torefreshtheentiredesktoppool,ensurethattheSummarytabisselectedin
theright‐handpane.
Torefreshthedesktopsassignedtospecificusersinthedesktoppool,ensure
thattheUsersandGroupstabisselectedintheright‐handpane.
Ifyouwanttorefreshthedesktopofoneormoreassignedusers,selectthe
correspondingcheckboxes.Youdonotneedtodothisifyo
uwanttorefresh
thedesktopsofallassignedusers.
Torefreshspecificdesktopsourcesinthepool,ensurethattheDesktop
Sourcestabisselectedintheright‐handpane,select.
Ifyouwanttorefreshmultipledesktops,selectthecorrespondingcheck
boxes.Youdonotneedtodothisifyouwanttorefreshallthedesktopsinthe
pool.
N
OTERebalancingwillautomaticallyinitiatearefreshofthetargetdesktopor
desktops.Inaddition,onlydesktopsintheReady,Error,orCustomizingstatewithno
schedulesorpendingcancellationscanberebalanced.
CAUTIONDonotmodifytheParentVM(forexample,convertittoatemplate)from
withinVirtualCenterbeforeorduringanyoftheproceduresdescribedinthissection.