3.0.1
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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Inanticipationofthis,anOfflineDesktopusercanusetheViewClientwithOffline
Desktopapplicationtodownloadacopyoftheirdesktopvirtualmachinefromthe
ViewConnectionServerforuseonalocalcomputer—aneventthatalso“locks”the
onlinedesktopvirtualmachine,preventingitfrombeingaccessedfr
omanyother
location.
Oncedownloaded,Offlinedesktopsbehaveinthesamewayastheironlineequivalents
yetcantakeadvantageoflocalresources;latencyisminimizedandperformanceis
enhanced.Thepresenceofadownloadedvirtualmachinehasnoeffectontheexisting
operatingsystemoftheclientsystem,whichuserscanconti
nuetoutilizeiftheywish.
AconsistentuserexperienceisensuredthroughuseofViewClientwithOffline
Desktopforbothonlineandofflinesessions.Inaddition,userscandisconnectfrom
theirofflinedesktopandthenloginagainwithoutconnectingtotheViewConnection
Server.Oncenetworkaccessisrestored(o
rwhentheuserisready)thecheckedout
virtualmachinecanbe:
Backedup—theonlinesystemisupdatedwithallnewdataandconfigurations,
buttheofflinedesktopremainscheckedoutonthelocalsystemandtheonlinelock
remainsinplace.
Rolledback—theofflinedesktopisdiscardedandtheonlinelockisreleased.
Futureclientconnectionswillbedirectedtotheonlinesystemuntilthedesktopis
checkedoutagain
Checkedin—theofflinedesktopisuploadedtotheonlinehostandtheonlinelock
released.Futureclientconnectionswillbedirectedtotheonlinesystemuntilthe
desktopischeckedoutagain.
Theabilityofuserstodownloadanonlinedesktopforuseontheirlocalsystemis
conferredthroughentitlementandOfflineDeskto
paccesspolicy.Whileadesktopis
checkedout,ViewManageradministratorsarestillabletoaccesstheonlinesystem
whilemonitoringtheofflineequivalent.
TheflowofatypicalonlineandofflineusagescenarioisillustratedinFigure 7‐1,with
eachstagesummarizedinTable 7‐1.
N
OTEWhilealockisinplace,VirtualCenteroperationssuchaspoweringontheonline
desktop,takingsnapshots,editingthevirtualmachinesettingsandsoforthare
disabled.
N
OTEUserscannotaccessth eir offlinedesktopwhiletheaboveactionsaretakingplace.