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Chapter 7 Offline Desktop
4 ChooseadesktopfromthelistprovidedandclickConnect.
5ViewClientwithOfflineDesktopwillattempttoconnecttothespecifieddesktop.
Uponconnection,theclientwindowisdisplayed.
Userscandetermineifadesktopiseligibleforcheckoutbyrightclickingitinthe
listprovidedbyViewClientwithO
fflineDesktoptodisplayitscontextmenu.
If thedesktopcanbeusedoffline,theCheckoutoptionisdisplayed.
Checking Out a Desktop
Whenuserscheckoutadesktopforthefirsttime,theyaregiventheopportunityto
specifywherethedownloadedvirtualmachineshouldresideontheirlocalsystem.
Afterthecheckoutbegins,thedownloadprogressisprovidedbyanonscreen
indicator.
Oncethedatahasbeendownloaded,useraccessisdi
rectedtotheofflinedesktopuntil
itischeckedbackin.
Offline Desktop Status
Youcanexamineallcurrentofflinesessionsattheglobalordesktoppoollevelby
clickingtheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonandthenselectingtheOfflineSessions
tab—eitherforalldesktopsorforaspecificpool—inViewAdministrator.
Thisviewpresentsyouwithapanethatcontainsastatustableforalltheofflinese
ssions
currentlyknowntotheserver.Thecolumnentriesinthistablearedescribedin
Table 73.
N
OTEOnlytheuserwhochecksoutthedesktopcanaccessit,evenifthedesktop
isentitledtoagroup.
NOTEUserscanpauseorcancelthecheckinorcheckoutprocesswheneverdatais
beingmovedbetweentheonlineandofflinecontextbyrightclickingtheentryto
displayitscontextmenu.
N
OTEUserscannotusetheirofflinedesktopiftheymanuallymovethevirtual
machinedataontheirsystemtoanalternatelocationorontoadifferentsystem.