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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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Inadditiontotheaboveinformation,youcanviewthehostnameandIPaddressofa
clientsystemandthenameofthecheckedoutdesktopanditsDNSentryorIPaddress
byselectingadesktopfromthelistandclickingDetails.
Client Connection
Multipleusersmaybeentitledtouseasystem,butonlytheuserwhoinitiallychecks
outadesktopcanaccessitlocallyusingtheViewClientwithOfflineDesktop
application.
Ifauserconnectstotheofflinedesktopintheabsenceofanetworkconnection,the
locallycacheduserinformationisus
edtoauthenticatetheuser.Onceloggedin,ifthe
connectionisrestoredtheusermustreauthenticateinordertocontinuetousetheir
desktop;ifRSAauthenticationisenabled,thisinformationwillalsoberequired.
Table 7-3. Offline Sessions
Field Description
User TheActiveDirectoryIDoftheuserwhocheckedoutthedesktop—this
isintheformdomain\username.
Desktop Thepersistentdesktopordesktoppooldisplayname(ifonewas
providedwhenthedesktoporpoolwascreatedinViewManager).
Status Thecurrentcheckoutstatus,whichcanbeoneofthefoll
owing:
Checkingout—dataisbeingdownloadedtotheclientsystem,or
hasbeenpausedduringtransfer
Checkedout—anofflinedesktopexistsontheclientsystemandthe
onlineequivalentislocked
Checkingin—dataisbeinguploadedfromtheclientsystem
(either intheformofabackuporasafullcheckin)orhasbeen
pausedduringtransfer
Check‐outTime Thetimeatwhichthelastcheckoutwasinitiatedbytheclient.
OfflineDuration Theoveralltimeofofflineusageknowntoth
eViewConnectionServer
sincethedesktopwascheckedout.
LastServerContact ThelasttimeViewClientwithOfflineDesktopmadecontactwithView
ConnectionServer.Whenaconnectioncanbeestablished,theserveris
contactedevery5minutes.
LastBackup ThelasttimetheofflinedesktopwasbackeduptotheVi
ewConnection
Server.Ifnobackuphasyettakenplace,thetimeindicatedisthesame
asCheck‐outTime.