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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 7 Offline Desktop
Removing Access
Inadditiontothestandardmethodsofaccountsuspensionorremovalofferedby
ActiveDirectory,OfflineDesktopsessionscanbeterminatedfromwithinthe
administrativeinterfacebyremovinguserentitlementfromanindividualdesktopor
desktoppool,orbydiscardingtheofflinesession.
Ifyouremoveentitlementfromanindividualdesktopordes
ktoppoolthatcontainsan
activecheckedoutsessionwheretheViewConnectionServerisabletocommunicate
withtheclient,thedesktopissuspendedassoonastheclientdetectsthatentitlement
hasbeenwithdrawn.Uponsuspension,theuserispresentedwithanerrorthatinforms
themthatthede
sktopisnolongerallowedtorunoffline.
Ifnocommunicationcanbeestablishedwiththeofflineclient,theuserisnotifiedthat
theiraccesshasbeenremovedthenexttimetheyattempttoaccesstheirdesktopinthe
presenceofanetworkconnection.
Rolling Back a Desktop
Youcanalsoremoveclientaccesstotheirofflinedesktopbyrollingbacktheiroffline
session.Oncearollbackeventhasbeeninitiated,theofflineclient—ifitcanbe
contacted—isnotifiedthattheuserisnolongerallowedtologintotheircheckedout
desktop.
Ifacheckedoutdesktopisrolledbackwhiletheuserisloggedin,thecurrent
sessionisterminatedassoonasViewClientwithOfflineDesktopreceives
notification.
Iftheuserisnotloggedin,subsequentattemptstoconnectwillberedirectedtothe
onlinedesktop.
Inordertocontinueworkingoffline,theusermustnowcheckoutthedesktopfromthe
server.
Torollbackanofflinedesktopsession,selectthedesktopfromthelistprovidedinthe
tableun
dertheOfflineSessionstab,andclickRollback.
Iftheclientpolicyallowsit,userscanalsorollbackadesktopfromwithinViewClient
orViewPortaldesktopbyright‐clickingontheofflinedesktopentryandclicking
Rollbackfromthecontextmenu.Onlytheuserwh ocheckedoutthede
sktopisallowed
todothis.
NOTEARollbackcannotbeexecutedduringanytypeofactivetransfer.