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Table 81describesthedifferentvirtualmachinepowerpolicystatesthatcanbe
assignedtoadesktopordesktoppoolduringdeployment.
Table 82describesthecircumstancesunderwhichthepowerpolicyisapplied
Table 8-1. Power Policy Definitions
Property Description
Donothing(VMremainson) Virtualmachinesthatarepoweredoffwillbestarted
whenrequiredandwillremainon,evenwhennotinuse,
untiltheyareshutdown.
EnsureVMisalwayspoweredon Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolremainpoweredon,
evenwhentheyarenotinuse.Ifth
eyareshutdown,
theywillimmediatelyrestart.
Suspend Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolenterasuspendedstate
whennotinuse.
Poweroff Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolshutdownwhennotin
use.
Table 8-2. Power Policy Notes
Desktop Type Power Policy is Applied...
IndividualDesktop(VirtualCenter
ManagedVM)
Afteruserdisconnectionorlogoff.
PersistentAutomatedPool Whennotinuseorafteruserdisconnectionorlogoff.
Thispolicyonlyappliestounassigneddesktops.
NonPersistentAutomatedPool Whennotinuseorafteruserdisconnectionorlogoff.
Note:IfthePowerOffpolicyisappliedaftera
disconnection,th
esessionisdiscarded.IftheSuspend
policyisappliedafteradisconnection,anorphaned
sessioncouldbecreated(thedesktopisnonpersistent
sothereisnoguaranteethattheuserwilleverbeableto
returntoit).
EnsurethatAutomaticlogoffafterdisconnectissetto
Immediatelyinor
dertopreventeitherscenario.
PersistentManualPool
(VirtualCenterManagedVMs)
Afteruserdisconnectionorlogoff.Thispolicyonly
appliestounassigneddesktops.