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Chapter 8 Component Policies
Power Policy in Automated Pools
Inanautomatedpool,powerpolicyisacquiescenttotherulesregardingdesktop
availability.Anavailabledesktopisonethatisactive,doesnotcontainausersession,
isnotassignedtoauser,andhasanactiveViewAgentservicethatconfirmsits
availabilitytoViewConnectionServerbasedupontheprecedingcri
teria.
Power Policy Example 1
Ifaparticularnumberofdesktopsarerequiredtobeavailableatanygiventime,the
powerpolicyforthosedesktopsensuresthattheyarealwayspoweredon.This
behaviorisillustratedinthefollowingpoolingexample,theparametersforwhichare
providedinTable 83.
Afterthedeploymentprocessisco
mpleted,10desktopsarecreated:2arepoweredon
andimmediatelyavailable,and8areinasuspendedstate.Foreachnewuserthat
connects,adesktopispoweredonsoastomaintaintheavailabilitylevel.
Whenthenumberofconnectedusersexceeds8,additionaldesktops—uptoalimit
of 20—arecreat
edsothattheavailabilitylevelcanbemaintained.Oncethemaximum
numberisreached,thedesktopsofthefirst2userstodisconnectremainpoweredonin
ordertomaintaintheavailabilitythreshold.Thedesktopofeachsubsequentuserto
disconnectissuspended,asperpolicy.
NonPersistentmanualPool Afteruserdisconnectionorlogoff.
Note:IfthePowerOffpolicyisappliedaftera
disconnection,thesessionisdiscarded.IftheSuspend
policyisappliedafteradisconnection,anorphaned
sessioncouldbecreated(thedesktopisnonpersistent
sothereisnoguaranteethattheuserwillev
erbeableto
returntoit).
EnsurethatAutomaticlogoffafterdisconnectissetto
Immediatelyinordertopreventeitherscenario.
PhysicalSystems/Terminal
ServicesDesktopPool
N/A
Table 8-2. Power Policy Notes (Continued)
Desktop Type Power Policy is Applied...
Table 8-3. Pooling Example 1
Type Minimum Maximum Available Power Policy
NonPersistentAutomatedPool 10 20 2 Suspend