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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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TheViewManagerpoliciesthatrelatespecificallytoOfflineDesktopsessionsare
describedinTable 8‐7.
Configuring and Applying Client Policies
Wherethenewpool‐levelpolicyismorerestrictive,apool‐levelpolicycanbe
configuredtooverridetheequivalentglobalpolicy.
Forexample,iftheglobalpolicyfordesktopcheckoutisAllow,youcansetthe
equivalentpool‐levelpolicytoDeny.Thereverseisnottrue.Iftheglobalpolicyfor
de
sktopcheckoutisDeny,youcannotapplytheequiv alentpool‐levelpolicytoAllow.
Table 8-7. Client Policies for Offline Desktop
Property Description
OfflineDesktop Specifiesifdesktopscanbecheckedoutforlocaluse.
AvailableoptionsareAllowandDeny.Pool‐and
user‐levelpoliciesmayalsoInheritthedefaultsetting
fromtheirparent.
ThedefaultisAllow.
User‐initiatedRollback Specifiesifusersareallowedtodiscardtheiroffline
desktopinordertore
verttousingtheonlineversion.
Whenthisactioniscarriedout,thelockontheonline
desktopisreleasedandtheofflinedesktopis
abandoned—thelocalfolderthatcontainstheoffline
desktopdatacanthenbemanuallyremovedanddeleted
ifnecessary.
AvailableoptionsareAllowandDeny.Pool‐and
user‐lev
elpoliciesmayalsoInherittheirdefaultsettings
fromtheirparent.
ThedefaultisAllow.
Maxtimewithoutservercontact SpecifiestheamountoftimeanOfflineDesktopdesktop
canrunwithoutsuccessfullycontactingtheView
ConnectionServerforpolicyupdates.Whenthistimeis
reached,awarningisdi
splayedtotheuserandtheoffline
desktopissuspended.
Theavailableoptionsforpool‐anduser‐levelpoliciesare
Inherit,wherethedefaultsettingisinheritedfromthe
parent,andSet.
WhenSetisselectedyoucanthenenterthelifetimeofthe
cacheinDays,Hours,orMinutesinth
efieldprovided.
Thispolicycanbemodifiedatthegloballevelinthesame
wayandstartswithadefaultof7days.