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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 8 Component Policies
Similarly,iftheglobalpolicythatspecifiestheamountoftimeacheckedoutdesktop
canrunwithoutsuccessfullycontactingtheserverissetto10minutes,youcannot
applyaservercontactpolicyof30minutestoanydesktoppool.
User‐levelpoliciesoverrideglobal‐orpool‐levelpolicies—thatis,theycanbemoreor
le
ssrestrictivethaneither.Forexample,iftheglobalservercontactpolicyforall
checkedoutdesktopsis10minutes,andthepool‐levelequivalentis5minutes,youcan
assignaservercontactpolicyof30minutestoanyuserinthatpool.
To configure and assign global policy settings
1FromViewAd
ministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbutton()todisplaythe
GlobaldesktopandpoolviewandthenclicktheInventorytab.IntheInventory
pane,ensurethatthetop‐levelDesktopsentry()isselected.
2IntheDesktopspane,clicktheGlobalPoliciestab.Youarepresentedwiththe
globalpoliciespage.
3I
ntheViewPoliciesboxorOfflineDesktopPoliciesbox,clickEdit.Theappropriate
policieswindowisdisplayed.
4SpecifythepolicysettingsandclickOK.Theglobalpolicysettingsarenow
applied.
To configure and assign pool-level policy settings
1FromViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbutton()todisplaythe
Globaldesktopandpoolvi
ewandthenclicktheInventorytab.
2IntheInventorypane,selectthedesktoppoolentry()thatcorrespondstothe
poolyouwanttoapplythepolicyto.
3IntheDesktopspane,clickthePoliciestab.Youarepresentedwiththepolicies
pageforthisdesktoppool.
4IntheVi
ewPoliciesbox,clickEditPoolPolicies.Ifyouhaveselectedanoffline
desktopandwanttoconfigureofflinepolicies,clickOfflineDesktopPolicies.
The appropriatepolicieswindowisdisplayed.
5SpecifytheOfflineDesktop,User‐initiatedrollback,andMaxtimewithout
servercontactpolicysettingsandclickOK.Thepool‐lev
elpolicysettingsarenow
applied.
N
OTEViewAdministratorwarnsyouifyouattempttoapplyalessrestrictivepolicy
toapool.