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Chapter 9 Unified Access
4IntheDesktopPersistencewindow,specifythepersistencesettingsforthe
desktopsinthispool.
PersistentThisdesktoppoolallowsuserstologintothesamedesktopevery
time.Userscansavedocumentsandfilesonpersistentdesktopsbecausethey
returntothesamedesktop.
NonpersistentDesktopsareav
ailabletouserswhentheyloginbutarereturned
tothepoolwhenuserslogoff.Userslogintoadifferentdesktopeachtimeand
cannotsavedocumentsorfilesonthedesktop.
5IntheDesktopPoolSourcewindow,choosePhysicalcomputersorvirtual
machinesnotmanagedbyaVirtual
CenterserverandclickNext.
6EntertheUniqueID,theDisplayname,andDescription.
TheuniqueIDisthenamethatViewManagerusestoidentifythedesktop.
The desktopdisplaynameiswhattheuserseeswhenloggingin.TheuniqueID
anddisplaynamecanbearbitrarybutifyo
udonotspecifyadisplayname,the
uniqueIDisusedforboth.
Afteryouprovidethedesktopidentificationdetails,clickNext.
7SpecifythedesktopparametersandclickNext.
Formoreinformationontheparametersthatareapplicabletounmanaged
persistentandnonpersistentpools,seeTable 92,“MappingDesktopP
arameters
toDesktopTypes###,”onpage 158.
8InthetableontheDesktopSourcespage,selectthedesktopsourcestoincludein
thepoolandclickNext.
Allregistereddesktopsourcesthatarerunningasupportedguestoperating
systemandthatanotherdesktopordesktoppoolisnotusingappearinthetable.
Formoreinfo
rmationaboutregisteringdesktopsources,see“InstallViewAgent
onanUnmanagedDesktopSource”onpage 158.
9ReviewtheinformationinReadytoCompleteandclickFinishtoacceptitorBack
tomakecorrections.
10 ClickFinish.
ThedesktopisaddedsuccessfullyandappearsinthemainDes
ktopspage.
N
OTEYoucanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovidean
optionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersinlengthandis
onlyvisiblefromwithintheViewadministratorinterface.