3.0.1
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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Desktops and Pools View
TheDesktopsviewisdisplayedwhenyoulogintotheadministrativeinterfaceorwhen
youclicktheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonandiswhereyoucreate,deploy,administer,
andmonitoryourvirtualdesktops.
Fromhereyoucanexamineinformationaboutdesktopsordesktoppoolsandtheir
associatedusers;individualdesktopsourc
es;anysessionsthatareactive;anytasksthat
arescheduled;anddesktopusagepoliciesattheglobal,pooloruserlevel.
TheDesktopsviewisdividedintotwoparts:aleft‐handpanethatcontainsan
InventoryandaSearchtabandarighthandpanethatprovideseitherglobalor
pool‐le
velinformationaboutthedesktopscurrentlyavailable.
WhentheInventorytabisselected,theleft‐handpaneprovidesalistofallthedesktops
orpoolsinanalphabeticlistunderthetop‐levelDesktopsandPoolsentry().
TheDesktopsandPoolsentryisglobalinscope.Whenselecteditchangestheconte
xt
oftheright‐handpanetocoverallthedesktopsavailable—forexample,whenthisentry
isselectedtheActiveSessionstabintheright‐handpanelistsalltheactivesessionsfor
allViewManagerdesktops.
Ifanydesktopsordesktoppoolsarepresent,theyarelistedbeneaththeGlobal
des
ktopandpoolviewentry.Selectinganindividualdesktop()ordesktoppool
entry()changesthecontextoftheright‐handpanetoprovidespecificallyaboutthat
desktoporpool.Forexample,whenanentryinthislistisselectedtheActiveSessions
sub‐tabintheri
ght‐handpanelistsalltheactivesessionsforthedesktopsinthatpool.
Thetabsintheright‐handpanearedescribedinTable 3‐1.Ifthetabispresentforboth
specificdesktopsourcesandalsodesktoppools,thisisindicatedintheContext
column.