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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:alefthandpanethatcontainsan
InventoryandaSearchtabandarighthandpanethatprovideseitherglobalor
poolle
velinformationaboutthedesktopscurrentlyavailable.
WhentheInventorytabisselected,thelefthandpaneprovidesalistofallthedesktops
orpoolsinanalphabeticlistunderthetoplevelDesktopsandPoolsentry().
TheDesktopsandPoolsentryisglobalinscope.Whenselecteditchangestheconte
xt
oftherighthandpanetocoverallthedesktopsavailable—forexample,whenthisentry
isselectedtheActiveSessionstabintherighthandpanelistsalltheactivesessionsfor
allViewManagerdesktops.
Ifanydesktopsordesktoppoolsarepresent,theyarelistedbeneaththeGlobal
des
ktopandpoolviewentry.Selectinganindividualdesktop()ordesktoppool
entry()changesthecontextoftherighthandpanetoprovidespecificallyaboutthat
desktoporpool.Forexample,whenanentryinthislistisselectedtheActiveSessions
subtabintheri
ghthandpanelistsalltheactivesessionsforthedesktopsinthatpool.
ThetabsintherighthandpanearedescribedinTable 31.Ifthetabispresentforboth
specificdesktopsourcesandalsodesktoppools,thisisindicatedintheContext
column.