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Virtualdesktopdeploymentisthetaskofpreparingindividualormultiplevirtual
machinesforViewManagerclientconnections.Oncedeployed,preparedsystemscan
beaccesseddirectlyoractasatemplatefromwhichViewManagercancreatean
extensiblepoolofcloneddesktops.
Thischaptercoverstheendtoendrequirementsandproceduresas
sociatedwith
desktopdeployment,andconcentratesspecificallyonthecreationofdesktopsand
desktoppoolsfromvirtualmachinesmanagedbyVirtualCenter .
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“OverviewofVirtualDesktopDeployment”onpage 50
“PreparingtheGuestSystem”onpage 52
“IndividualDesktops”onpage 54
“A u t o m a t e d DesktopPools”onpage 56
“ManualDesktopPools”onpage 62
“EntitlingaDesktoporPoolonpage 65
“SearchingDesktopsandEntitledUsersandGroups”onpage 65
“DisablingViewManagerandDeletingObjects”onpage 67
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