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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
View Manager Administration Guide
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Overview of Virtual Desktop Deployment
Theprocedurefordeployingvirtualdesktopsvariesdependingonwhetheryouare
creatinganautomatedpoolfromavirtualmachinetemplate,anindividualdesktop
instance,orapoolofmanually‐selectedvirtualdesktops.However,inallofthesecases
abase—orguest—systemmustfirstbeselectedandconfiguredforusewith
Vi
ew Manager.
Desktop Sources
Differentdesktopsourceshavedifferentcapabilitiesintermsofapplicationsupport
anduserexperience.Theyalsodifferinthewaytheyareconfiguredandmanagedand
theprovisioningchoicestheyoffer.ThedesktopsourcessupportedbyViewManager:
ViewManagerProvisionedandVirtualCenterManaged—thedesktopsourceisa
virtualmachinethatisprovisionedbyVi
ewManagerandismanagedbya
VirtualCenterserver.Toaddthisdesktopsourcethefollowingsettingsmustbe
specifiedbytheadministrator:
VirtualCenterserverwhichprovisionsandmanagesthevirtualmachines.Youcan
onlyuseVirtualCenterserversthatareknowntotheViewManagerserver.
Templateusedtoprovisionthevirtualmachines.
LocationintheVirtualCenterinventoryhierarchywhereyouwanttoaddthe
virtualmachines.
Datastoreforthevirtualmachines.
Customizationspecificationforthevirtualmachines.
ViewManagerNon‐ProvisionedandVirtualCenterManaged—thedesktopsourceis
avirtualmachinethatismanagedbyaVirtualCenterserverbutnotprovisionedby
ViewManager.VirtualmachinesalreadyexistontheVirtualCenterserver.Toaddthis
desktopsourcethefollowingsettingsmustbespe
cifiedbytheadministrator:
VirtualCenterserverwhichmanagesthevirtualmachines.Youcanonlyuse
VirtualCenterserversthatareknowntotheViewManagerserver.
Individualdesktop:Selectthevirtualmachineandadditasadesktopsource.
Desktoppool:Selectmultiplevirtualmachinesandaddthemasdesktopsources.
Ifthevirtualmachineisalreadyassignedtoanotherdesktop,anerrorappears.You
mustremovethedesktopfrompreviouslyassigneddesktoppoolorindividual
desktop.