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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
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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
UnmanagedDesktopSources—thedesktopsourceisamachinethatisnotmanaged
byaVirtualCenterserver.ThisincludesvirtualmachinesrunningonVMwareServer
andvirtualmachinesrunningonothervirtualizationplatformsthatsupportView
Agent.BladePCs,physicalPCsandTerminalServersonwhichyoucaninstallView
Agentareun
manageddesktopsources.
Desktop Delivery Models
UnifiedAccesssupportsdifferent desktopdeliverymodelswhichcharacterizetheway
adesktopiscreated,entitled,deliv ered,andused.Thedesktopdeliverymodels
supportedbyViewManagerare:
IndividualDesktop–isadesktopthatallowsasingle,pre‐existingback‐endsource
withthefollowingcharacteristics:
Entitledtomanyusersorusergroups;however,onlyoneactiveuseratatime.
Notprovisionedautomatically.
ManualPool–isapoolofdesktopsourceswiththefollowingcharacteristics:
Multipleuserstomultipledesktopmapping;however,onlyoneactiveuserona
desktopatatime.
Notprovisionedautomatically.
Supportsbothpersistentandnon‐persistentaccessmodes.
Administratorentitlesentirepooltousersorusergroups.
AutomatedPool–isapoolthatcontainsoneormoredynamicallygenerateddesktops
thatareautomaticallycreatedandcustomizedbyViewManagerfromaVirtualCenter
virtualmachinetemplateandhavethefollowingcharacteristics:
Multipleuserstomultipledesktopmapping;however,onlyoneactiveuserona
desktopatatime.ThisisapplicableonlyonVImachines.
Provisionedautomatically.
Administratorspecifiesatemplateandacustomizationspecificationwhichisused
toprovisiondesktopsources.
Supportsbothpersistentandnon‐persistentaccessmodes.
Administratorentitlesentirepooltousersorusergroups.