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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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TerminalServerPool–isapoolofterminalserver(TS)desktopsourcesservedbyone
ormoreterminalservers.Aterminalserverdesktopsourcecandelivermultiple
desktops.ATSpoolhasthefollowingcharacteristics:
PoolofTSdesktopsservedbyafarmcomprisingofoneormoreterminalservers.
Leastsessioncountbasedloadbalancing:ViewManagerloadbalancesconnection
requestsacrossterminalserversinapoolbychoosingthepoolthathastheleast
numberofactivesessionsonit.
Administratorentitlesentirepooltousersorusergroups.
Administratorsshoulddeployaroamingprofilesolutiontoenableusersettings
andpersonalizationtobepropagatedtothecurrentlyaccesseddesktop.
Preparing the Guest System
Theguestsystemisthevirtualmachinethatformsthebasisforeverytypeofvirtual
desktopdeployment.Theprocedureforcreatinganewvirtualmachineinexceedsthe
scopeofthisdocument,buttheselectedvirtualmachinemustadheretothe
requirementsdescribedin“SystemRequirements”onpage 14.
Onceyouhavese
lectedaguestsystemyoumustensurethatthefollowing
prerequisitesareinplace:
ThelatestversionofVMwareToolsareinstalled(providedwithVI3.5).
Thenetworkingsettings(proxies,andsoforth)areproperlyconfiguredandthat
theguestsystemisattachedtoadomain.
ViewManagerAgentisinstalled.
Youhaveadministrativerightstotheguestsystem.
Installing the View Agent on the Guest System
TheViewAgentcomponentassistswithsessionmanagement,singlesign‐on,and
deviceredirection.YoumustinstallViewAgentontheguestsysteminordertoallow
theViewConnectionServertocommunicatewiththedesktop.
N
OTERefertotheVirtualCenterdocumentationformoreinformationaboutcreating
newvirtualmachineinstances.
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OTEForautomatedupdatingofViewAgentinlargeenvironments,VMware
recommendsusingstandardWindowsupdatemechanismssuchasAltiris,SMS,
LanDesk,BMC,orothersystemsmanagementsoftware.