3.0.1

View Manager Administration Guide
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Toconfigurethissubnet,createthefollowingregistrystringinthevirtualmachineon
whichtheViewAgentisinstalled,wheren.n.n.nistheTCP/IPsubnetandmisthe
numberofbitsinthesubnetmask:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Node
Manager\subnet = n.n.n.n/m (REG_SZ)
Individual Desktops
IndividualdesktopsaresinglevirtualmachinesthatcontainViewAgentandcanbe
accessedremotelybyViewManagerclients.Usersentitledtousethistypeofdesktop
willalwaysaccessthesamesystemeachtimetheyconnect.
Individualdesktopsareappropriateforuserswhorequireasingleuniquededicated
desktop,orforhostingacos
tlyapplicationwithsinglehostlicensethatneedstobe
accessedbymultipleusersatdifferenttimes.
Deploying an Individual Desktop
1FromwithintheViewAdministratorinterface,clicktheDesktopsandPools
buttonandthenclicktheInventorytab.IntheDesktopspane,ensurethatthe
DesktopsandPoolstabisselectedandclickAdd.
2YouarepresentedwiththeAddDesktopwizard.Fromhereyoucanconfigureand
deployanewli
nkedclonedesktoppool.SelectIndividualDesktopandclick
Next.
3SpecifythesourcetypeoftheguestsystembyselectingVirtualCentervirtual
machine.ClickNext.
4Fromthelistprovided,selecttheVirtualCenterserverthatwillbeusedbythis
desktop.ClickNext.
5EntertheUniqueIDand,optionally,theDisplaynameandDescription.
Theun
iqueIDisusedbyViewManagertoidentifythedesktoppoolandisthe
namethatclientsseewhenloggingin.TheuniqueIDanddisplaynamecanbe
arbitrarybutifyoudonotspecifyadisplaynametheuniqueIDisusedforbo
th.
Onceyouhaveprovidedthedesktopidentificationdetails,clickNext.
N
OTEYoucanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovidean
optionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersinlengthandis
onlyvisiblefromwithinViewAdministrator.