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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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Oncethedeploymenthasbeeninitiatedyoucanmonitortheprogressoftheindividual
desktopbyselectingeithertheDesktopsandPoolsorDesktopSourcestabsinthe
Globaldesktopandpoolviewpane.
Automated Desktop Pools
Automateddesktoppoolscontainoneormoredynamicallygenerateddesktopsthat
areautomaticallycreatedandcustomizedbyViewManagerfromaVirtualCenter
virtualmachinetemplate.Desktoppoolsofthistypecanbeeither:
Persistent—Usersareallocatedadedicateddesktopthatretainsalloftheir
documents,applicationsandsettingsbetweensessions.Thedesktopisstatically
assignedthefirsttimetheuserconnects,andisthenusedforallsubsequent
sessions.
Non‐persistent—Usersareconnectedtoadifferentdesktopfromthepooleach
timetheyconnect,andthereisnopersistenceofenvironmentaloruserdata
betweensessions.
Automateddesktoppoolscanusethelinkclonefeaturetorapidlydeploydesktops
fromasingle“ParentVM”.However,thissectiondescribesadeploymentthatdoe
snot
usethisfeature.Formoreinformationaboutlinkclone,includingthedeployment
procedure,refertoChapter 6,“ViewComposer,”onpage 93.
Virtual Machine Templates
Inordertocreateanautomateddesktoppoolyoumustfirstcreateavirtualmachine
templateinVirtualCenter.Thetemplateiscreatedbyright‐clickingapreviously
configuredguestsystemVMinVirtualCenterandselectingeitherofthefollowing
entriesfromthecontextmenu:
ClonetoTemplate—selectthisoptionifyouwanttousetheselectedguestsystem
asthebasisforanewtemplatewithoutalteringtheVMitself.Ifyouselectthis
optionyouwillbepresentedwithasetupwizardthatasksyoutoprovidethe
nameofthetemplate,andenvironmentalinfo
rmationconcerningwhereyouwant
thetemplatetoresideandthediskformatitshoulduse.
ConverttoTemplate—selectthisoptionifyouwanttochangetheguestsystem
intoatemplate.Thisprocessisinstant.