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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
8 Selectthetemplatetobeusedasthebaseimageforthedeployment.Youareonly
presentedwithtemplatesthatcontainadesktopoperatingsystemsupportedby
ViewManager.ClickNext.
9 Selectwhereyouwantthefolderforthisdesktoppooltoresidewithin
VirtualCenterandclickNext.
10 Selectahostoracl
usteronwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktop
andclickNext.
11 Selectaresourcepoolinwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktop
andclickNext.
12 Selectoneormoredatastoresonwhichtostorethedesktoppool.Ifyoudonot
hav
esufficientspaceavailable,youmustaddfreespacebyselectinganadditional
datastore.
Onceyouhaveconfiguredthedatastorestoragecriteria,clickNext.
Stopprovisioningonerror SelectthischeckboxifyouwantViewManagerto
automaticallystopprovisioningnewvirtualmachinesif
anerrorisdetectedduringdesktopcreation.
AdvancedSettings Clicktodisplaytheadvancedpoolconfigurationsettings.
Youcanenabletheadvancedparametersbyselectingthe
EnableAdvancedPoolSettingscheckbox.Th
iswill
disablethePoolSizeparameter.
Minimumnumberofvirtualmachines—theminimum
numberofdesktopsthatmustbeprovisionedforthispool.
Maximumnumberofvirtualmachines—themaximum
numberofdesktopsthatcanbeprovisionedforthispool.
Numberofavailablevirtualmachines—Thenumberof
virtualmachinesthatmustbeun
assignedandavailablefor
useatanygiventime.Thisfigurecannotexceedthe
maximumnumberofdesktopsavailabletothepool
overall.
NOTEOnlyclustersof8hostsorfeweraresupportedandshown.
N
OTEForclusters,onlyshareddatastoresaresupportedandshown.
Property Parameter Description