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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
Deploying a Manual Desktop Pool
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonand
thenclicktheInventorytab.IntheGlobaldesktopandpoolview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
de
ployanewlinkedclonedesktoppool.SelectManualDesktopPoolandclick
Next.
3 SelectthetypeofdesktoppoolyouwanttocreateandclickNext.
4SpecifythesourcetypeoftheguestsystembyselectingVirtualCentervirtual
machine.ClickNext.
5Fromthelistprovided,selecttheVirtualCenterserverthatwillbeus
edbythis
desktop.ClickNext.
6EntertheUniqueIDand,optionally,theDisplaynameandDescription.
TheuniqueIDisusedbyViewManagertoidentifythedesktoppoolandisthe
namethattheuserseeswhenloggingin.TheuniqueIDanddisplaynamecanbe
arbitrarybutifyo
udonotspecifyadisplaynametheuniqueIDisusedforboth.
Onceyouhaveprovidedthedesktopidentificationdetails,clickNext.
7ConfigurethedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.
Pool Type Description
Persistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocatedstaticallyinordertoensure
thatusersconnecttothesamedesktopeachtimetheylogin.
Non‐persistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocateddynamicallywhentheuser
logsin,andarereturnedtothepoolwhentheuserdisconnects.
NOTE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.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingWindowsVistaasyourParentVM,youmustsetthe
powerpolicytoEnsureVMisalwayspoweredon.