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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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Thelinkisindirectbecausethefirsttimeoneormoredesktopclonesarecreated,a
uniquelyidentifiedcopyoftheParentVM—calledareplica—isalsocreated.Allthe
desktopclonesareanchoreddirectlytothereplicaandnottotheParentVM.Desktops
ofthistypearecalledlinkedclonede
sktops.
TheParentVMcanbeupdatedorreplacedwithoutdirectlyaffectingthelinkedclone
desktopsandcanthereforecanbeviewedasastandalonevirtualmachine.Thissetof
relationshipsisillustratedinFigure 6‐1.
Figure 6-1. Parent VM, Linked Replica, and Desktop Clones
Becauseallthelinkedclonedesktopsinthisenvironmentareconnectedtoacommon
source,ViewComposerpermitsthecentralizedmanagementofdesktopswhile
maintainingaseamlessuserexperience.Taskssuchasresettingeachsystemtoits
defaultconfiguration,balancingstorage,installingsoftware,andapplyingservice
packsaregreatlyacceleratedbythistypeofdeployment.
ViewManageradministratorscansimultaneouslyupdate(orchange)theoperating
sy
stemsofalllinkedclonedesktops,installorupdateclientapplications,ormodifythe
desktophardwaresettingsbycarryingouttheseactivitiesontheParentVMandthen
anchoringthelinkedclonestoanewsnapshotofthisconfiguration.Thisactioniscalled
desktoprecomposition.
N
OTEIfareplicaisdeletedthedesktopsanchoredtothemwillceasetowork,so
replicasaretreatedasprotectedentitieswithinVirtualCenter.
base image + snapshot
user data disk
replica
OS data disk
user data disk
OS data disk
parent VM can be
on a different datastore
clone 1 clone 2