3.1
Table Of Contents
- View Manager 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
- Adobe Flash Bandwidth Reduction
- Client Device Information
- Enabling HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing VirtualCenter for View Composer
- Preparing a Parent VM
- Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
- Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked Clone Desktops
- Using an Existing View Composer Database
- Using the SviConfig Tool for View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- locked.properties
- Glossary
- Index
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4EnsurethattheEnableViewComposercheckboxisselectedandthattheport
numbercorrespondstotheportspecifiedduringtheinstallationofthe
View ComposerserviceontheVirtualCenterhost.
5ClickAddtoentertherequireddetailsintheAddQuickPrepDomaindialogbox:
Enterthefullyqualifieddomainnameof
theActiveDirectorydomain(for
example,domain.com),theusernameincludingthefullyqualifieddomainname
(forexample,domain.com\admin),andthepasswordforthespecifieduser.
TheaddeddomainsandassociatedusercredentialsareusedbyViewComposer
tojoinlinkedclonestoadomain.
6ClickAdd>OK.
TheViewComposeruserisaddedtotheQuickPrepdomainslist.
7ClickOKtoclosetheVirtualCentersettingswindow.
To configure and deploy a new linked clone desktop pool
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsbuttonandthenclickthe
Inventorytab.IntheDesktopspane,ensurethattheDesktopstabisselectedand
clickAdd.
2Youare
presentedwiththeAddDesktopwizard.Fromhereyoucanconfigureand
deployanewlinkedclonedesktoppool.SelectAutomatedDesktopPoolandclick
Next.
3 SelectthetypeofdesktoppoolyouwanttocreateandclickNext.
NOTEThecredentialsprovidedmustrepresentadomainaccount—createdby
yourActiveDirectoryadministrator—thathaspermissiontoaddandremove
machineaccountsfromthespecifiedactivedirectorycontainer,asdescribedin
“PreparingVirtualCenterforViewComposer”onpage 125.
ThesettingsyouenterarenotvalidatedbyViewComposer.
Pool Type Description
Persistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocatedstaticallyinordertoensure
thatusersconnecttothesamesystemeachtimetheylogin.Desktop
assignmenttakesplacethefirsttimetheuserconnects.
Non‐persistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocateddynamicallywhentheuser
logsin,
andarereturnedtothepoolwhentheuserdisconnects.