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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.
NOTEThecredentialsprovidedmustrepresentadomainaccount—createdby
yourActiveDirectoryadministrator—thathaspermissiontoaddandremove
machineaccountsfromthespecifiedactivedirectorycontainer,asdescribedin
“PreparingVirtualCenterforViewComposeronpage 125.
ThesettingsyouenterarenotvalidatedbyViewComposer.
Pool Type Description
Persistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocatedstaticallyinordertoensure
thatusersconnecttothesamesystemeachtimetheylogin.Desktop
assignmenttakesplacethefirsttimetheuserconnects.
Nonpersistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocateddynamicallywhentheuser
logsin,
andarereturnedtothepoolwhentheuserdisconnects.