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Chapter 6 View Composer
4 SelecttheVirtualCenterserverthatwillbeusedbythisdesktop,andensurethat
Uselinkedclonetechnologytocreatedesktopsinthispoolisselected.Click
Next.
5EntertheDesktopIDand,optionally, theDesktopDisplayNameand
Description.
ThedesktopIDisusedbyViewManagertoidentify
thedesktoppoolandisthe
namethattheuserseeswhenloggingin.ThedesktopIDanddisplaynamecanbe
arbitrarybutifyoudonotspecifyadisplaynamethedesktopIDisusedforboth.
Onceyouhaveprovidedthedesktopidentificationdetails,clickNext.
6Configurethe
desktoppropertiesandclickNext.
N
OTEYoucanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovidean
optionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersandisonly
visiblefromwithinViewAdministrator.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingWindowsVistaasyourParentVM,youmustsetthe
powerpolicytoEnsureVMisalwayspoweredon.
Property Parameter Description
State Enabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolis
automaticallyenabledandreadyforimmediateuse.
Disabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolisdisabled
andunavailableforuse.Thisisanappropriatesettingifyou
wanttoconductpostdeploymentactivitiessuchastestingor
otherformsofbaselinemaintenance.
WhenVM
isnotinuse Donothing(VMremainson)—Virtualmachinesthatare
poweredoffwillbestartedwhenrequiredandwillremainon,
evenwhennotinuse,untiltheyareshutdown.
Alwayson(ensureVMisalwayspo weredon)—Allvirtual
machinesinthepoolremainpoweredon,evenwhen
theyare
notinuse.Iftheyareshutdown,theywillimmediatelyrestart.
SuspendVM—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolentera
suspendedstatewhennotinuse.
PoweroffVM—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolshutdown
whennotinuse.
Automaticlogoffafter
disconnect
Immediately—usersarelogged
offassoonastheydisconnect.
Never—usersareneverloggedoff.
After—thetimeafterwhichusersareloggedoffwhenthey
disconnect.Enterthedurationinminutes.