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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8 SelecttheParentVMtobeusedasthebaseimageforthedeployment.Youareonly
bepresentedwithvirtualmachinesthatcontainoneormoresnapshotsthatwere
takenwhenthevirtualmachinewaspowereddown.ClickNext.
9 SelectthesnapshotyoupreviouslycreatedontheParentVMwhile
initsinactive
stateandclickNext.
10 Selectwhereyouwantthefolderforthisdesktoppooltoresidewithin
VirtualCenterandclickNext.
11 Selectahostoraclusteronwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktop
andclickNext.
12 Selectaresourcepoolinwhich
torunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktop
andclickNext.
13 (Optional)Thisstepappliestopersistentpoolsonlyanddetermineshowuserdata
isstoredbydesktopswithinthispool.
Ifyouwantuserdatatobepreservedafterarefreshorrecompositionevent,
selectRedirectuserprofiletoaseparatediskandspecifythemaximumsize
oftheuserdatadiskandassociateddriveletter.
Stopprovisioningonerror SelectthischeckboxifyouwantViewManagerto
automaticallystopprovisioningnewvirtualmachinesif
anerrorisdetectedduringdesktopcreation.
AdvancedSettings Clicktodisplaytheadvancedpoolconfigurationsettings.
Youcanenabletheadvancedparametersbyselectingthe
EnableAdvancedPoolSettingscheck
box.Thiswill
disablethePoolSizeparameter.
Minimumnumberofvirtualmachines—theminimum
numberofdesktopsthatmustbeprovisionedforthispool.
Maximumnumberofvirtualmachines—themaximum
numberofdesktopsthatcanbeprovisionedforthispool.
Numberofavailablevirtualmachines—Thenumberof
virtualmachinesthatmust
beunassignedandavailablefor
useatanygiventime.Thisfigurecannotexceedthe
maximumnumberofdesktopsavailabletothepool
overall.
NOTEOnlyclustersof8hostsorfeweraresupportedandshown.
Property Parameter Description