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View Manager Administration Guide
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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.
NOTEOnlyclustersof8hostsorfeweraresupportedandshown.
Property Parameter Description