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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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Chapter 7 Offline Desktop
To start View Client with Offline Desktop
1IfViewClientdoesnotstartautomaticallyafterinstallation,clickStart>Programs>
VMware>ViewManagerClient.
2IntheConnectionServerdrop‐downmenu,enterthehostnameorIPaddressof
aViewConnectionServerandclickConnect.
3Enterthecredentialsforanentitlesuser,select
thedomainandclickLogin.
4 ChooseadesktopfromthelistprovidedandclickConnect.
5ViewClientwithOfflineDesktopwillattempttoconnecttothespecifieddesktop.
Uponconnection,theclientwindowisdisplayed.
Userscandetermineifadesktopiseligibleforcheckoutbyright‐clickingitin
the
listprovidedbyViewClientwithOfflineDesktoptodisplayitscontextmenu.
If thedesktopcanbeusedoffline,theCheckoutoptionisdisplayed.
Checking Out a Desktop
Whenuserscheckoutadesktopforthefirsttime,theyaregiventheopportunityto
specifywherethedownloadedvirtualmachineshouldresideontheirlocalsystem.
Afterthecheckoutbegins,thedownloadprogressisprovidedbyanon‐screen
indicator.
Oncethedatahasbeendownloaded,useraccess
isdirectedtotheofflinedesktopuntil
itischeckedbackin.
Offline Desktop Status
Youcanexamineallcurrentofflinesessionsattheglobalordesktoppoollevelby
clickingtheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonandthenselectingtheOfflineSessions
tab—eitherforalldesktopsorforaspecificpool—inViewAdministrator.
N
OTEOnlytheuserwhochecksoutthedesktopcanaccessit,evenifthedesktop
isentitledtoagroup.
NOTEUserscanpauseorcancelthecheckinorcheckoutprocesswheneverdatais
beingmovedbetweentheonlineandofflinecontextbyright‐clickingtheentryto
displayitscontextmenu.
N
OTEUserscannotusetheirofflinedesktopiftheymanuallymovethevirtual
machinedataontheirsystemtoanalternatelocationorontoadifferentsystem.