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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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Apolicyisaruleorsetofrulesdefinedbyasystemadministratorthatgovernsthe
behaviorofanapplication.WithinViewManager,policiescanbeusedtoestablishthe
configurationofconstituentcomponentsbycontrollingtheloggingofinformation,
managingclientaccess,restrictingdeviceusage,establishingsecurityparametersfor
clientusage,andsoforth.
SomecomponentpoliciescanbeassignedthroughViewAdministrator,whereasothers
arecontainedwithinGroupPolicyObjectsinsideActiveDirectoryandareappliedto
usersordesktopsattheWindowsregistrylevel.Thefollowingsectionsdescribethe
purposeofeachtypeofpolicy,andwherethey
areconfiguredandapplied.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“PowerPolicy”onpage 167
“ClientPolicies”onpage 171
“GroupPolicyObjects”onpage 174
Power Policy
Duringthedeploymentprocess,manytypesofdesktopordesktoppoolpresentyou
withtheopportunitytoconfigurethepowerpolicyoftheirdesktopsources.Power
policycontrolshowdesktopsbehavewhentheyarenotinuseandisthereforean
importantmechanismforthemanagementofresourceswithinyourVI
environment.
Component Policies
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NOTEAViewManagerdesktopisnotinusebeforetheuserhasloggedin,orafterthe
userhasdisconnectedorloggedoff.