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Power Policy Example 2
Inthefollowingpoolingexample—theparametersforwhichareprovidedin
Table 84—themaximumandminimumnumberofdesktopsareequal.
Initially,5desktopsarecreated:3suspendedand2poweredonandavailable.Ifa
fourthsysteminthispoolissuspended,noadditionaldesktopiscreatedasthe
maximum
numberhasalreadybeenreached.Instead,oneoftheexistingsystemis
resumed.
Power Policy Example 3
Persistentautomatedpoolsbehaveslightlydifferently.Althoughadesktopmaybe
poweredon,itmayalsobeassignedtoauserandisthereforenotconsideredtobe
available.Table 85containsexampleparametersforapoolofthistype.
Inthisexample,3desktopsarecreatedandpoweredon.If
thedesktopsarethen
manuallypoweredoffinVirtualCentertheywillallimmediatelypoweronagain,as
perpolicy.
Onceauserconnectstoadesktop,itbecomespermanentlyassignedtothem;afterthey
disconnect,itisnolongeravailabletoanyotheruser.Iftheassigneddesktopisshut
down
fromwithinVirtualCenter,itremainspowereddown—thepowerpolicyno
longerapplies—althoughthereconnectionofitsassignedViewManageruserwill
automaticallypoweronthedesktoponcemore.
Atthistime,therearestillasufficientnumberofunassigneddesktopsremaininginthe
poolfortheavailabilitycriteriatobemet.
However, whenanotheruserconnectsa
seconddesktopbecomesassigned.Now,thenumberofavailabledesktopshasfallen
belowthethresholdlevelsoanewdesktopiscreatedandpoweredon.
Intheabovescenario,thecreationofadditionaldesktopstakesplaceev erytimeanew
userisassigneduntilthe
maximumdesktopthresholdisreached.
Table 8-4. Pooling Example 2
Type Minimum Maximum Available Power Policy
NonPersistentAutomatedPool 5 5 2 SuspendVM
Table 8-5. Pooling Example 3
Type Minimum Maximum Available Power Policy
PersistentAutomatedPool 3 5 2 Alwayson
(ensureVMis
always
poweredon)