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4IntheDesktopPersistencewindow,specifythepersistencesettingsforthe
desktopsinthispool.
PersistentThisdesktoppoolallowsuserstologintothesamedesktopevery
time.Userscansavedocumentsandfilesonpersistentdesktopsbecausethey
returntothesamedesktop.
NonpersistentDesktopsare
availabletouserswhentheyloginbutarereturned
tothepoolwhenuserslogoff.Userslogintoadifferentdesktopeachtimeand
cannotsavedocumentsorfilesonthedesktop.
5IntheDesktopPoolSourcewindow,choosePhysicalcomputersorvirtual
machinesnotmanagedbya
VirtualCenterserverandclickNext.
6EntertheUniqueID,theDisplayname,andDescription.
TheuniqueIDisthenamethatViewManagerusestoidentifythedesktop.
The desktopdisplaynameiswhattheuserseeswhenloggingin.TheuniqueID
anddisplaynamecanbearbitrarybut
ifyoudonotspecifyadisplayname,the
uniqueIDisusedforboth.
Afteryouprovidethedesktopidentificationdetails,clickNext.
7SpecifythedesktopparametersandclickNext.
Formoreinformationontheparametersthatareapplicabletounmanaged
persistentandnonpersistentpools,seeTable 92,“Mapping
DesktopParameters
toDesktopTypes,onpage 190.
8InthetableontheDesktopSourcespage,selectthedesktopsourcestoincludein
thepoolandclickNext.
Allregistereddesktopsourcesthatarerunningasupportedguestoperating
systemandthatanotherdesktopordesktoppoolisnotusingappearin
thetable.
Formoreinformationaboutregisteringdesktopsources,see“InstallViewAgent
onanUnmanagedDesktopSource”onpage 190.
9ReviewtheinformationinReadytoCompleteandclickFinishtoacceptitorBack
tomakecorrections.
10 ClickFinish.
ThedesktopisaddedsuccessfullyandappearsinthemainDesktops
page.
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OTEYoucanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovidean
optionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersinlengthandis
onlyvisiblefromwithintheViewadministratorinterface.