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Table Of Contents
View Manager Administration Guide
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Overview of Virtual Desktop Deployment
Theprocedurefordeployingvirtualdesktopsvariesdependingonwhetheryouare
creatinganautomatedpoolfromavirtualmachinetemplate,anindividualdesktop
instance,orapoolofmanuallyselectedvirtualdesktops.However,inallofthesecases
abase—orguest—systemmustfirstbeselectedandconfiguredforusewith
View Manager .
Desktop Sources
Differentdesktopsourceshavedifferentcapabilitiesintermsofapplicationsupport
anduserexperience.Theyalsodifferinthewaytheyareconfiguredandmanagedand
theprovisioningchoicestheyoffer.ThedesktopsourcessupportedbyViewManager:
ViewManagerProvisionedandVirtualCenterManagedthedesktopsourceisa
virtualmachine
thatisprovisionedbyViewManagerandismanagedbya
VirtualCenterserver.Toaddthisdesktopsourcethefollowingsettingsmustbe
specifiedbytheadministrator:
VirtualCenterserverwhichprovisionsandmanagesthevirtualmachines.Youcan
onlyuseVirtualCenterserversthatareknowntotheViewManagerserver.
Templateusedtoprovisionthevirtualmachines.
LocationintheVirtualCenterinventoryhierarchywhereyouwanttoaddthe
virtualmachines.
Datastoreforthevirtualmachines.
Customizationspecificationforthevirtualmachines.
ViewManagerNonProvisionedandVirtualCenterManagedthedesktopsourceis
avirtualmachinethatismanagedbyaVirtualCenterserverbutnotprovisionedby
ViewManager.VirtualmachinesalreadyexistontheVirtualCenterserver.Toaddthis
desktopsourcethefollowingsettingsmustbe
specifiedbytheadministrator:
VirtualCenterserverwhichmanagesthevirtualmachines.Youcanonlyuse
VirtualCenterserversthatareknowntotheViewManagerserver.
Individualdesktop:Selectthevirtualmachineandadditasadesktopsource.
Desktoppool:Selectmultiplevirtualmachinesandaddthemasdesktopsources.
Ifthevirtualmachineisalreadyassignedtoanotherdesktop,anerrorappears.You
mustremovethedesktopfrompreviouslyassigneddesktoppoolorindividual
desktop.