3.1
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 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
5EntertheUniqueIDand,optionally,theDisplaynameandDescription.
TheuniqueIDisusedbyViewManagertoidentifythedesktoppoolandisthe
namethatclientsseewhenloggingin.TheuniqueIDanddisplaynamecanbe
arbitrarybutifyoudonotspecifya
displaynametheuniqueIDisusedforboth.
Onceyouhaveprovidedthedesktopidentificationdetails,clickNext.
6ConfigurethedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.
N
OTEYoucanuseanyalphanumericcharacter,includingspaces,toprovidean
optionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanbeupto1024charactersinlengthandis
onlyvisiblefromwithinViewAdministrator.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingWindowsVistaasyourParentVM,youmustsetthe
powerpolicytoEnsureVMisalwayspoweredon.
Property Parameter Description
State Enabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolis
automaticallyenabledandreadyforimmediateuse.
Disabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolisdisabled
andunavailableforuse.Thisisanappropriatesettingifyou
wanttoconductpost‐deploymentactivitiessuchastestingor
otherformsofbaselinemaintenance.
WhenVM
isnotinuse Donothing(VMremainson)—Virtualmachinesthatare
poweredoffwillbestartedwhenrequiredandwillremainon,
evenwhennotinuse,untiltheyareshutdown.
Alwayson(ensureVMisalwayspoweredon)—Allvirtual
machinesinthepoolremainpoweredon,evenwhen
theyare
notinuse.Iftheyareshutdown,theywillimmediatelyrestart.
SuspendVM—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolentera
suspendedstatewhennotinuse.
PoweroffVM—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolshutdown
whennotinuse.
Powerpolicyisdescribedinmoredetail
in“PowerPolicy”on
page 167.
Automaticlogoffafter
disconnect
Thisoptionisonlydisplayedwhenyouhav eselectedavirtual
machineastheguestsystem.
Immediately—usersareloggedoffassoonastheydisconnect.
Never—usersareneverloggedoff.
After—thetimeafterwhichusersareloggedoffwhenthey
disconnect.Enter
thedurationinminutesinthefieldprovided.