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
View Manager Administration Guide
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VMnamingpattern Bydefault,aprefixisusedtoidentifyalldesktopsinapool
aspartofthesamegroup.Theprefixcanbeupto13
charactersinlengthandanumericsuffixisappendedto
thisentryinordertodistinguisheachdesktopfromothers
inthe
samepool.
Youcanoverridethisbehaviorbyenteringanamethat
containsatokenrepresentingthepoolnumber;thetoken
canappearanywhereinthename.Forexample:
amber-{n}-desktop
Afterdeployment{n}isreplacedwiththepoolnumberof
thedesktop.
Fixedlengthtokenscanbeenteredusingthen:fixed=
construction.Forexample:
amber-{n:fixed=3}
Afterdeployment{n:fixed=3}isreplacedwitha
fixed‐lengthpoolnumberforeachthedesktop:
amber-001,amber-002,amber-003andsoforth.
A15characterlimitappliestonamesthatcontainatoken,
butonlytothe“replaced”formwherethetokenlengthis
fixed.Forexample:
my-view-system{n:fixed=1}
Wherethetokenlengthis
notfixed,abufferof1isapplied
tothetoken,sothemaximum“replaced”lengthis14
characters.Forexample:
a-view-system{n}
Stopprovisioningonerror SelectifyouwantViewManagertoautomaticallystop
provisioningnewvirtualmachinesifanerrorisdetected
duringdesktopcreation.
AdvancedSettings Clicktodisplaythe
advancedpoolconfigurationsettings.
Youcanenabletheadvancedparametersbyselecting
EnableAdvancedPoolSettings.ThiswilldisablethePool
Sizeparameter.
Minimumnumberofvirtualmachines—theminimum
numberofdesktopsthatmustbeprovisionedforthispool.
Maximumnumberofvirtualmachines—themaximum
numberofdesktopsthatcan
beprovisionedforthispool.
Numberofavailablevirtualmachines—Thenumberof
virtualmachinesthatmustbeunassignedandavailablefor
useatanygiventime.Thisfigurecannotexceedthe
maximumnumberofdesktopsavailabletothepool
overall.
Property Parameter Description