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8 Selectthetemplatetobeusedasthebaseimageforthedeployment.Youareonly
presentedwithtemplatesthatcontainadesktopoperatingsystemsupportedby
ViewManager.ClickNext.
9 Selectwhereyouwantthefolderforthisdesktoppooltoresidewithin
VirtualCenterandclickNext.
10 Selectahost
oraclusteronwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktop
andclickNext.
11 Selectaresourcepoolinwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktop
andclickNext.
12 Selectoneormoredatastoresonwhichtostorethedesktoppool.Ifyoudo
not
havesufficientspaceavailable,youmustaddfreespacebyselectinganadditional
datastore.
Onceyouhaveconfiguredthedatastorestoragecriteria,clickNext.
13 Selecthowyouwouldlikethedesktopscreatedfromtheguestsystemtobe
customized.IfacustomizationspecificationexistsonVirtualCenteryoucanselect
it
fromtheUsethiscustomizationspecificationlistinordertopreconfiguresuch
propertiesaslicensing,domainattachment,andDHCPsettings.
Ifyouwanttomanuallyconfigurethedesktopordesktopsinthispoolafterthey
havebeenprovisioned,orifnocustomizationspecificationisdetected,select
None ‐Customizationwillbedone
manually.
Optionally,selectDonotpoweronvirtualmachinesaftercreationifyouwantthe
virtualmachinetoremainpow e redoff.
ClickNext.
14 Youarepresentedwithasummaryoftheconfigurationsettingsforthis
deployment.
Ifyouareunsatisfiedwithanyaspectoftheconfigurationyoucanusethe
Backbuttontorevisitanypreviouspage.
IfyouaresatisfiedwiththeconfigurationclickFinishtodeploythe
automateddesktoppool.
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OTEOnlyclustersof8hostsorfeweraresupportedandshown.
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OTEForclusters,onlyshareddatastoresaresupportedandshown.