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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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Oncethedeploymenthasbeeninitiatedyoucanmonitortheprogressoftheautomated
desktoppoolbyselectingeithertheDesktopsorDesktopSourcestabsintheGlobal
desktopandpoolviewpane.
Manual Desktop Pools
Manualdesktoppoolsarepoolsofvirtualmachinesthataremanuallyconstructedby
theViewManageradministrator.Desktoppoolsofthistypecanbeeither:
Persistent—Usersareallocatedadedicateddesktopthatretainsalloftheir
documents,applications,andsettingsbetweensessions.Thedesktopisstatically
assignedthefirsttimetheuserconnects,andisthenusedforallsubsequent
sessions.
Non‐persistent—Usersareconnectedtoadifferentdesktopfromthepooleach
timetheyconnect,andthereisnopersistenceofenvironmentaloruserdata
betweensessions.
Deploying a Manual Desktop Pool
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonand
thenclicktheInventorytab.IntheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane,ensurethat
theDesktopsandPoolstabisselectedandclickAdd.
2YouarepresentedwiththeAddDesktopwizard.Fromhereyoucanconfigure
and
deployanewlinkedclonedesktoppool.SelectManualDesktopPoolandclick
Next.
3 SelectthetypeofdesktoppoolyouwanttocreateandclickNext.
4SpecifythesourcetypeoftheguestsystembyselectingeitherVirtualCenter
virtualmachineorOthersources.ClickNext.
5Fromthelist
provided,selecttheVirtualCenterserverthatwillbeusedbythis
desktop.ClickNext.
6EntertheUniqueIDand,optionally,theDisplaynameandDescription.
Pool Type Description
Persistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocatedstaticallyinordertoensure
thatusersconnecttothesamesystemeachtimetheylogin.Desktop
assignmenttakesplacethefirsttimetheuserconnects.
Non‐persistent Desktopsinthistypeofpoolareallocateddynamicallywhentheuser
logsin,
andarereturnedtothepoolwhentheuserdisconnects.