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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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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
Entitling a Desktop or Pool
Onceadesktopordesktoppoolhasbeencreated,youcanentitleActiveDirectoryusers
orgroupstoaccessit.
To entitle a desktop to an Active Directory user or group
1FromwithinViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonandthen
clicktheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewentryundertheInventorytab.Choosethe
desktoporpoolyouwant
toentitlefromtheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane.
2ClickEntitlements.YouarepresentedwiththeEntitlementswindowwhichlists
theusersandgroupswhocanusethisdesktoporpool.ClickAdd.
3Theuserandgroupentitlementwindowisdisplayed.Fromhereyouview,search
on,andfilter
allActiveDirectoryuserswithinthedomainforest.
4InType,selectUsers,Groups,orboth.
5FromtheDomaindrop‐downmenu,choosethedomainthatcontainstheusersor
groupsyouwanttoentitle,orselectEntireDirectorytosearchacrosstheentire
ActiveDirectorydomainforest.
6Usingthefields
provided,youcansearchbynameordescription.ClickFindto
executethesearch.
7Fromthetable,choosetheuserorgroupswhoyouwanttobeabletousethis
desktoporpoolandclickOK.
8YouarereturnedtothefirstpageoftheEntitlementswindow,whichnowcontains
theusersorgroupsyouselected.ClickOKtofinish.
Searching Desktops and Entitled Users and Groups
UsetheInventorytabtosearchforinformationaboutdesktopsandentitledusersand
groups.Youcaneithersearchbyusingthecolumnsinthetablesthatappearontheright
sideofthepageorsearchbyusingthecategoriesthatappearontheleftsideofthepage.
To search columns in the Desktops Inventory view
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbutton.
2IntheDesktopsfield(ontherightsideofthepage),clicktheDesktopsandPools,
DesktopSources,orActiveSessionstab.
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OTEIfyouwanttoviewalistofallusersinthedomain,leavetheNameand
Descriptionfieldsblank.