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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
Working with Active Sessions
Afterusersconnecttoadesktop,activesessionsarelistedintheinventory.Youcan
viewactivesessionsontheInventorypage.
To view, disconnect, or restart active sessions
1FromwithinViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonandclick
theInventorytabontheleftsideofthepage.
2InGlobaldesktopandpoolview,
clickActiveSessions.Fromthisviewyoucan
viewtheuser,desktopID,DNSname,starttime,duration,andsessionstate
(connectedordisconnected)foreachactivesession.
3Clickanywhereinanactivesession.TheDisconnectSession,LogoffSessionand
ResetVirtualMachineoptionsbecomeavailable.
4 Selecttheappropriateoption,
andclickOKintheconfirmationwindow.
Disabling View Manager and Deleting Objects
IfyouwanttopreventusersfromaccessingtheirdesktopsyoucandisabletheView
ConnectionServertopreventclientsfromloggingin.Currentlyloggedinusersarenot
affectedwhenyoudisabletheViewConnectionServer.
DisablingtheViewConnectionServerisusefulifyouneedtotakeitout
ofservicefor
anyreason.WhenaViewConnectionServerisdisabled,enduserswhoattempttolog
inseeamessagestatingthattheconnectionfailedandthatViewConnectionServeris
currentlydisabled.
To enable or disable a View Connection Server instance
1ClicktheConfigurationbutton.
2 SelecttheViewConnectionServerfromthelistofserversandclick
Enableor
Disable.
DisablingaViewConnectionServerdoesnotaffectthecurrentactivedesktopsessions
norwillitpreventnewdesktopsessionsfrombeingestablished.
Option Description
DisconnectSession Theuserisdisconnected,buttheirsessionremainsactive.
LogoffSession Theuserisdisconnectedandtheirsessionisloggedoff.
ResetVirtualMachine Thedesktopisshutdownandrestartedwithoutagraceful
logoffanddisconnection.