4.5

Providing a Naming Pattern With a Token
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In View Administrator, create the first pool and use a naming pattern to provision the desktop names.
2 In the naming-pattern text box, type VDIABC-0{n}.
3 Limit the pool's maximum size to 9.
4 Repeat these steps for the second pool, but in the naming-pattern text box, type VDIABC-1{n}.
The first pool contains desktops VDIABC-01 through VDIABC-09. The second pool contains desktops
VDIABC-11 through VDIABC-19.
Alternatively, you can configure the pools to contain up to 99 desktops each by using a fixed-length token of
2 digits:
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For the first pool, type VDIABC-0{n:fixed=2}.
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For the second pool, type VDIABC-1{n:fixed=2}.
Limit each pool's maximum size to 99. This configuration produces desktops that contain a 3-digit sequential
naming pattern.
First pool:
VDIABC-001
VDIABC-002
VDIABC-003
Second pool:
VDIABC-101
VDIABC-102
VDIABC-103
For details about naming patterns and tokens, see “Using a Naming Pattern for Automated Desktop Pools,”
on page 101.
Manually Customizing Desktops
After you create an automated pool, you can customize particular desktops without reassigning ownership.
By starting the desktops in maintenance mode, you can modify and test the desktops before you release them
to their assigned users or make them available to all entitled users in the pool.
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Customizing Desktops in Maintenance Mode on page 103
Maintenance mode prevents users from accessing their desktops. If you start desktops in maintenance
mode, View Manager places each desktop in maintenance mode when the desktop is created.
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Customize Individual Desktops on page 104
You can customize individual desktops after a pool is created by starting the desktops in maintenance
mode.
Customizing Desktops in Maintenance Mode
Maintenance mode prevents users from accessing their desktops. If you start desktops in maintenance mode,
View Manager places each desktop in maintenance mode when the desktop is created.
In a dedicated-assignment pool, you can use maintenance mode to log in to a desktop without having to
reassign ownership to your own administrator account. When you finish the customization, you do not have
to return ownership to the user assigned to the desktop.
In a floating-assignment pool, you can test desktops in maintenance mode before you let users log in.
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