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Table 5-3. Worksheet: Configuration Options for Creating a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool
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Option
Description Fill In Your Value Here
Active Directory domain Select the Active Directory domain and user name.
View Composer requires certain user privileges to
create a linked-clone pool. The domain and user
account are used by QuickPrep or Sysprep to
customize the linked-clone desktops. For details,
see “Create a User Account for View Composer,”
on page 14.
You specify this user when you configure View
Composer settings for vCenter Server. For details,
see “Configure View Composer Settings for
vCenter Server,” on page 14. You can specify
multiple domains and users when you configure
View Composer settings. When you use the Add
Pool wizard to create a pool, you must select one
domain and user from the list.
Active Directory container Provide the Active Directory container relative
distinguished name.
For example: CN=Computers
When you run the Add Pool wizard, you can
browse your Active Directory tree for the
container.
Use QuickPrep or a customization
specification (Sysprep)
Choose whether to use QuickPrep or select a
customization specification (Sysprep) to let View
Manager
configure licensing, domain attachment,
DHCP settings, and other properties on the
desktops.
Sysprep is supported only in vSphere mode and
on vSphere 4.1 software. You cannot use Sysprep
to customize linked-clone desktops on vSphere 4.0
or VMware Infrastructure 3.5 software.
After you use QuickPrep or Sysprep when you
create a pool, you cannot switch to the other
customization method later on, when you create
or recompose desktops in the pool.
For details, see “Choosing QuickPrep or Sysprep
to Customize Linked-Clone Desktops,” on
page 82.
Power-off script QuickPrep can run a customization script on
linked-clone
desktops before they are powered off.
Provide the path to the script on the parent virtual
machine.
Post synchronization script QuickPrep can run a customization script on
linked-clone desktops after they are created,
recomposed, and refreshed.
Provide
the path to the script on the parent virtual
machine.
Create a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool
You
can create an automated, linked-clone desktop pool based on a parent virtual machine that you select. The
View Composer service dynamically creates a new linked-clone virtual machine in vCenter Server for each
desktop.
To create an automated pool that contains full virtual machines, see “Automated Pools That Contain Full
Virtual Machines,” on page 70.
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