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Table 5-16. Naming Desktops Manually or Providing a Desktop-Naming Pattern (Continued)
Feature Providing a Desktop-Naming Pattern Naming Desktops Manually
Initial customization Available.
When a desktop is provisioned, View
Manager can run a customization
specification that you select.
Available.
When a desktop is provisioned, View
Manager can run a customization
specification that you select.
Manual customization of dedicated
desktops
To customize desktops and return desktop
access to your users, you must remove and
reassign the ownership of each desktop.
Depending on whether you assign
desktops on first log in, you might have to
perform these steps twice. You cannot start
desktops in maintenance mode. After the
pool is created, you can manually put the
desktops into maintenance mode.
You can customize and test desktops
without having to reassign ownership.
When you create the pool, you can start
all desktops in maintenance mode to
prevent users from accessing them. You
can customize the desktops and exit
maintenance mode to return access to
your users.
For details, see “Manually Customizing
Desktops,” on page 104.
Dynamic or fixed pool size Dynamic.
If you remove a user assignment from a
desktop in a dedicated-assignment pool,
the desktop is returned to the pool of
available desktops.
If you choose to delete desktops on logoff
in a floating-assignment pool, the pool size
can grow or shrink depending on the
number of active user sessions.
Fixed.
The pool contains the number of
desktops you provide in the list of
desktop names.
You cannot select the Delete desktop
on logoff setting if you name desktops
manually.
Spare desktops You can specify a number of spare
desktops that View Manager keeps
powered on for new users.
View Manager creates new desktops to
maintain the specified number. View
Manager stops creating spare desktops
when it reaches the maximum pool size.
View Manager keeps the spare desktops
powered on even when the pool power
policy is Power off or Suspend, or when
you do not set a power policy.
You can specify a number of spare
desktops that View Manager keeps
powered on for new users.
View Manager does not create new
spare desktops to maintain the specified
number.
View Manager keeps the spare
desktops powered on even when the
pool power policy is Power off or
Suspend, or when you do not set a
power policy.
User assignment You can use a naming pattern for
dedicated-assignment and floating-
assignment pools.
You can specify desktop names for
dedicated-assignment and floating-
assignment pools.
NOTE In a floating-assignment pool,
you cannot associate user names with
desktop names. The desktops are not
dedicated to the associated users. In a
floating-assignment pool, all desktops
that are not currently in use remain
accessible to any user who logs in.
Specify a List of Desktop Names
You can provision an automated desktop pool by manually specifying a list of desktop names. This naming
method lets you use your company's naming conventions to identify the desktops in a pool.
When you explicitly specify desktop names, users can see familiar names based on their company's
organization when they log in to their desktops.
Follow these guidelines for manually specifying desktop names:
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Type each desktop name on a separate line.
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A desktop name can have up to 15 alphanumeric characters.
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