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Table 5-17. Maximum Length of the Naming Pattern in a Desktop Name
If You Set This Number of Desktops in the Pool This Is the Maximum Prefix Length
1-99 13 characters
100-999 12 characters
1,000 or more 11 characters
Names that contain fixed-length tokens have different length limits. See “Length of the Naming Pattern When
You Use a Fixed-Length Token,” on page 103.
Using a Token in a Desktop Name
You can place the automatically generated number anywhere else in the name by using a token. When you
type the pool name, type n surrounded by curly brackets to designate the token.
For example: amber-{n}-desktop
When View Manager creates a desktop, View Manager replaces {n} with a unique number.
You can generate a fixed-length token by typing {n:fixed=
number of digits
}.
View Manager replaces the token with numbers containing the specified number of digits.
For example, if you type amber-{n:fixed=3}, View Manager replaces {n:fixed=3} with a three-digit number
and creates these desktop names: amber-001, amber-002, amber-003, and so on.
Length of the Naming Pattern When You Use a Fixed-Length Token
Names that contain fixed-length tokens have a 15-character limit, including your naming pattern and the
number of digits in the token.
Table 5-18. Maximum Length of the Naming Pattern When You Use a Fixed-Length Token
Fixed-Length Token Maximum Length of the Naming Pattern
{n:fixed=1}
14 characters
{n:fixed=2}
13 characters
{n:fixed=3}
12 characters
Desktop-Naming Example
This example shows how to create two automated desktop pools that use the same desktop names, but different
sets of numbers. The strategies that are used in this example achieve a specific user objective and show the
flexibility of the desktop-naming methods.
The objective is to create two pools with the same naming convention such as VDIABC-XX, where XX
represents a number. Each pool has a different set of sequential numbers. For example, the first pool might
contain desktops VDIABC-01 through VDIABC-10. The second pool contains desktops VDIABC-11 through
VDIABC-20.
You can use either desktop-naming method to satisfy this objective.
n
To create fixed sets of desktops at one time, specify desktop names manually.
n
To create desktops dynamically when users log in for the first time, provide a naming pattern and use a
token to designate the sequential numbers.
Specifying the Names Manually
1 Prepare a text file for the first pool that contains a list of desktop names from VDIABC-01 through
VDIABC-10.
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