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 AutomatedPool—apoolthatcontainsoneormoredynamicallygenerateddesktopsthatare

automaticallycreatedandcustomizedbyViewManagerfromavCentervirtualmachinetemplate.

 TerminalServerPool—apoolofterminalserverdesktopsourcesservedbyoneormoreterminalservers.

Aterminalserverdesktopsourcecandelivermultipledesktops.

Thissectiondescribeshowtodeployanautomateddesktoppool.Automateddesktoppoolscontainoneor

moredynamicallygenerateddesktopsthatareautomaticallycreatedand

customizedbyViewManagerfrom

avCentervirtualmachinetemplate.

Ifyouwanttodeployalinkedclonedesktoppool,see“(Optional)DeployaViewComposerVirtualDesktop

Pool”onpage 9.

TherequirementsandinstructionsforcreatingothertypesofdesktopsaredescribedintheDeployment

chapteroftheViewManagerAdministration

Guide.

To deploy an automated desktop pool

1InViewAdministrator,clickDesktopsandPools,andclicktheInventorytab.

2IntheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane,makesurethattheDesktopsandPoolstabisselect edandclickAdd.

3WhentheAddDesktopwizardappears,selectAutomatedDesktopPoolandclickNext.

4 Selectthetype

ofdesktoppoolyouwanttocreateandclickNext.

 Persistent—Desktopsareallocatedstaticallytomakesurethatusersconnecttothesamesystemeach

timetheylogin.Desktopassignmenttakesplacethefirsttimeeachuserconnects.

 Non‐persistent—Desktopsareallocateddynamicallywhentheuserlogsinandarereturnedtothe

poolwhentheuserdisconnects.

5Fromthelistprovided,selectthevCenterServertobeusedbythisdesktopandclickNext.

6EntertheUniqueID,(optional)Displayname,and(optional)Description,andclick

Next.

TheuniqueIDisusedbyViewManagertoidentifythedesktoppoolandisthenamethattheusersees

whenloggingin.TheuniqueIDanddisplaynamecanbearbitrary,butifyoudonotspecifyadisplay

nametheuniqueIDisusedforboth.

7Configure

thedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.

IfyouareusingaWindowsVistavirtualmachine,youmustsetthepowerpolicytoEnsureVMisalways

poweredon.

8ConfigurethedesktopprovisioningpropertiesandclickNext.

9 Selectthetemplatetouseasthebaseimageforthedeploymentandclick

Next.

YouarepresentedonlywithtemplatesthatcontainadesktopoperatingsystemsupportedbyViewManager.

10 SelectthefolderwhereyouwantthisdesktoppooltoresidewithinvCenterandclickNext.

11 Selectahostoraclusteronwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktop

andclickNext.

12 SelectaresourcepoolinwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktopandclickNext.

13 SelectoneormoredatastoresonwhichtostorethedesktoppoolandclickNext.

14 Fromthefollowingoptions,selecthowyouwouldlikethedesktopscreatedfromtheguestsystemtobe

customized,andclickNext.

 IfavCentercustomizationspecificationexists,youcanselectitfrom theUsethiscustomization

specificationlisttopreconfigurepropertiessuchaslicensing,domainattachm en t,andDHCPsettings.

 Ifyouwanttomanuallyconfigurethedesktopsinthispoolaftertheyhavebeenprovisioned,orifno

customizationspecificationisdetected,selectNone ‐Customizationwillbedonemanually.

 Ifyouwantthevirtualmachinetoremainpoweredoff,selectDonotpoweronvirtualmachines

aftercreation.

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