VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual page 72

VMware View Administrator's Guide
Table 5-1. Worksheet: Configuration Options for Creating an Automated Pool That Contains Full Virtual
Machines (Continued)
Option
Template
vCenter Server folder
Host or cluster
Resource pool
Datastores
Guest customization
Create an Automated Pool That Contains Full Virtual Machines
You can create an automated desktop pool based on a virtual machine template that you select. View Manager
dynamically deploys the desktops, creating a new virtual machine in vCenter Server for each desktop.
To create a linked-clone pool, see
Prerequisites
Prepare a virtual machine template that View Manager will use to create the desktops. View Agent must
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be installed on the template. See
Gather the configuration information you must provide to create the pool. See
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an Automated Pool That Contains Full Virtual Machines,"
Decide how to configure power settings, display protocol, Adobe Flash quality, and other settings. See
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"Desktop and Pool Settings,"
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click Inventory > Pools.
2 Click Add.
3 Select Automated Pool.
4 On the vCenter Server page, choose Full virtual machines.
5 Follow the prompts in the wizard to create the pool.
Use the configuration information that you gathered in the worksheet. You can go directly back to any
wizard page that you completed by clicking the page name in the navigation panel.
In View Administrator, you can view the desktops as they are added to the pool by clicking Inventory >
Desktops.
What to do next
Entitle users to access the pool. See
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Description
Select the virtual machine template that View
Manager uses to create the pool.
Select the folder in vCenter Server in which the
desktop pool resides.
Select the ESX host or cluster on which the desktop
virtual machines run.
Select the vCenter Server resource pool in which
the desktop pool resides.
Select one or more datastores on which to store the
desktop pool.
For clusters, you can use shared or local datastores.
Select a customization specification (SYSPREP)
from the list to let View Manager configure
licensing, domain attachment, DHCP settings, and
other properties on the desktops.
Alternatively, you can customize the desktops
manually after View Manager creates them.
"Linked-Clone Desktop Pools,"
Chapter 4, "Creating and Preparing Virtual Machines,"
on page 104.
"Add Entitlements to Desktop Pools,"
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on page 73.
"Worksheet for Creating
on page 70.
on page 113.
on page 43.
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