Provisioning Desktop Pools - VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual

VMware View Administrator's Guide
Configure Adobe Flash Throttling with Internet Explorer in Terminal Services
Sessions
To ensure that Adobe Flash throttling works with Internet Explorer in Terminal Services sessions, users must
enable third-party browser extensions.
Procedure
1 Start View Client and log in to a user's desktop.
2 In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.
3 Click the Advanced tab, select Enable third-party browser extensions, and click OK.
4 Restart Internet Explorer.

Provisioning Desktop Pools

When you create a desktop pool, you select configuration options that determine how the pool is managed
and how users interact with the desktops.
User Assignment in Desktop Pools
n
You can configure a desktop pool so that users have dedicated assignments or floating assignments to
the desktops in the pool. You must choose a user assignment for automated pools that contain full virtual
machines, automated linked-clone pools, and manual pools.
Naming Desktops Manually or Providing a Naming Pattern
n
You can provision the desktops in an automated pool by manually specifying a list of desktop names or
by providing a naming pattern and the number of desktops you want in the pool. These two approaches
offer different advantages.
Manually Customizing Desktops
n
After you create an automated pool, you can customize particular desktops without reassigning
ownership. By starting the desktops in maintenance mode, you can modify and test the desktops before
you release them to their assigned users or make them available to all entitled users in the pool.
Desktop and Pool Settings
n
You must specify desktop and pool settings when you configure automated pools that contain full virtual
machines, linked-clone desktop pools, manual desktop pools, and Microsoft Terminal Services pools.
Not all settings apply to all types of desktop pools.
User Assignment in Desktop Pools
You can configure a desktop pool so that users have dedicated assignments or floating assignments to the
desktops in the pool. You must choose a user assignment for automated pools that contain full virtual machines,
automated linked-clone pools, and manual pools.
With a dedicated assignment, View Manager assigns each entitled user to one desktop in the pool. When a
user connects to the pool, the user always logs in to the same desktop. The user's settings and data are saved
between sessions. No other user in the pool can access the desktop.
With a floating assignment, View Manager dynamically assigns desktops in the pool to entitled users. Users
connect to a different desktop each time they log in. When a user logs off, the desktop is returned to the pool.
You can configure floating-assignment desktops to be deleted when users log off. Automatic deletion lets you
keep only as many virtual machines as you need at one time. You can use automatic deletion only in automated
pools that you provision with a desktop-naming pattern and a total number of desktops.
Floating-assignment desktops let you reduce software licensing costs.
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