Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View

Worksheet for Creating an Application Pool Manually
When you create an application pool and manually specify an application, the Add Application Pools
wizard prompts you for information about the application. It is not a requirement that the application is
already installed on any RDS host.
You can print this worksheet and write down the properties of an application when you specify the
application manually.
Table 9‑1. Worksheet: Application Properties for Creating an Application Pool Manually
Property Description Fill in Your Value Here
ID Unique name that identifies the pool in View
Administrator. This field is required.
Display Name Pool name that users see when they log in to
Horizon Client. If you do not specify a display
name, it will be the same as ID.
Version Version of the application.
Publisher Publisher of the application.
Path Full pathname of the application. For example,
C:\Program Files\app1.exe. This field is
required.
Start Folder Full pathname of the starting directory for the
application.
Parameters Parameters to pass to the application when it
starts. For example, you can specify -
username user1 -loglevel 3.
Description Description of this application pool.
Create an Application Pool
You create an application pool as part of the process to give users access to an application that runs on RDS
hosts.
Prerequisites
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Set up RDS hosts. See Chapter 7, “Setting Up Remote Desktop Services Hosts,” on page 87.
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Create a farm that contains the RDS hosts. See Chapter 8, “Creating Farms,” on page 97.
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If you plan to add the application pool manually, gather information about the application. See
“Worksheet for Creating an Application Pool Manually,” on page 102.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click Catalog > Application Pools.
2 Click Add.
3 Follow the prompts in the wizard to create the pool.
If you choose to add an application pool manually, use the configuration information you gathered in
the worksheet. If you select applications from the list that View Administrator displays, you can select
multiple applications. A separate pool is created for each application.
In View Administrator, you can now view the application pool by clicking Catalog > Application Pools.
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