Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View

Virtual Machine Custom Configuration Parameters
You can use virtual machine custom configuration parameters as baseline settings when you create a virtual
machine for remote desktop deployment.
You can change certain settings when you use View Administrator to deploy desktop pools from the virtual
machine.
Table 3‑1. Custom Configuration Parameters
Parameter Description and Recommendations
Name and Location
The name and location of the virtual machine.
If you plan to use the virtual machine as a template, assign
a generic name. The location can be any folder within your
datacenter inventory.
Host/Cluster
The ESXi server or cluster of server resources that will run
the virtual machine.
If you plan to use the virtual machine as a template, the
location of the initial virtual machine does not necessarily
specify where future virtual machines created from
template will reside.
Resource Pool
If the physical ESXi server resources are divided into
resource pools, you can assign them to the virtual machine.
Datastore
The location of files associated with the virtual machine.
Hardware Machine Version
The hardware machine version that is available depends on
the ESXi version you are running. As a best practice, select
the latest available hardware machine version, which
provides the greatest virtual machine functionality. Certain
View features require minimum hardware machine
versions.
Guest Operating System
The type of operating system that you will install in the
virtual machine.
CPUs
The number of virtual processors in the virtual machine.
For most guest operating systems, a single processor is
sufficient.
Memory
The amount of memory to allocate to the virtual machine.
In most cases, 512MB is sufficient.
Network
The number of virtual network adapters (NICs) in the
virtual machine.
One NIC is usually sufficient. The network name should be
consistent across virtual infrastructures. An incorrect
network name in a template can cause failures during the
instance customization phases.
When you install View Agent on a virtual machine that has
more than one NIC, you must configure the subnet that
View Agent uses. See “Configure a Virtual Machine with
Multiple NICs for View Agent,” on page 37 for more
information.
IMPORTANT For Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows 2012
R2, and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems, you
must select the VMXNET 3 network adapter. Using the
default E1000 adapter can cause customization timeout
errors on virtual machines. To use the VMXNET 3 adapter,
you must install a Microsoft hotfix patch:
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For Windows 7 SP1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2550978
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