Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View

Creating Automated Desktop Pools
That Contain Full Virtual Machines 4
With an automated desktop pool that contains full virtual machines, you create a virtual machine template
and View uses that template to create virtual machines for each desktop. You can optionally create
customization specifications to expedite automated pool deployments.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Automated Pools That Contain Full Virtual Machines,” on page 55
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“Worksheet for Creating an Automated Pool That Contains Full Virtual Machines,” on page 55
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“Create an Automated Pool That Contains Full Virtual Machines,” on page 59
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“Desktop Settings for Automated Pools That Contain Full Virtual Machines,” on page 60
Automated Pools That Contain Full Virtual Machines
To create an automated desktop pool, View dynamically provisions machines based on settings that you
apply to the pool. View uses a virtual machine template as the basis of the pool. From the template, View
creates a new virtual machine in vCenter Server for each desktop.
Worksheet for Creating an Automated Pool That Contains Full Virtual
Machines
When you create an automated desktop pool, the View Administrator Add Desktop Pool wizard prompts
you to configure certain options. Use this worksheet to prepare your configuration options before you create
the pool.
You can print this worksheet and write down the values you want to specify when you run the Add
Desktop Pool wizard.
To create a linked-clone pool, see “Linked-Clone Desktop Pools,” on page 63.
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