Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View

Creating Linked-Clone Desktop Pools 5
With a linked-clone desktop pool, View creates a desktop pool based on a parent virtual machine that you
select. The View Composer service dynamically creates a new linked-clone virtual machine in vCenter
Server for each desktop.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Linked-Clone Desktop Pools,” on page 63
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“Worksheet for Creating a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool,” on page 63
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“Create a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool,” on page 71
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“Desktop Pool Settings for Linked-Clone Desktop Pools,” on page 73
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“View Composer Support for Linked-Clone SIDs and Third-Party Applications,” on page 74
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“Keeping Linked-Clone Machines Provisioned and Ready During View Composer Operations,” on
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“Use Existing Active Directory Computer Accounts for Linked Clones,” on page 79
Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
To create a linked-clone desktop pool, View Composer generates linked-clone virtual machines from a
snapshot of a parent virtual machine. View dynamically provisions the linked-clone desktops based on
settings that you apply to the pool.
Because linked-clone desktops share a base system-disk image, they use less storage than full virtual
machines.
Worksheet for Creating a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool
When you create a linked-clone 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.
Before you create a linked-clone pool, you must use vCenter Server to take a snapshot of the parent virtual
machine that you prepare for the pool. You must shut down the parent virtual machine before you take the
snapshot. View Composer uses the snapshot as the base image from which the clones are created.
NOTE You cannot create a linked-clone pool from a virtual machine template.
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