Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View

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QuickPrep Script Logs
View Composer logs contain information about QuickPrep script execution. The log records the start and
end of execution and logs output or error messages. The log is located in the Windows temp directory:
C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-viewcomposer-ga-new.log
Recomposing Linked Clones Customized with Sysprep
If you recompose a linked-clone machine that was customized with Sysprep, View runs the Sysprep
customization specification again after the OS disk is recomposed. This operation generates a new SID for
the linked-clone virtual machine.
If a new SID is generated, the recomposed linked clone functions as a new computer on the network. Some
software programs such as system-management tools depend on the SID to identify the computers under
their management. These programs might not be able to identify or locate the linked-clone virtual machine.
Also, if third-party software is installed on the system disk, the customization specification might regenerate
the GUIDs for that software after the recomposition.
A recomposition restores the linked clone to its original state, before the customization specification was run
the first time. In this state, the linked clone does not have a local computer SID or the GUID of any third-
party software installed in the system drive. View must run the Sysprep customization specification after
the linked clone is recomposed.
Keeping Linked-Clone Machines Provisioned and Ready During View
Composer Operations
If your users must be able to access remote desktops at all times, you must maintain a certain number of
machines that stay provisioned and ready to accept connection requests from your users even when View
Composer maintenance operations take place. You can set a minimum number of provisioned, ready
machines while View Composer refreshes, recomposes, or rebalances the linked-clone virtual machines in a
pool.
When you specify a Minimum number of ready (provisioned) machines during View Composer
maintenance operations, View ensures that the specified number of machines stays provisioned and ready
while View Composer proceeds through the operation. You can specify the minimum number of ready
machines when you create or edit a linked-clone pool.
The following guidelines apply to this setting:
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If you use a naming pattern to provision machines and provision machines on demand, set the number
of ready machines during View Composer operations to a smaller value than the specified Max
number of machines. If the maximum number were smaller, your pool could end up with fewer total
machines than the minimum number you want to keep provisioned and ready during View Composer
operations. In this case, View Composer maintenance operations could not take place.
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If you provision machines by manually specifying a list of machine names, do not reduce the total pool
size (by removing machine names) to a lower number than the minimum number of ready machines. In
this case, View Composer maintenance operations could not take place.
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If you set a large minimum number of ready machines in relation to the pool size, View Composer
maintenance operations might take longer to complete. While View maintains the minimum number of
ready machines during a maintenance operation, the operation might not reach the concurrency limit
that is specified in the Max concurrent View Composer maintenance operations setting.
Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View
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