Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View

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The RDS hosts in a farm can run any supported version of Windows Server. See "System Requirements
for Guest Operating Systems" in the View Installation document.
IMPORTANT Microsoft recommends that you configure roaming profiles for users separately for each farm.
The profiles should not be shared between farms or users' physical desktops since profile corruption and
data loss may occur if a user is simultaneously logged in to two machines that load the same profile.
Worksheet for Creating a Farm
When you create a farm, the Add Farm wizard prompts you to configure certain options.
You can print this worksheet and write down the values you want to specify when you run the Add Farm
wizard.
Table 8‑1. Worksheet: Configuration Options for Creating a Farm
Option Description Fill in Your Value Here
ID Unique name that identifies the farm
in View Administrator.
Description Description of this farm.
Access group Access group in which to place all the
pools in this farm.
If you use an access group, you can
delegate managing the pool to an
administrator who has a specific role.
For details, see the role-based
delegated administration chapter in
the View Administration document.
Default display protocol Select PCoIP or RDP. This setting
applies to desktop pools only. The
display protocol for application pools
is always PCoIP. If you select RDP
and you plan to use this farm to host
application pools, you must set the
Allow users to choose protocol
option to Yes . The default is PCoIP.
Allow users to choose protocol Select Yes or No. This option applies
to RDS desktop pools only. If you
select Yes, you allow users to choose
the display protocol when they
connect to an RDS desktop from
Horizon Client. The default is Yes.
Empty session timeout (applications
only)
Determines the amount of time that
an empty application session is kept
open. An application session is
empty when all the applications that
run in the session are closed. While
the session is open, users can open
applications faster. You can save
system resources if you disconnect or
log off empty application sessions.
Select Never or set the number of
minutes as the timeout value. The
default is After 1 minute.
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