Administering View Cloud Pod Architecture

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Global Entitlement Example
In this example, NYUser1 is a member of the global entitlement called My Global Pool. My Global Pool
provides an entitlement to three floating desktop pools, called pool1, pool2, and pool3. pool1 and pool2 are
in a pod called NY Pod in the New York datacenter and pool3 and pool4 are in a pod called LDN Pod in the
London datacenter.
Figure 21. Global Entitlement Example
New York Datacenter
Pod Federation
Global Entitlement
“My Global Pool”
Members:
NYUser1
NYUser2
Pools:
pool1
pool2
pool3
Scope: Any
pool1 pool2
NY Pod
London Datacenter
pool3 pool4
LDN Pod
NYUser1
Because My Global Pool has a scope policy of ANY, the Cloud Pod Architecture feature looks for desktops
across both NY Pod and LDN Pod when NYUser1 requests a desktop. The Cloud Pod Architecture feature
does not try to allocate a desktop from pool4 because pool4 is not part of My Global Pool.
If NYUser1 logs into NY Pod, the Cloud Pod Architecture feature allocates a desktop from pool1 or pool2, if
a desktop is available. If a desktop is not available in either pool1 or pool2, the Cloud Pod Architecture
feature allocates a desktop from pool3.
For information about creating global entitlements, see “Create and Configure a Global Entitlement,” on
page 17.
Cloud Pod Architecture Topology Limits
A typical Cloud Pod Architecture topology consists of two or more View pods, which are linked together in
a pod federation. Pod federations are subject to certain limits.
Table 21. Pod Federation Limits
Component Limit
Desktops 20,000
Pods 4
Sites 2
View Connection Server instances 20
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