Administering View Cloud Pod Architecture

2 Create the site.
a In View Administrator, select View Configuration > Sites and click Add.
b Type a name for the site in the Name text box.
The site name can contain between 1 and 64 characters.
c (Optional) Type a description of the site in the Description text box.
The site name can contain between 1 and 1024 characters.
d Click OK to create the site.
3 Add a pod to the site.
Repeat this step for each pod to add to the site.
a In View Administrator, select View Configuration > Sites and select the site that currently contains
the pod to add to the site.
The names of the pods in the site appear in the lower pane.
b Select the pod to add to the site and click Edit.
c Select the site from the Site drop-down menu and click OK.
Assign a Home Site to a User or Group
A home site is the relationship between a user or group and a Cloud Pod Architecture site. Home sites
ensure that users always receive desktops from a particular datacenter, even when they are traveling.
Creating home sites is optional.
Prerequisites
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Decide whether to assign home sites to users or groups in your Cloud Pod Architecture environment.
See “Configuring Home Sites to Control Desktop Placement,” on page 11.
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Group the pods in your pod federation into sites. See “Create and Configure a Site,” on page 19.
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Global entitlements do not use home sites by default. When creating a global entitlement, you must
select the Use home site option to cause View to use a user's home site when allocating desktops from
that global entitlement. See “Create and Configure a Global Entitlement,” on page 17.
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Initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture feature. See “Initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature,” on
page 15.
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Become familiar with the lmvutil command authentication options and requirements and verify that
you have sufficient privileges to run the lmvutil command. See “lmvutil Command Authentication,”
on page 38.
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