User manual VMWARE VIEW COMPOSER 2.5 ADMIN GUIDE

[. . . ] VMware View Administrator's Guide View 4. 5 View Manager 4. 5 View Composer 2. 5 This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition. To check for more recent editions of this document, see http://www. vmware. com/support/pubs. EN-000244-00 VMware View Administrator's Guide You can find the most up-to-date technical documentation on the VMware Web site at: http://www. vmware. com/support/ The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to: docfeedback@vmware. com Copyright © 2010 VMware, Inc. VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www. vmware. com/go/patents. [. . . ] 9 Configure the group policy settings. What to do next Enable loopback processing for your View desktops. Enable Loopback Processing for View Desktops To make User Configuration settings that usually apply to a computer apply to all of the users that log in to that computer, enable loopback processing. Prerequisites n Create GPOs for the View component group policy settings and link them to the OU that contains your View desktops. Verify that the Microsoft MMC and the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in are available on your Active Directory server. n Procedure 1 2 3 On your Active Directory server, select Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers. Right-click the OU that contains your View desktops and select Properties. On the Group Policy tab, click Open to open the Group Policy Management plug-in. VMware, Inc. 159 VMware View Administrator's Guide 4 In the right pane, right-click the GPO that you created for the group policy settings and select Edit. The Group Policy Object Editor window appears. 5 6 7 Expand the Computer Configuration folder and then expand the Administrative Templates, System, and Group Policy folders. In the right pane, right-click User Group Policy loopback processing mode and select Properties. On the Setting tab, select Enabled and then select a loopback processing mode from the Mode drop-down menu. Option Merge Action The user policy settings applied are the combination of those included in both the computer and user GPOs. The user policy is defined entirely from the GPOs associated with the computer. Any GPOs associated with the user are ignored. Replace 8 Click OK to save your changes. 160 VMware, Inc. Managing Linked-Clone Desktops 9 With View Composer, you can update linked-clone desktops, reduce the size of their operating system data, and rebalance the linked-clone virtual machines among disk drives. You also can manage the View Composer persistent disks associated with linked clones. n Reduce Linked-Clone Size with Desktop Refresh on page 161 A desktop refresh operation restores the operating system disk of each linked clone to its original state and size, reducing storage costs. n Update Linked-Clone Desktops on page 163 You can update linked-clone desktops by creating a new base image on the parent virtual machine and using the recompose feature to distribute the updated image to the linked clones. n Rebalance Linked-Clone Desktops on page 168 A desktop rebalance operation evenly redistributes linked-clone desktops among available datastores. Manage View Composer Persistent Disks on page 170 You can detach a View Composer persistent disk from a linked-clone desktop, detach the disk, and attach it to another linked clone. This feature lets you manage user information separately from linked-clone desktops. n Reduce Linked-Clone Size with Desktop Refresh A desktop refresh operation restores the operating system disk of each linked clone to its original state and size, reducing storage costs. For guidelines, see "Desktop Refresh Operations, " on page 162. You can schedule only one refresh operation at a time for a given set of linked clones. You can schedule multiple refresh operations if they affect different linked clones. n Decide whether to force all users to log off as soon as the operation begins or wait for each user to log off before refreshing that user's desktop. If you force users to log off, View Manager notifies users before they are disconnected and allows them to close their applications and log off. VMware, Inc. 161 VMware View Administrator's Guide Procedure 1 2 3 In View Administrator, click Inventory > Pools. Select the pool to refresh by double-clicking the pool ID in the left column. Choose whether to refresh the whole pool or selected desktops. Option To refresh all desktops in the pool To refresh selected desktops Action On the selected pool's page, click the Settings tab. Select the desktops to refresh. 4 5 Click View Composer > Refresh. Follow the wizard instructions to refresh the linked-clone desktops. The OS disks are reduced to their original size. In vCenter Server, you can monitor the progress of the refresh operation on the linked-clone virtual machines. [. . . ] (Local Desktop only) Unlocks the online version of a checked out desktop and discards the local session. To perform rollback in non-interactive mode, also specify the -nonInteractive option and the -confirmRollback option. -localDirectory directory_path -logInAsCurrentUser -nonInteractive -password password -printEnvironmentInfo -repairLocalDesktops -rollback -serverURL connection_server -smartCardPIN PIN Specifies the URL, IP address, or FQDN of the View Connection Server instance. Specifies the PIN when an end user inserts a smart card to login. 326 VMware, Inc. Chapter 18 Running View Client from the Command Line Table 18-1. View Client Command-Line Options (Continued) Option -unattended Description Runs View Client in a noninteractive mode that is suitable for clients in kiosk mode. [. . . ]