Module 6: Working with View Administrator

> Navigating View Administrator > Managing Users and Groups > Creating Automated Pools > Role Based Administration > Managing ThinApp Applications

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Module Outcomes
Module 6: Working with View Administrator learning objectives: Demonstrate how to log in and navigate in the View Administrator interface. Describe how information in the Users and Groups page can be used to control and monitor View users. List the steps to create an automated pool. Discuss the purpose of roles and privileges in View and how they are administered in View Administrator. Outline the steps for using the ThinApp assignment feature to deploy ThinApp applications to View desktops.

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Log In to View Administrator

Log in from anywhere. Use Internet Explorer 7 or 8 or Firefox 3.0 or 3.5

Adobe Flash Player 10 is required

Connect using:
https://<View_Connection_Server_FQDN>/admin

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View Administrator Navigation

You can use View Administrator user interface features to navigate View Pages and to find, filter, and sort View objects.

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Sorting and Resizing Columns

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Selecting View Objects and Displaying View Object Information

In View Administrator tables that display View objects, you can select an object or view the object details.

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Display View Object Details

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End User and System Troubleshooting Enhancements

System Troubleshooting

Provides high level system health visibility to administrators. Helps to:

Locate virtual desktops based on host, datastore and user. Diagnose specific virtual machine issues.

Allows communication with the end user.

End User Troubleshooting

Provides quicker access to end user related information. Perform Vdmadmin operations from View Administrator.

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Dashboard: Monitor View Components

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Dashboard: Monitor Desktop Status 1

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Dashboard: Monitor Desktop Status 2

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Dashboard: Monitor Desktop Status 3

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Use Filters to Find End User Information

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Managing Users and Groups

Users and Groups Page Global Policies

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Users and Groups Page

In View Administrator, select Users and Groups. This page enables you to access pools and desktops from the perspective of the users who access the desktops.

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Summary Tab for a Selected Group

In Users and Groups page, double-click group name. Provides general information about the group. Shows pools this group is entitled to access.

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Entitlements Tab for a Selected Group

Select the Entitlements tab. Displays more details about each entitlement Sessions tab lists the active sessions.

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Summary Tab for a Selected User

In View Administrator, select Users and Groups and click the name of the user. Summary tab: displays information unique for this user: group memberships, entitlements, assigned desktops, and if linked clone desktops, the names of the persistent disks.

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Persistent Disk Details for a User

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Sessions Tab for a User

Select the Sessions tab to display desktops that are active for this user. Allows a View administrator to quickly access and manage a users desktop if a user reports a problem.

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Global Policies

Global policies apply to all desktops in this View deployment.

In View Administrator, select Policies > Global Policies.

Global policies can be overridden at the pool or desktop level.

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Policies at the Pool Level

In View Administrator, select Inventory > Pools and double-click the pool ID to open the <pool- ID> page. Click Edit Policies to override each set of policies.

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Overriding Pool Policies

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Creating Automated Pools

User Assignment to a Desktop Desktops in a Pool Add a Desktop or Pool Select a Type of Desktop Select a User Assignment for Desktops Select a vCenter Server System Enter Pool Identification Parameters Pool Settings Provisioning Settings Specifying Names Manually vCenter Server Settings Select a Template Select a Virtual Machine Folder Select a Host or Cluster Select a Resource Pool Select a Datastore Select the Customization Entitle the Desktops in the Pool
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User Assignment to a Desktop

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Desktops in a Pool

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Add a Desktop or Pool

In View Administrator, select View Configuration > Pools. Click Add.

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Select Type of Desktop

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Select User Assignment for Desktops

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Select vCenter Server System

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Enter Pool Identification Parameters

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Pool Settings

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Provisioning Settings

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Specifying Names Manually

Enter names manually or copy from a text file.

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vCenter Server Settings

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Select a Template

At the vCenter Server page, click Browse to the right of the Template box. Select the template you wish to use for this pool.

Only templates with supported Windows systems appear in the list.

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Select the Virtual Machine Folder

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Select a Host or Cluster

Select a host or cluster on which to run the virtual machines provisioned by this pool. A DRS/HA cluster gives you ESX/ESXi host failover. The number of virtual desktops that a host can support varies. A single View Connection Server can manage virtual desktops on multiple vCenter Server instances.

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Select a Resource Pool

Select a resource pool in which to run the virtual machines used by the desktop pool. Do not confuse resource pools with desktop pools.

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Select a Datastore

Select the datastore in which to store your virtual desktops files

All files are stored in the same location.

If multiple datastores are selected, View Manager will distribute desktops across them.

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vCenter Server Settings Completed

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Select the Customization

Select a customization specification. A single customization specification can be used with multiple desktop pools and with multiple templates.

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Ready to Complete Summary

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Entitle the Desktops in the Pool

After the pool has been created, you must still entitle it. Best practice: Entitle an AD group to a pool.

Apply a filter all pools with sales in any column are displayed.

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New Desktop Available to View Client

The display name of the pool will appear in the View Client for all users who are entitled to use it The user does not know anything about a desktop pool, so it is prudent to use display names that are meaningful to the user

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Role Based Administration

Introduction Administrators and Groups Tab Roles Tab Add a Custom Role Using Folders to Delegate Administration

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Role-Based Administration

Role

Privileges

RoleBased Administration

Collection of privileges

Grant the ability to perform specific actions Administrator privileges are global or objectspecific

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Administrators and Groups Tab

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Roles Tab

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Add Custom Role

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Using Folders to Delegate Administration

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Create a Permission that Includes a Specific Folder: Steps 1-5

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Create a Permission that Includes a Specific Folder: Steps 6-7

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Managing ThinApp Applications

ThinApp Application Assignment View Requirements for ThinApp Applications Steps to Deploy ThinApp Applications to Desktops

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ThinApp Application Assignment

VMware ThinApp provides application virtualization by decoupling an application from the underlying operating system and its libraries and framework and bundling the application into a single executable file called an application package To manage ThinApp applications in View Administrator, you must use the ThinApp Setup Capture wizard to capture and package your applications in MSI format and store the MSI packages in an application repository.

You can use View Administrator to distribute and manage applications packaged with ThinApp.

Managing ThinApp applications in View Administrator involves capturing and storing application packages, adding ThinApp applications to View Administrator, and assigning ThinApp applications to desktops and pools.

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Steps to Deploy ThinApp Applications to Desktops

Package the application. Create a network share the application repository. Register an application repository in View Administrator. Add ThinApp applications to View Administrator. (Optional) Create a ThinApp template.

Step 1: Capture and store ThinApp application packages:

Step 2: Assign the ThinApp applications to desktops that are vCenter Server virtual machines:

Assign one or more applications to one or more desktops. Assign applications to all desktops in one or more pool.

Step 3: Maintain and monitor the ThinApp applications:

Remove applications. Remove ThinApp templates.

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Create a Network Share and Populate with MSI Packages

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Create a shared folder on a computer in an Active Directory domain that it accessible to both your View Connection Server host and View desktops. Configure the file and sharing permissions on the shared folder to give Read access to the builtin Active Directory group Domain Computers. If you plan to assign ThinApp applications to domain controllers, give Read access to the builtin Active Directory group Domain Controllers. Copy your MSI packages to the shared folder.

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Register an Application Repository in View Administrator

Register repositories so View Administrator knows the locations of the network shares that contain the MSI packages:

Select View Configuration > ThinApp Configuration.

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Add ThinApp Applications to View Administrator

Select the ThinApp applications in the repository you want to add to View Administrator:

In View Administrator, select Inventory > ThinApps.

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Scanning New ThinApp Applications

Select applications to scan.

View Administrator scans each application for package details.

Applications are ready for assignment.

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Assign ThinApp Applications

Select the ThinApp applications you want to assign to either a pool or desktop. Click Add Assignment and make a selection.

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Assign ThinApp Applications to a Pool

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On the ThinApps page, select an application, click Add Assignment, and select Pools. In the Add Pool Assignment dialog, select the target pools and click Add.
Only pools that do not have this application assigned are in the list.

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Select the installation type for the ThinApp application:

Stream the executable from the network share. Install the executable on the desktops local file system.

The application is installed the first time a user logs into a desktop in the pool.

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Guided Tour Assigning ThinApp Applications in View Administrator

The Assigning ThinApp Applications in View Administrator guided tour will show the steps for assigning a ThinApp application to a linkedclone pool and desktop in View Administrator. Click the Assigning_ThinApp_Apps_GT.swf file to view the guided tour.

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Module Summary
Module 6: Working with View Administrator learning objectives:

Demonstrate how to log in and navigate in the View Administrator interface. Describe how information in the Users and Groups page can be used to control and monitor View users. List the steps to create an automated pool. Discuss the purpose of roles and privileges in View and how they are administered in View Administrator. Outline the steps for using the ThinApp assignment feature to deploy ThinApp applications to View desktops.

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