Create a VDI desktop pool
Procedure
From the navigation pane, select Desktop Pools & Groups > Desktop Pools.
Click Create Desktop Pool or Create.
Select the VDI desktop type, configure basic desktop pool information, and then click Next: Login Info.
Configure settings for desktop login, and then click Next: Configuration.
Configure the desktop pool, and then click Next: Confirm Configuration.
Verify that the desktop pool configuration is correct, and then click Finish.
Parameters
Desktop Pool Type: Select a desktop pool type. The following are supported VDI desktop pool types:
Static: To assign each user a dedicated desktop, select this option. A static desktop is persistent. All data and settings of its user will persist through a reboot.
Dynamic: To have a list of users share desktop resources, select this option. The desktops in a dynamic desktop pool are called dynamic desktops. They are dynamically assigned to users in the preauthorization list you configured for the pool. When the system receives a request from a preauthorized user, the system randomly selects a desktop from the dynamic desktop pool for that user. Dynamic desktops are not persistent. If a released dynamic desktop reboots, any data and previous user settings saved on it get lost. Dynamic desktop pools are applicable to public service scenarios such as public training and teaching and reading rooms in libraries.
Manual: To have a list of users share desktop resources and enable the desktop administrator to restore the desktops to a previous state, select this option. A manual desktop pool is analogous to a dynamic desktop pool except that the administrator can set restore points for future data and configuration restoration. The system does not clear the user data and configuration saved on a manual desktop after the user session is disconnected. The administrator must restore the desktop to a restore point as needed before assigning the desktop to a new user.
Shared: To assign a desktop from a shared desktop pool to multiple users, select this option. Shared desktops are persistent. They save data of multiple users, and their desktop data disks are shared among multiple users. A shared desktop pool is not applicable to local users and endpoint users. It is applicable only to Windows endpoints.
Max Desktops: Set the maximum number of desktops in the desktop pool.
Desktop Prefix: Specify the prefix in the names of the desktops automatically deployed from the desktop image template. The deployed desktops will be named in prefix-random_number format.
Desktop Pool Group: Assign the desktop pool to a desktop pool group.
Client User Type: Select a user type.
Local Users: To create desktops for users managed in the local database of Space Console and LDAP users, select this option. This option is applicable to scenarios that do not require domain control management. Desktop pools for local users can be authorized only to local users and LDAP users. A shared desktop pool is not applicable to local users.
Domain Users: To create desktops for users managed by a Microsoft AD authentication server, select this option. Desktop pools for domain users can be authorized only to domain users.
Endpoint Users: To create desktops for users that use endpoint authentication, select this option. Endpoint authenticated users can access their cloud desktops as long as their endpoints pass authentication. They do not need to provide user account information for authentication. This option is suitable for public service scenarios that deploy desktops for guest users. Libraries and reading rooms are typical scenarios for this option. A shared desktop pool is not applicable to endpoint users.
Authentication Server: Select an authentication server. This parameter is required for LDAP users, and you must select a generic LDAP authentication server. The desktops can be authorized only to users managed by the specified server. If you do not select a server, desktops can be authorized to users managed in all generic LDAP authentication servers.
Client Auth Server: Select a client authentication server. This parameter is required for domain users, and you must select a Microsoft AD authentication server.
Desktop Login Auth Server: Select to use the client authentication server or another server for desktop login authentication. This parameter is required for non-shared desktop pools and domain users.
Use Client Authentication Server:
OU: Specify the distinguished name (DN) of the organizational unit (OU) to which the domain users belong on the specified client authentication server. When you specify this parameter, use the ou=ou,dc=second-level domain,dc=top-level domain format. For example, to specify the test OU in the example.com domain, enter the ou=test,dc=example,dc=com string. You can select an OU from the list or enter a DN.
Use Another Server:
Domain Controller Server: Specify a domain controller server. A domain user uses its domain username and a randomly generated password to log in to a desktop. A desktop is automatically disconnected when its screen is locked. The user can reconnect to the cloud desktop by double-clicking the desktop icon.
OU: Specify the DN of the OU to which the domain users belong on the specified domain controller server. When you specify this parameter, use the ou=ou,dc=second-level domain,dc=top-level domain format. For example, to specify the test OU in the example.com domain, enter the ou=test,dc=example,dc=com string. You can select an OU from the list or enter a DN.
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In a dynamic desktop pool that offers desktops to domain users, a VM is removed from its domain if its lifetime exceeds 30 days. You must manually reassign the VM to the domain. |
Login Account: Configure the username for logging in to the desktop. This parameter is required for non-shared desktop pools.
Local Users: If you do not specify a login account, users log in to their desktops by using their assigned usernames and passwords. If a login account is set, the desktop users log in to their desktops by using the specified login account and passwords of their own accounts.
Domain Users:
Login Account: Select a login account from the accounts on the client authentication server. This parameter can be configured when you configure Desktop Login Auth Server as Use Client Authentication Server.
Login Password: Enter the login password for the login account you select. Make sure that the password you enter is correct.
Endpoint Users: If a login account is configured, users log in to their desktops by using the specified login account. If you do not specify a login account, users log in to their desktops by using the default username without entering any password. If an endpoint user fails to log in, you can obtain the login password by examining the Login Password parameter on the System > Advanced Settings > System Parameters > Cloud Desktop Parameters page.
Desktop Image: Select a desktop image for desktop deployment. The desktop image of a shared desktop pool must be created based on the Windows Server OS.
Deployment Location: Select the location for desktop deployment.
Cluster: To have the system automatically deploy desktops across hosts in a cluster for optimal resource usage, select this option. If you select this option, you must also select a cluster.
Host: To deploy desktops on selected hosts, select this option. If you select this option, you must also select hosts for desktop deployment.
System Disk Storage: Select a storage volume to store the system disks of the desktops. If cluster-based deployment is selected, make sure the cluster has shared storage accessible to all its hosts.
Initialization Type: Select an initialization method. Options are fast initialization and full initialization.
As a best practice, use full initialization only if each user requires a unique security identifier (SID) on a desktop. In any other situations, use fast initialization. For example, use fast initialization for local users, LDAP users, and endpoint users. Select fast initialization or full initialization for domain users depending on the deployment requirements.
To use full initialization, make sure the desktop image is encapsulated by using Sysprep. Sysprep encapsulation is not required for fast initialization.
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· You must use fast initialization if you are creating the VDI desktop pool for application servers. · As a best practice, limit the number of desktops in each bulk deployment or start operation to three if full initialization is used. · ARM hosts do not support full initialization. |
Reboot After Release: To reboot and initialize a dynamic desktop after it is released back to the desktop pool, select this option. Do not enable shutting down thin clients with desktops in the authorization policy if you enable reboot after release.
Authorization Policy: Specify the default authorization policy applied to desktop users that do not have a user-specific authorization policy. You cannot enable the authorization policy for a shared desktop pool.