Create an IDV desktop pool

Perform this task to create an IDV desktop pool for deployment of desktops that are accessible to one dedicated user, multiple users, or anonymous users.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have completed the following tasks in Space Console:

• Add hosts and cluster resources.

• Add users.

• Create desktop images.

• Add authorization policies.

Procedure

1. From the navigation pane, select Desktop Pools & Groups > Desktop Pools.

2. Click Create Desktop Pool or Create.

3. Select the IDV desktop type, configure basic desktop pool information, and then click Next: Login Info.

4. Configure settings for desktop login, and then click Next: Configuration.

5. Configure the desktop pool, and then click Next: Confirm Configuration.

6. Verify that the desktop pool configuration is correct, and then click Finish.

Parameters

• Authorization Type: Select an authorization type. The following are available options:

• Dedicated User: To have each desktop accessible to only one user account, select this option. With this option, you must bind each desktop client to one user.

• Multiple Users: To allow multiple users to share a desktop, select this option. With this option, you bind the entire pool to users or user groups. Then, the selected users and user groups can access any idle clients in the pool. 

• Anonymous Users: To allow anyone to access an IDV desktop as a guest without having to provide user account information, select this option. With this option, you do not need to bind users or user groups to the pool or clients.

• 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.

• User Type: Select a user type.

• Local Users: To create desktops for users managed in the local database or back-end LDAP server of Space Console, select this option. This option is suitable in scenarios that do not perform domain-based management.

• Domain Users: To create desktops for domain users that are managed on a domain server, select this option.

• Login Account: Configure the username for logging in to the desktop.

• If you do not specify a login account, users log in to their desktops by using their Workspace username and password.

• If a login account is set, the desktop users log in to their Workspace clients with their respective Workspace username and password pairs, and connect to their desktops with the specified login account. If a desktop does not have the login account when a user connects to it, the desktop automatically creates the account and sets its password to the Workspace client password of the user. If the desktop already has the login account, the desktop replaces the existing login account password with the Workspace client password of the login user.

 

As a best practice, do not set a login account for domain users.

 

• Restoration Mode: Select a mode for restoration of a desktop to its initial state. ARM hosts do not support these parameters.

• Not Restore: To prevent the system from restoring the desktop system image on a client to its initial state when the user session ends or the desktop restarts, select this option.

• Full Restore: To restore the full desktop image on a client to its initial state when the user session ends or the desktop restarts, select this option.

• System Restore: To restore the desktop system image on the C drive of a client to its initial state when the user session ends or the desktop restarts, select this option.

• Offline Graceful Period: Set the amount of time that a user can continue to use an IDV client after the IDV client goes offline because of network disconnection or disconnection from Space Console.

• Configure: Select a resource flavor for the desktops depending on the required performance. Each flavor represents a set of CPU, memory, and system disk resources for each desktop. You can self-define resource flavors as described in "Flavors."

• Select Image: Select an IDV desktop image for bulk deployment of desktops in the pool.

• Authorization Policy: Specify the default authorization policy applied to desktop users that do not have a user-specific authorization policy. If you do not specify a default authorization policy, the predefined IDV-Default authorization policy applies to those desktop users.

• Authentication Server: For local users, use of an authentication server is optional. If you use one, you can only select a general-purpose LDAP server. For domain users, you must use an authentication server and the server type must be Microsoft AD.

• OU: Specify the distinguished name (DN) of the organizational unit (OU) to which the domain users belong on the specified authentication server. This option is required if you configure the pool for domain users. When you specify this option, use the ou=value,dc=value,dc=value format. For example, to specify the test OU in the example.com domain, enter the ou=test,dc=example,dc=com string.