DesktopPoolUpdateSpec
Information required to update a desktop pool.
{
"access_group_id": "6fd4638a-381f-4518-aed6-042aa3d9f14c",
"allow_multiple_user_assignments": true,
"allow_rds_pool_multi_session_per_user": false,
"automatic_user_assignment": false,
"category_folder_name": "dir1",
"cloud_assigned": false,
"cloud_brokered": false,
"cloud_managed": false,
"cs_restriction_tags": [
"CS1_TAG1"
],
"customization_settings": {
"ad_container_rdn": "CN=Computers",
"cloneprep_customization_settings": {
"post_synchronization_script_name": "cloneprep_postsync_script",
"post_synchronization_script_parameters": "p1 p2 p3",
"power_off_script_name": "cloneprep_poweroff_script",
"power_off_script_parameters": "p1 p2 p3",
"priming_computer_account": "priming"
},
"customization_type": "CLONE_PREP",
"do_not_power_on_vms_after_creation": false,
"instant_clone_domain_account_id": "6f85b3a5-e7d0-4ad6-a1e3-37168dd1ed51",
"reuse_pre_existing_accounts": false,
"sysprep_customization_spec_id": "a219420d-4799-4517-8f78-39c74c7c4efc"
},
"description": "Desktop Pool Description",
"display_assigned_machine_name": false,
"display_machine_alias": true,
"display_name": "pool",
"display_protocol_settings": {
"allow_users_to_choose_protocol": true,
"default_display_protocol": "PCOIP",
"max_number_of_monitors": 2,
"max_resolution_of_any_one_monitor": "WUXGA",
"renderer3d": "DISABLED",
"session_collaboration_enabled": false,
"vram_size_mb": 64
},
"enable_client_restrictions": false,
"enable_provisioning": true,
"enabled": true,
"nics": [
{
"network_interface_card_id": "c9896e51-48a2-4d82-ae9e-a0246981b473",
"network_label_assignment_specs": [
{
"enabled": true,
"max_label": 1,
"max_label_type": "LIMITED",
"network_label_name": "vm-network"
}
]
}
],
"pattern_naming_settings": {
"max_number_of_machines": 100,
"min_number_of_machines": 10,
"naming_pattern": "vm-{n}-sales",
"number_of_spare_machines": 10,
"provisioning_time": "ON_DEMAND"
},
"provisioning_settings": {
"host_or_cluster_id": "domain-s425",
"im_stream_id": "6f85b3a5-e7d0-4ad6-a1e3-37168dd1ed51",
"im_tag_id": "6f85b3a5-e7d0-4ad6-a1e3-37168dd1ed51",
"resource_pool_id": "resgroup-1",
"vm_template_id": "vm-1"
},
"session_settings": {
"allow_multiple_sessions_per_user": false,
"allow_users_to_reset_machines": false,
"delete_or_refresh_machine_after_logoff": "NEVER",
"disconnected_session_timeout_minutes": 5,
"disconnected_session_timeout_policy": "NEVER",
"empty_session_timeout_minutes": 5,
"empty_session_timeout_policy": "AFTER",
"logoff_after_timeout": false,
"power_policy": "ALWAYS_POWERED_ON",
"pre_launch_session_timeout_minutes": 10,
"pre_launch_session_timeout_policy": "AFTER",
"refresh_os_disk_after_logoff": "NEVER",
"refresh_period_days_for_replica_os_disk": 20,
"refresh_threshold_percentage_for_replica_os_disk": 30,
"session_timeout_policy": "DEFAULT"
},
"session_type": "DESKTOP",
"shortcut_locations_v2": [
"DESKTOP"
],
"specific_naming_settings": {
"num_unassigned_machines_kept_powered_on": 1,
"specified_names": [
{
"name": "machine1",
"user_id": "S-1-1-1-3965912346-1012345398-3123456564-123"
}
],
"start_machines_in_maintenance_mode": false
},
"stop_provisioning_on_error": true,
"storage_settings": {
"datastores": [
{
"datastore_id": "datastore-1",
"sdrs_cluster": false
}
],
"reclaim_vm_disk_space": false,
"reclamation_threshold_mb": 1024,
"replica_disk_datastore_id": "datastore-1",
"use_separate_datastores_replica_and_os_disks": false,
"use_vsan": false
},
"transparent_page_sharing_scope": "VM",
"view_storage_accelerator_settings": {
"blackout_times": [
{
"days": [
"MONDAY",
"TUESDAY"
],
"end_time": "22:00",
"start_time": "10:00"
}
],
"regenerate_view_storage_accelerator_days": 7,
"use_view_storage_accelerator": false
}
}Access groups can organize the entities such as desktop pools in the organization. They can also be used for delegated administration.
This property is required for all the pools except for RDS desktop pool, which will be inherited from the corresponding Farm.
Applicable To: Dedicated manual and automated desktop pools. with manual user assignment.
Indicates whether assignment of multiple users to a single machine is allowed. This is required for Dedicated manual and automated desktop pools
Applicable To: RDS desktop pools.
Indicates whether multiple sessions are allowed per user for this pool. This is required for RDS desktop pool. For other desktop pools, allow_multiple_sessions_per_user in session_settings will be applicable.
Applicable To: Dedicated desktop pools.
Automatic assignment of a user the first time they access the machine.
Name of the category folder in the user's OS containing a shortcut to the desktop pool.This property will not be set if the desktop pool does not belong to a category.This property defines valid folder names with a max length of 64 characters and up to 4 subdirectory levels.The subdirectories can be specified using a backslash, e.g. (dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4). Folder names can't start orend with a backslash nor can there be 2 or more backslashes together. Combinations such as(\dir1, dir1\dir2, dir1\\dir2, dir1\\\dir2) are invalid. The windows reserved keywords(CON, PRN, NUL, AUX, COM1 - COM9, LPT1 - LPT9 etc.) are not allowed in subdirectory names.
Indicates whether this desktop pool is assigned to a workspace in Horizon Cloud Services.
This can be set to true from cloud session only and only when cloud_managed is true.This can be changed to false only if there are no entitlements.
Applicable To: RDS Desktop Pools.
This is required for RDS Desktop Pools.
Indicates whether this desktop pool is managed by Horizon Cloud Services.This can be false only when cloud_assigned is false.
This cannot be set to true, if any of the conditions are satisfied:
1. user is provided.
2. enabled is false.
3. session_type is not DESKTOP.
4. global_entitlement is set.
5. user_assignment is DEDICATED.
6. automatic_user_assignment is false.
7. Local entitlements are configured.
8. Any of the machines in the pool have users assigned.
9. cs_restriction_tags is not set.
10. type is MANUAL.
List of Connection server restriction tags for which the access to the desktop pool is restricted to. If this property is not set then it indicates that desktop pool can be accessed from any connection server.
Description of the desktop pool.
Applicable To: Dedicated desktop pools.
Indicates whether users should see the hostname of the machine assigned to them instead of display_name when they connect using Horizon Client. If no machine is assigned to the user then "display_name (No machine assigned)" will be displayed in the client.
Applicable To: Dedicated desktop pools.
Indicates whether users should see the machine alias of the machine assigned to them instead of displayName when they connect using Horizon Client. If no machine is assigned to the user then "display_name (No machine assigned)" will be displayed in the client. If both display_assigned_machine_name and this property is set to true, machine alias of the assigned machine is displayed if the user has machine alias set. Otherwise hostname will be displayed.
Display name of the desktop pool.
display_protocol_settings
Indicates whether client restrictions are to be applied to desktop pool.
Applicable To: Automated desktop pools.
Indicates whether provisioning is enabled. This is required for Automated desktop pools.
Indicates whether the desktop pool is enabled for brokering.
Applicable To: Instant Clone desktop pools.
Network interface card settings for machines provisioned for this desktop pool. A NIC may appear at most once in these settings and must be present on this desktop pool's parent's snapshot or template. Not all NICs need be configured. If value is not configured than will use default settings.
pattern_naming_settings
Applicable To: Managed desktop pools.
Supported session types for this desktop pool. If this property is set to APPLICATION then this desktop pool can be used for application pool creation. This will beuseful when the machines in the pool support application remoting. This is required for managed desktop pools.
- DESKTOP: Only desktop sessions are supported.
- APPLICATION: Only application sessions are supported.
- DESKTOP_AND_APPLICATION: Both desktop and application sessions are supported.
Locations of the category folder in the user's OS containing a shortcut to the desktop pool. This is required if category_folder_name is set.
specific_naming_settings
Applicable To: Automated desktop pools.
Indicates whether provisioning on all machines stops on error. This is required for Automated desktop pools.
Applicable To: Managed Manual and Automated desktop pools.
The transparent page sharing scope. This is required for Manual and Automated desktop pools.
- VM: Inter-VM page sharing is not permitted.
- DESKTOP_POOL: Inter-VM page sharing among VMs belonging to the same Desktop pool is permitted.
- POD: Inter-VM page sharing among VMs belonging to the same Pod is permitted.
- GLOBAL: Inter-VM page sharing among all VMs on the same host is permitted.
view_storage_accelerator_settings