In Oracle VDI Manager, in the navigation tree on the left, select Pools, and then select the company you created. Pools are always linked to a company, so that users from different companies can only access the desktops that they are authorized to access. The Company Pools page is displayed, as shown in Figure 7.1.
In the Pools table, click the New button. The New Pool wizard is displayed in a new window. Click the Next button to move though the various steps of the wizard. On the Select Pool Type step, select the desktop provider you created in Chapter 5 from the Desktop Provider drop-down list and then select Dynamic Pool as the Pool Type, as shown in Figure 7.2.
The Desktop Provider setting links the pool to the virtualization resources you want to use to run the desktops. The Pool Type settings are a group of predefined configuration settings that make it easier for you to create the type of pool you want. You can change any of the configuration settings later. The key decisions about a pool are:
Desktop fulfillment: Whether individual desktops are added to the pool manually, or whether desktops are automatically added in bulk by cloning a template.
Desktop type: Whether desktops are manually assigned to individual users before they log in (personal desktops), or whether desktops are automatically assigned to users only when they log in (flexible desktops). Flexible desktops can be re-used or deleted once a user logs out. Personal desktops are never re-used.
The simplest option for administration and for testing purposes is the Dynamic Pool option. With this option, a template is cloned to fill the pool with desktops and the desktops are automatically assigned to users.
On the Select Template step, ensure (None) is selected from the Template drop-down list and that none is selected in the System Preparation drop-down list, as shown in Figure 7.3. If you were already using a template in another pool, this step in the wizard enables you to select that template. You configure the template and system preparation settings later, when you configure cloning for the pool.
On the Select Pool Size step, leave the Preferred Size setting as the default and ensure that the Enable Automatic Cloning option is not selected, as shown in Figure 7.4. You configure these settings later, when you configure cloning for the pool.
On the Define Pool step, enter a name for the pool in the Name field. The name can be anything you like, for example it could contain the name of the operating system or the name of the department that will use the desktops.
On the Review Step, click Finish to create the pool. The wizard is closed, a message is displayed on the Company Pools page to confirm that the pool has been created, and the new pool is now listed in the Pools table, as shown in Figure 7.6.
The Company Pools page provides an overview of each pool, how many desktops it contains and how the desktops are assigned to users.
