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hmHeader:"<h1 class=\"p_Heading1\"><span class=\"f_Heading1\">Master for Cloning<\/span><\/h1>\n\r",
hmBody:"<p class=\"p_Normal\">Clicking <span class=\"f_UI\">Virtualization<\/span> &gt; <span class=\"f_UI\">Mark as Master for Cloning<\/span> in <a href=\"computer_details.html#virtualization\" class=\"topiclink\">computer details<\/a> displays the following notification:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\"><img alt=\"Master for Cloning notification\" title=\"Master for Cloning notification\" width=\"481\" height=\"550\" style=\"margin:0;width:481px;height:550px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/master_for_cloning.png\"\/><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Select one of the <span class=\"f_UI\">Cloned computers identity handling<\/span> options <span class=\"f_Red\">before<\/span> creating the VDI pool:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Match with existing computers<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">—See <a href=\"vdi.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Match with an existing computer every time<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Create new computers<\/span>—See <a href=\"vdi.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Create a new computer every time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r<div style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\"><table class=\"Table_note\" >\n\r<tr class=\"Table_note\">\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\" style=\"width:4px; background-color:#3DAAE1;\"><br \/>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\" style=\"width:20px;\"><p class=\"p_Normal\"><img alt=\"Note\" title=\"Note\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" style=\"margin:2px 0 0 0;width:20px;height:20px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/note.svg\"\/><\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\"><p class=\"p_Normal\">To find the computers marked as Master for cloning, go to <span class=\"f_UI\">Computers<\/span> &gt; click <span class=\"f_UI\">Add Filter<\/span> &gt; select <span class=\"f_UI\">Master for cloning<\/span> &gt; select the check box next to the <span class=\"f_UI\">Master for Cloning<\/span> filter.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">You can change the <span class=\"f_UI\">Master for Cloning<\/span> settings later in the <a href=\"computer_details.html\" class=\"topiclink\">computer details<\/a>:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Adjust the settings by clicking the gear icon <img alt=\"Gear\" title=\"Gear\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"margin:0;width:16px;height:16px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/gear_icon.png\"\/> in the <\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Virtualization<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"> tile.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span>Remove the settings by clicking <span class=\"f_UI\">Virtualization<\/span> &gt; <span class=\"f_UI\">Unmark as Master for Cloning<\/span>.<\/p><\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<\/table>\n\r<\/div>\n\r<h2 class=\"p_Heading2\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_Heading2\">Advanced settings<\/span><\/h2>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">1.<\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">VDI Environment<\/span>—Select the VDI environment type to prefill the settings required for the environment:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Citrix MCS\/PVS Gen1 VMs<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Citrix PVS Gen2 VMs<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Omnissa Horizon Linked Clones<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Omnissa Horizon Instant Clones<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">SCCM<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span>Other<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">2.<\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Cloned Computers Home Group<\/span>—Select a static group to narrow down the devices you want to consider for computer identity recovery. The selected static group also serves as the destination for newly created virtual machines.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">3.<\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Additional settings<\/span>:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Enable computer identity recovery based on FQDN only<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">—Select the check box to enable the FQDN-based (Full Qualified Domain Name) computer identity recovery if the hardware attributes of the cloned machines generated by your VDI infrastructure are unreliable for the recovery process.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Withhold computer identity creation and recovery until a computer\'s naming pattern is matched<\/span>—Select the check box to ensure that the cloned computer\'s name matches one of the provided naming patterns. The computer identity creation and recovery will not finish if a matching pattern is not found.<\/p>\n\r<div style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\"><table class=\"Table_note\" >\n\r<tr class=\"Table_note\">\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\" style=\"width:4px; background-color:#3DAAE1;\"><br \/>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\" style=\"width:20px;\"><p class=\"p_Normal\"><img alt=\"Note\" title=\"Note\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" style=\"margin:2px 0 0 0;width:20px;height:20px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/note.svg\"\/><\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\"><p class=\"p_Normal\">Based on the selected VDI environment, the recommended settings are pre-selected (they may be mandatory or unavailable).<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<\/table>\n\r<\/div>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">4.<\/span><a id=\"instant_clones\" class=\"hmanchor\"><\/a><span class=\"f_UI\">Naming Pattern for Cloned Computers<\/span>—Click <span class=\"f_UI\">Add new<\/span> and type the naming pattern to filter devices.<\/p>\n\r<div style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0 0 10px 13px;\"><table class=\"Table_important\" >\n\r<tr class=\"Table_important\">\n\r<td class=\"Table_important\" style=\"width:4px; background-color:#E9A514;\"><br \/>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_important\" style=\"width:20px;\"><p class=\"p_Normal\"><img alt=\"Important\" title=\"Important\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" style=\"margin:2px 0 0 0;width:20px;height:20px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/important.svg\"\/><\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_important\"><p class=\"p_Important_heading\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_Important_heading\">VDI naming pattern<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">You can use the following variables to replace characters in VDI naming patterns:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_CodeHighlighted\">{n}<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">—a string of characters<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_CodeHighlighted\">#<\/span>—one character<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">ESET PROTECT On-Prem recognizes only clones with names matching the naming pattern set in the VDI environment:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">VMware<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">—VDI naming pattern is mandatory for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carlstalhood.com\/vmware-horizon-8-virtual-desktop-pools\/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return HMTrackTopiclink(this);\" class=\"weblink\">VMware Instant Clones<\/a>. The VDI naming pattern must have a specified placeholder for a unique number <\/span><span class=\"f_CodeHighlighted\">{n}<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"> generated by the VDI infrastructure, for example, <\/span><span class=\"f_CodeHighlighted\">VM-instant-clone-{n}<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">. Refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Horizon-7\/7.12\/virtual-desktops\/GUID-26AD6C7D-553A-46CB-B8B3-DA3F6958CD9C.html\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return HMTrackTopiclink(this);\" class=\"weblink\">VMware documentation<\/a> for more details on naming patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Citrix<\/span>—Use the hash <span class=\"f_CodeHighlighted\">#<\/span> in the machine catalog naming scheme, for example, <span class=\"f_CodeHighlighted\">VM-##-Desktop-{n}<\/span>. Refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.citrix.com\/en-us\/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops-service\/install-configure\/machine-catalogs-create.html#computer-accounts\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return HMTrackTopiclink(this);\" class=\"weblink\">Citrix documentation<\/a> for more details on the naming scheme.<\/p><\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<\/table>\n\r<\/div>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">5.<\/span>Click <span class=\"f_UI\">Select<\/span> and select the <span class=\"f_UI\">Cloned Computers Home Group<\/span>—select the associated static group as the home group for devices matching the VDI naming pattern.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">6.<\/span>Click <span class=\"f_UI\">Add new<\/span> to add more VDI naming patterns and home groups.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">7.<\/span>Click <span class=\"f_UI\">Save<\/span>.<\/p>\n\r<div style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\"><table class=\"Table_note\" >\n\r<tr class=\"Table_note\">\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\" style=\"width:4px; background-color:#3DAAE1;\"><br \/>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\" style=\"width:20px;\"><p class=\"p_Normal\"><img alt=\"Note\" title=\"Note\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" style=\"margin:2px 0 0 0;width:20px;height:20px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/note.svg\"\/><\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\"><p class=\"p_Normal\">To find the computers marked as Master for cloning, go to <span class=\"f_UI\">Computers<\/span> &gt; click <span class=\"f_UI\">Add Filter<\/span> &gt; select <span class=\"f_UI\">Master for cloning<\/span> &gt; select the check box next to the <span class=\"f_UI\">Master for Cloning<\/span> filter.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">You can change the <span class=\"f_UI\">Master for Cloning<\/span> settings later in the <a href=\"computer_details.html\" class=\"topiclink\">computer details<\/a>:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Adjust the settings by clicking the gear icon <img alt=\"Gear\" title=\"Gear\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"margin:0;width:16px;height:16px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/gear_icon.png\"\/> in the <\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Virtualization<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"> tile.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span>Remove the settings by clicking <span class=\"f_UI\">Virtualization<\/span> &gt; <span class=\"f_UI\">Unmark as Master for Cloning<\/span>.<\/p><\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<\/table>\n\r<\/div>\n\r<h2 class=\"p_Heading2\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_Heading2\">Troubleshooting<\/span><\/h2>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">If you have issues with a VDI clone, perform the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.eset.com\/kb8108\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return HMTrackTopiclink(this);\" class=\"weblink\">VDI troubleshooting steps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r"
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