Specifications

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TheViewComposerfeatureprovidesaversatileandhighlystorage‐efficient
alternativetocreatingandmanagingmanystandalonevirtualmachines.Thischapter
providesanoverviewofViewComposer.
Inadditiontoofferingaconceptualoverviewofhowlinkedclonedesktopsarecreated
withinvCenterServerbyViewComposerandmanagedby
ViewManager,the
followingsectionsdescribehowtopreparevCenterServerandabasevirtualmachine
imageforuseinaViewComposerdeployment.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
 “OverviewofViewComposer”onpage 127
 “PreparingvCenterServerforViewComposer”onpage 137
 “PreparingaParentVM”onpage 145
 “DeployingLinkedCloneDesktopsfromViewManager”onpage 147
 “Refreshing,Recomposing,andRebalancingLinkedCloneDesktops”onpage 156
 “UsinganExistingViewComposerDatabase”onpage 161
 “UsingtheSviConfigToolforViewComposer”onpage 162
Overview of View Composer
TheViewComposerfeatureenablesViewManageradministratorstorapidlycloneand
deploymultipledesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage,calledaParentVM.
Oncethedesktopshavebeencreatedtheyremainindirectlylinkedtoasnapshot
residingontheParentVM.
View Composer
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