Specifications
Table Of Contents
- View Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- Installing and Running View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- Adobe Flash Bandwidth Reduction
- Client Computer Information
- Using PCoIP Display Protocol
- Using HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing vCenter Server for View Composer
- Preparing a Parent VM
- Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
- Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked Clone Desktops
- Using an Existing View Composer Database
- Using the SviConfig Tool for View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix: The locked.properties File
- Glossary
- Index
View Manager Administration Guide
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IfthevCenterServeruserusedbyViewManagerisnotanadministrator,youmust
extendtheirroletoincorporatevCenterServerprivilegesrequiredbythe
View ComposerService.
IfanavailableresourcepooldoesnotalreadyexistwithinvCenterServer,you
mustcreateoneontheESXhostorclusterinwhichyouwanttostorethelinked
clonedesktops.FordetailsseethevCenterServerdocumentation.
IfaViewComposerdatabasedoesnotalreadyexistwithinyournetwork
environment,youmustcreateadatabaseanddatasourcename(DSN)tostore
ViewComposerdata.IfaViewComposerdatabasealreadyexistsinyour
environment,see“UsinganExistingViewComposerDatabase”onpage 161for
supplementaryinformationabout
howtousethisdatasource.
SeeTable 1‐3,“DatabaseSupportandRequirementsforViewComposer,”on
page 25forinformationaboutsupporteddatabases.Dependingonthetypeof
databaseyouareusing,followtheinstructionsinoneofthefollowingsections:
ToconfigureaSQLServerdatabase,followtheinstructionsin“Creatinga
SQLServerDatabaseandDataSourceforViewComposer”onpage 138.
ToconfigureanOracle9idatabase,followtheinstructionsin“Creatingan
Oracle9iDatabaseandDataSourceforViewComposer”onpage 140.
ToconfigureanOracle10gdatabase,followtheinstructionsin“Configuring
anOracle10gDatabaseandDataSourceforView Composer”onpage 141.
Creating a SQL Server Database and Data Source for View
Composer
ThissectiondescribeshowtoaddanewViewComposerdatabasetoanexistingSQL
Serverinstanceandmakethisdatasourcevisibletoallothercomponentsrunningon
thehostsystem.
TheseinstructionsassumethatMicrosoftSQLServer2005isinstalledonthevCenter
Serverhostorinyournetwork
environment,andthatyouuseSQLServerManagement
StudioExpresstocreateandadministerthedatasource.Ifthedatabaseresidesonthe
samesystemasvCenterServer,youcanusetheIntegratedWindowsAuthentication
securitymodel.Youcannotusethismethodofauthenticationifthedatabaseresideson
a
remotesystem.
NOTEIfadatabaseinstancedoesnotresideonthevCenterServerorelsewhere
withinyournetworkenvironment,youmustinstallone.TheViewComposer
serviceinstallerdoesnotincludeadatabase.