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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
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Chapter 6 View Composer
IfyouwanttoallowuserstoconnectusingthePCoIPdisplayprotocol,install
thePCoIPServercomponent.PCoIPprovidesanoptimizedPCexperiencefor
thedeliveryofimages,audio,andvideocontentforawiderangeofuserson
theLANoracrosstheWAN.
5Acceptorchangethedestination
folderandclickNext.
6ClickInstalltobegintheinstallationprocess.
7Aftertheprocessiscomplete,clickFinish.
Creating a Parent VM Snapshot
OnceViewAgenthasbeeninstalledonthebaseimageyoumustusevCenterServerto
takeasnapshotofthesysteminitspowered‐downstate.Thissnapshotwillbeusedas
thebaselineconfigurationforthefirstsetoflinkedclonedesktopsanchoredtothe
ParentVM.
Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
ViewManagercanonlydeploylinkedclonedesktopsifitisabletocommunicatewith
aproperlyconfiguredvCenterServerhostthatisrunningtheViewComposerservice.
Inaddition,yourActiveDirectoryforestmusthaveafullyqualifieddomainname,for
example,example.com—youcannotuseViewComposerinenvironments
wherethe
domaincontrollerhasanunqualifiedname.
Beforeyouattempttocreateanewlinkedclonedesktoppoolyoumustfirstensurethat
ViewManagerisabletocontactvCenterServerandthattheViewComposerservice
hasstarted.Onceaconnectionhasbeenestablishedyouwillbeableto
deployanew
linkedclonedesktoppool.
N
OTEOnWindowsVista,ifyouinstallthePCoIPServercomponent,the
WindowsgrouppolicyDisableorenablesoftwareSecureAttention
SequenceisenabledandsettoServices and Ease of Access
applications.Ifyouchangethissetting,singlesign‐onwillnotwork
correctly.
NOTETheParentVMmustbecompletelyshutdownbeforeyoutakethesnapshot.
CAUTIONDonotmodifytheParentVM(forexample,convertittoatemplate)from
withinvCenterServerbeforeorduringthedeploymentprocess—theViewComposer
servicehasarequirementthattheParentVMremainsinastaticandunalteredstate
duringthisoperation.