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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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7Schedulewhenyouwanttherebalanceeventtotakeplace(thedefaultissettothe
currenttime,andthereforeimmediately):
Ifyouwantanycurrentlyconnecteduserstobeloggedoffassoonasthe
rebalanceeventstarts,selectForceUserstologoff.
Ifyouwantthesystemtowaituntilauserhasdisconnectedbeforeinitiating
arebalancingoftheirdesktop,selectWaitforuserstologoff.
ClickNext.
8TheReadytoCompletepageisdisplayed.Thispageprovidesasummaryofthe
rebalancetask,includingwhenthetaskisscheduled
tostartandhowmanyvirtual
machineswillbeaffected.
Ifyouaresatisfiedthattheinformationdisplayedonthispageiscorrect,click
Finishtostarttherebalance.
Using an Existing View Composer Database
WhenselectingtheODBCdatasourceduringtheinstallationoftheViewComposer
serviceyoucanuseanexistingdatabasethatalreadycontainsViewComposerdata.
However,inordertomakethisdatasourcecompatiblewithanewinstanceoftheView
ComposerserviceyoumustfirsttransfertheRSAkey
containercreatedbytheoriginal
ViewComposerservicetothenewhostsystem.
TheASP.NETIISregistrationtoolprovidedwiththeMicrosoft.NETFrameworkallows
youtoconductmultipleconfigurationoperations,includingmigratingkeycontainer
contentbetweendifferentsystems.
Tocarryoutthefollowingprocedureyoumusthavethe.NETFramework
installedon
thesystemthatcontains(orpreviouslycontained)theinstanceofViewComposerthat
wasassociatedwiththedatabaseyouwanttouse.Youmustalsoinstallthe.NET
frameworkonthesystemonwhichyouwanttoinstallthenewinstance.
N
OTEIfyouselectthisoption,connecteduserswillbenotifiedpriorto
disconnectionandgiventheopportunitytoclosetheirapplicationsandlog
out.ThenotificationmessagecanbeaccessedfromwithintheGlobalSettings
sectionoftheconfigurationviewinViewAdministrator.
NOTERSAkeypairsarecreatedbytheViewComposerserviceinordertoencryptand
decryptthesensitiveauthenticationinformationthatisstoredinsidetheView
Composerdatabase.