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Chapter 1 Introduction
Operating System Support for Installed Components
Table 11describesthesupportofferedbyvarioustypesofWindowsoperatingsystem
tothelocallyinstalledcomponentsofViewManager.Foreachofthesecomponents,
only32bitsupportisoffered.Anyadditionalenvironmentalrequirementsofthese
componentsaredescribedinsubsequentsections.Thecolumnsrepresentedinthis
tableare:
ViewAgent—referstotheViewAgentservicethatisinstalledonaViewManager
desktop.Theentriesinthiscolumnaretheoperatingsystemsthatcanbemanaged
byViewManager.Thecolumnisdividedintotwosubcolumns:
Virtual—referstothevirtualsystemssupportedasguests.Thesesystems
couldresidewithinVMwarevSpherewheretheyareprovisionedand
managed,orcouldexistasstandalonesystemswithinanotherVMware
applicationsuchasVMwareServer.
Physical—referstothephysicalsystemssupportedasalternatemultiple
backends,includingterminalservers.
ViewClient—referstotheViewClientapplication.Theentriesinthiscolumnare
theoperatingsystemscapableofinstallingandrunningthisapplication.
OfflineDesktop—referstotheViewClientforOfflineDesktopapplication.
The entriesinthiscolumnaretheoperatingsystemscapableofinstallingand
runningthisapplication.ForalistoftheViewManagerdesktopsthatcanbe
downloadedandusedinanofflinecontext,referto“ViewClientwithOffline
Desktop:Supported
Guests”onpage 22.
ViewComposer—referstotheViewComposerservicethatrunsonthevCenter
Serverhostsystem.Theentriesinthiscolumnaretheoperatingsystemscapableof
runningthisservice.
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OTETherequirementsforViewConnectionServerarenotincludedinthis
table—referto“ViewConnectionServeronpage 15fordetailedinformationabout
thiscomponent.