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VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
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ACE2ManagementServerAserverthat canoptionallybeinstalledandusedby
theACEadministratorforactivatingandtrackingACEinstancesandforhosting
dynamicpoliciesforACEinstances.
ACEmasterAvirtualmachinetemplatecreatedbytheACEadministrator.The
mastercanbeconfiguredwithvariouspoliciesanddevicesandpackagesettings
andthenusedasthebasisforcreatinganynumberofpackagestobesenttoACE
users.
PackageAninstallablebundlefordistributiontousers.Thereareseveral
differenttypesofpackagesanACEadministratorcancreateincludingafull
package,PocketACEpackage,policyupdatepackage,serverupdatepackage,and
custompackage.AfullpackageincludesanACEmasterconfigurationfile,virtual
diskfiles,policies,package
installer ,andResourcesfilesfortheACEmaster.Italso
includesthevirtualruntimeenvironment(VMwarePlayer)applicationusedto
runACEinstances.Theotherpackagetypeshaveasubsetofthesecomponents.
ManagedACEinstanceAnACEinstancethatismanagedbyanACE2
ManagementServer.
StandaloneACEinstanceAnACEinstancethatisnotmanagedbyanACE2
ManagementServer.Anychangestoitspoliciesorothersettingsaremadebythe
administratorsdistributionofupdatestotheuser.
Setting Up Your Administrative Workstation
Asanadministrator,youneedtoinstalltheWorkstationACEEditionsoftwareonyour
workstation,referredtointhismanualasyourhostcomputer.Youcanthenrun
WorkstationACEEdition,yourtoolforcreatingandmanagingthevirtualmachines
youdistributetoyourusers.
Ifyourcompanyalreadyhasa
libraryofstandardvirtualmachines,youneednetwork
accesstothatlibraryfromyourhostcomputer.
Ifyouarecreatingnewvirtualmachines,youneedaccesstoinstallersfortheguest
operatingsystemsandapplicationsoftwareyouplantoinstallinthevirtualmachines.
YoucaninstalloperatingsystemsfromCD,
fromISOimagefilesonalocaldriveoron
thenetwork,orfromaPXEserver.IfyouneedtoconnecttoanISOfileonanetwork
drive,youusethenetworkingcapabilitiesofyourhostcomputertomakethat
connection.
YoucaninstallapplicationsoftwarefromCDsor
frominstallersonalocaldriveoron
thenetwork.Ifyouneedtoconnecttoaninstalleronthenetwork,youusethe
networkingcapabilitiesofthevirtualmachinetomakethatconnection.Fordetailson