Specifications

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host‐onlynetworking
AtypeofnetworkconnectionbetweenanACEinstanceandthehost.Underhost‐onlynetworking,anACE
instanceisconnectedto thehostonaprivatenetwork,whichnormallyisnotvisibleoutsidethehost.Multiple
virtualmachinesconfiguredwithhost‐onlynetworkingonthesamehost
areonthesamenetwork.Seealso
bridgednetworkingandnetworkaddresstranslation.
hostoperatingsystem
Anoperatingsystemthatrunsonthehostmachine.Seealsoguestoperatingsystem.
instancecustomization
TheactofcustomizinganACEinstance,thusmakingituniquefromallotherinstances.Theinstance
customizationprocessautomatesthe
actionsoftheMicrosoftsyspreputility.ItalsoprovidestheACE
administratorwithfeaturesneededtosetupanautomatedremotedomainjoinprocessoftheACEinstance
toacompanyVPNnetwork.
livecopyofpolicies
Thecurrentlydeployedpolicyset.TheactiveACEinstancesontheACEendusers’
machinesusethisset.
managedACEinstance
AnACEinstancethatismanagedbyanACEManagementServer.
NetworkAddressTranslation(NAT)
AtypeofnetworkconnectionthatenablesyoutoconnectACEinstancestoanexternalnetworkwhenyou
haveonlyonenetworkIPaddress,andthataddressisusedbythe
hostcomputer.IfyouuseNAT,yourACE
instancedoesnothaveitsownIPaddressontheexternalnetwork.Instead,aseparateprivatenetworkisset
uponthehostcomputer.YourACEinstancegetsanaddressonthatnetworkfromtheVMwarevirtualDHCP
server.TheVMwareNAT
devicepassesnetworkdatabetweenoneormoreACEinstancesandtheexternal
network.ItidentifiesincomingdatapacketsintendedforeachACEinstanceandsendsthemtothecorrect
destination.
networkaccess
Policiesthatgiveyoufine‐grainedandflexiblecontroloverthenetworkaccessyouprovidetousersofyour

ACEinstances.Usingapacketfilteringfirewall,thenetworkaccessfeatureofACE2letsyouspecifyexactly
whichmachinesorsubnetsanACEinstanceoritshostsystemmayaccess.
NewACEMasterwizard
Apoint‐and‐clickinterfaceforconvenient,easycreationofanACEmasterconfiguration.Tolaunch
it,choose
File>NewACEMaster.Youarepromptedforinformation,suggestingdefaultvaluesinmostcases.Itcreates
filesthatdefinetheACEmaster.Seealsovirtualmachinesettingseditor.
package
Aninstallablebundlefordistributiontoendusers.AfullpackageincludesanACEmasterconfigurationfile,
virtualdisk
files,andpolicies;packageinstaller;andVMwareACEAdministrator’sManual
packagesettings
Asetofrulesandsettingsassociatedwithapackage,suchasReverttoInstalledandInstanceCustomization
settings.Thesesettingscannotbechangedafterpackaging.Theonlywaytochangepackagesettingsisto
createanewpackage.
Pocket
ACE
AnACEfeaturethatallowstheACEadministratortodistributeanACEinstanceonaremovabledevicesuch
asaUSBkey,AppleiPodmobiledigitaldevice,orportableharddrive.TheuserofaPocketACEinstancecan
plugthedeviceintoahostcomputer,runtheinstance,save
datafromthesessionandcloseit,andthenunplug
thedevice.Theusercanthentaketheinstancetoanotherhostcomputeranduseitinthatnewlocation.