Specifications

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policy
ApolicycontrolsthecapabilitiesofanACEinstance.Policiesaresetinthepolicyeditor.Seealsoliv ecopyof
policies,workingcopyofpolicies,andpublish.
preview
AnoperatingandviewingmodethatanadministratorcanusetopreviewtheACEinstanceasitwillrunon
theenduser’s
machine.Theadministratorcanusethisfeaturetoseetheeffectsofpolicyandconfiguration
settingswithouthavingtogothroughthepackaginganddeploymentsteps.Thepreviewmodedisplaysthe
workingcopyofthepolicies.Seealsoworkingcopyofpolicies.
publish
Topublishpolicies(appliesonlytomanagedACEinstances)
istomakethosepoliciespartofthelivecopyof
thepolicyset.Publishingcopiestheworkingcopyofthepoliciesovertothelivecopy.Seealsopolicy,livecopy
ofpolicies,andworkingcopyofpolicies.
resume
ToreturnanACEinstancetooperationfromitssuspendedstate.When
youresumeasuspendedinstance,all
applicationsareinthesamestatetheywerewhentheinstancewassuspended.
snapshot
AsnapshotpreservesanACEinstance(orACEmaster)asitwaswhenyoutookthesnapshot—thestateof
thedataonalltheACEinstance’sdisksandwhethertheinstance
waspoweredon,poweredofforsuspended.
standaloneACEinstance
AnACEinstancethatisnotmanagedbyanACEManagementServer.Anychangestoitspoliciesorother
settingsaremadebytheadministrator’sdistributionofupdatestotheenduser.
suspend
TosavethecurrentstateofarunningACEinstance.
ToreturnasuspendedACEinstancetooperation,usethe
resumefeature.Seealsoresume.
virtualdisk
Afileorsetoffiles,usuallyonthehostfilesystem,thatappearsasaphysicaldiskdrivetoaguestoperating
system.Thesefilescanbeonthehostmachineoron
aremotefilesystem.WhenyouconfigureanACEmaster
withavirtualdisk,youcaninstallanewoperatingsystemintothediskfilewithouttheneedtorepartitiona
physicaldiskorrebootthehost.
virtualmachine
Avirtualizedx86PCenvironmentinwhichaguestoperatingsystemandassociated
applicationsoftwarecan
run.ThemanagedvirtualmachinethathaspoliciesandothersettingsassociatedwithitisknownasanACE
instance.SeealsoACEinstance.
virtualmachineconfigurationfile
Afile,withfileextension.vmx,containinganACEinstanceconfiguration.ItisusedbyVMwarePlayerto
identifyandrun
aspecificACEinstance.AnACEmaster’sconfigurationfilehasthefileextension.vmxa.See
alsoACEinstance;ACEmaster.
VirtualMachineSettingsEditor
ApointandclickeditorusedtoviewandmodifythevirtualmachinesettingsofanACEmaster.Youcan
launchitfromtheVMmenu.SeealsoNew
ACEMasterwizard.
.vmxa
ThefileextensionforanACEmasterconfigurationfile.
VMwarePlayer
AnapplicationthatallowsanendusertorunanACEinstance.