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byend usersthanportableharddrives,whichoffergreatercapacity.Typically,thesemediatypesarenotbuilt
towithstandahighdegreeofshockfrombeingdroppedortossedaround,althoughsomeprotectionis
offered.
Currently,USBflashdrivesareverycommonin4GBand6GBcapacitiesatincreasinglyhigher
read/write
speeds.Inaddition,theyaremuchmoreresistanttobeingdroppedandtossedaround.Somemanufacturers
alsoofferfeaturessuchasruggeddesignsandwaterproofing.
Creating the Pocket ACE Master
BeforegettingstartedwithdeployingPocketACEinstances,youmustcreateanACEmasterthatincludesa
virtualmachine,policysettings,andpackagesettings.AnACEmastercanbecreatedinanumberofways
including:
 Fromscratch
 Bycloninganexistingvirtualmachine
 BycloninganexistingACEmaster
WhenplanningtheconfigurationofvirtualmachinesettingsforaPocketACE,takethefollowinginto
consideration:
 Thesizeofthevirtualdiskneeded
 Memorysettings
 Hardwareconfigurationofthetargethosts
 SizeoftheportablemediausedforstoringthePocketACEinstance
BeforecreatingthePocketACEmastermakesureyouconsiderthesizeoftheportablemediathatwillbeused
forstoringthePocketACE.Thisisimportanttoproperlyconfigurethesizeofthevirtualdiskbeforeyou
install
theoperatingsystemandapplications,regardlessofwhetheryouintendtouseanexistingvirtualmachineor
createanACEmasterfromscratch.WhencreatinganACEmasterfromscratch,theNewACEMasterWizard
notifiesyouabouttheportablemediarequirementsrequiredforsupportingyourPocketACEinstances.
Reducing Pocket ACE Storage Requirements
WhenplanningtheinitialconfigurationofaPocketACEmaster,administratorscantakeafewstepstoreduce
thestoragerequirementsforstoringaPocketACEinstance.Somethingsyoucandotoreducetherequired
storageare:
 Disablesuspendandsync.
 PackageonlyaWindows‐orLinux‐basedplayer.
 DonotincludeaLinux64‐bitplayer.
 Streamlineyouroperatingsysteminstallationandrequiredapplications.
TheNewACEMasterWizardassumesyouwillallowuserstosuspendandsync.Whenusingsuspendand
resume,youneedenoughextrastoragespaceforsavingthesuspendfile.Inthecaseofavirtualmachinethat
isconfiguredfor512MB
ofRAM,youwillalsoneed512MBofstorage.WhenusingthePocketACEfeature,
VMwarerecommendedsthatyoudonotenablesuspendandresumeforPocketACEusers.
Combined,allthreeVMwareACEplayerinstallersrequireapproximately222MBofstorage.Ifyouexpectend
userswillneverneed
torunaPocketACEfromaLinux‐basedhost,deployingonlytheWindowsplayercan
save98MBofstorage.
Mostimportantly,removingunneededapplicationsandfeaturesfromthebaseoperatingsysteminstance
contributegreatlytoreducingtheoverallstoragerequired.ItiseasytofitWindowsXPSP2plus
Office2003
andadditionalapplicationsona4GBUSBflashstick.