Specifications

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Pocket ACE Guide
Administrative Mode
UnderAdministrativeModeselectEnableadministrativemode.Enterapasswordthatcanbegiventoend
users.Thispasswordenablesuserstoaccessadministratorfunctionsforresolvingproblems.
EnablingAdministratorModeallowsanACEadministratortoremotelyhelpauserwhohaslimitedorno
connectivitytosolvecommonproblemssuch
aspasswordresetsandexpiredACEinstances.The
administratorcangivetheusertheadministratormodepasswordandenableutilitiesforsolvingcommon
problems.Afterwards,theadministratormodepasswordcanberesetfromtheACEmanagementserver.
Policy Update Frequency
SelectPolicyUpdateFrequency,underpolicyupdatefrequency,andclickOnlywhentheACEinstance
powerson.Underofflineusage,clickAllowofflineuse,andconfigureitfor10days.
Howyouconfiguretheupdatefrequencypolicymightvaryfromorganizationtoorganization.Itmightalso
varybetweengroups
acrosstheenterprise.ThepolicyupdatefrequencyconfigureshowoftentheACE
instancescheckswiththeACEManagementserverforupdates.Thereisnosignificantimpacttosettingthe
policyupdatecheckingtoamoreregularintervalsuchasoneminute.VMwarerecommendsthatthissetting
besettoalow
interval.DoingsoensuresthatanACEinstancethathasbeenrevokedfromtheACE
ManagementServerisdisabledinashortertimeperiod.TheofflineusagepolicycontrolshowlonganACE
instancecanbeusedwithoutcheckinginwiththeACEmanagementserverforupdates.
Thepolicythatis
createdwillbeappliedtofuturePocketACEpackagescreatedfromthisACEmaster.Now
thattheACEmasterpolicyhasbeencreated,theoperatingsystemandapplicationsforthePocketACE
instancescanbeinstalled.FormoreinformationoninstallingguestoperatingsystemsfortheACEmaster,
referto
theVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuide.