Specifications

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Pocket ACE Guide
Creating the Pocket ACE Deployment Package
AftertheACEmasterforaPocketACEinstancehasbeencreatedandthepoliciesconfigured,apackagefor
deployingPocketACEinstancesmustbecreated.Inadditiontofulldeploymentpackages,policyupdate
packagesandserverupdatepackagescanbecreated.Updatepackagescanbecreatedforupdatingexisting
Pocket
ACEinstancesaftertheyhavebeendeployed.
Configuring the Pocket ACE Package Settings
To configure the Pocket ACE package settings
1StartthepackagesettingseditorfromthetabworkspaceoftheACEmasteryoucreatedforyourPocket
ACEinstancesbyselectingEditPackageSettings.
2UnderEncryptioninthePackageprotectionsection,selectEncrypted.
3UnderInstanceprotection,selectEncrypted.
Encryptionforapackageencryptstheconfigurationfilestopreventtampering
ifadeploymentpackagewere
tobecompromised.Inaddition,aPocketACEinstanceandconfigurationfilescanbeencrypted.Thismeans
whenaPocketACEinstanceisdeployed,theconfigurationfilesaswellasthevirtualdiskareencrypted.This
protectsthedatainsidethevirtualdiskaswellas
encryptingthePocketACEinstanceconfigurationfilesto
preventtampering.BelowisanexampleofanencryptedPocketACEconfigurationfile.
Package Lifetime
UnderPackagelifetime,selectUpto30daysfrompackagecreation.
PackagelifetimedetermineshowlongapackagecanbeusedfordeployingnewPocketACEinstancesafterit
iscreated.Itisnotintendedasawaytosecurepackages,butrathertosetathelifetimeofapackage.
Instance Customization
InstancecustomizationallowsanACEadministratortocustomizeeachPocketACEinstanceleveragingthe
MicrosoftSyspreptools.Thisisuniqueinthatyoudonotneedtoloadthesyspreptoolsinsidetheoperating
system.UsingthePackageSettingGUIyoucanconfigurealltheoptionsneededforindividualoperating
system
customization.ForinstructionsonsettingupVMwareACE2andhowtousetheinstance
customizationfeature,refertotheVMwareACEAdministrator’sManual.
Deployment Platform
To configure the deployment platform
1 SelectthetargetdeploymentplatformthatthePocketACEinstanceswillberunfrom.
2IfyouexpectyourenduserstoonlyrunfromaWindowshost,selectWindowsonly.