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If a base image is recomposed, View Transfer Server downloads the updated image from the Transfer Server
repository to the local computers the next time users check out their desktops. For details, see “Recompose
Linked-Clone Desktops That Can Run in Local Mode,” on page 255.
IMPORTANT A linked-clone desktop that was created from a base image must be checked into the datacenter
before you can recompose it.
Determine the Size of a View Composer Base Image
The
Transfer Server repository must be large enough to store the View Composer base images for all the linked-
clone desktops that are used in local mode. To make sure that the Transfer Server repository can accommodate
a particular base image, you can determine the approximate size of the base image.
A base image can be several gigabytes in size.
The maximum size of a base image is the sum of the provisioned sizes of the hard disks in the parent virtual
machine. The actual base image size might be smaller than the maximum.
Prerequisites
Verify that you created a parent virtual machine to use for creating a linked-clone desktop pool.
Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, select the parent virtual machine.
2 Click Edit Settings.
3 In the Hardware tab, select the first configured hard disk.
For example, select Hard Disk 1.
4 In the Disk Provisioning pane, read the Provisioned Size.
5 If the virtual machine has more than one hard disk, repeat steps 3 and 4 for each additional hard disk.
6 Add the provisioned sizes of the hard disks.
Configure the Transfer Server Repository
The Transfer Server repository stores View Composer base images for linked-clone desktops that run in local
mode. To give View Transfer Server access to the Transfer Server repository, you must configure it in View
Manager. If you do not use View Composer linked clones in local mode, you do not have to configure a Transfer
Server repository.
If View Transfer Server is configured in View Manager before you configure the Transfer Server repository,
View Transfer Server validates the location of the Transfer Server repository during the configuration.
If you plan to add multiple View Transfer Server instances to this View Manager deployment, configure the
Transfer Server repository on a network share. Other View Transfer Server instances cannot access a Transfer
Server repository that is configured on a local drive on one View Transfer Server instance.
If you configure a remote Transfer Server repository on a network share, you must provide a user ID with
credentials to access the network share. As a best practice, to enhance the security of access to the Transfer
Server repository, make sure that you restrict network access for the repository to View administrators.
Prerequisites
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Verify that View Transfer Server is installed on a Windows Server virtual machine.
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