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2 In the left pane, expand the registry path.
Processor Description
64-bit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, Wow6432Node, VMware Inc.,
VMware VDM
32-bit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, VMware Inc., VMware VDM
3
Click Edit > New > String Value and type useProxyForTransfer in the new value entry.
4 Right-click the useProxyForTransfer entry, click Modify, type true, and click OK.
The entry is added to the registry.
5 Exit the Windows Registry Editor.
6 On the client computer, configure the Internet Explorer connection settings to use your caching proxy
server.
a Start Internet Explorer and click Tools > Internet Options.
b Click the Connections tab and click LAN Settings.
c Click Use a proxy server for your LAN and click Advanced.
d Type the proxy addresses and port numbers for the HTTP, Secure, FTP, and Socks connections and
click OK.
Configure a Proxy Server to Cache View Composer Base Images
When you set up a proxy server to support HTTP caching for local desktops, you must configure the capacity
of the cache and the HTTP connection method.
Prerequisites
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Verify the size limit of base-image package files that you set with the vdmadmin -T command. See “Limit
the Size of Base-Image Package Files to Allow Caching,” on page 334.
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Determine whether you use SSL for local mode operations. See “Configure View Connection Server to
Support HTTP Caching of View Composer Base Images,” on page 333.
Procedure
1 Configure the maximum size of the cache on the proxy server.
To calculate the maximum size, consider the number and size of the View Composer base images that are
used by local desktops. The base images are downloaded as package files to the proxy server. Also consider
other files that you plan to cache on the proxy server.
2 Configure the size of the largest single file that can be cached.
The single-file maximum size on the proxy server must be at least as large as the maximum package-file
size that you set with the vdmadmin -T command.
3 If you do not enable the Use SSL for Local Mode operations setting for View Connection Server, set the
access control list (ACL) on the proxy server to open port 80 and allow the CONNECT method to connect
to port 80.
View Transfer Server uses the CONNECT method to provide a tunnel connection through the proxy
server. View Transfer Server uses this connection to transfer files and data other than View Composer
base images between local desktops and the datacenter. Using port 80 enhances transfer performance.
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