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Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 6 View Composer
Adding the View Composer Service to VirtualCenter
ViewComposerisusedbyViewManagertocreateanddeploylinkedclonedesktops
fromVirtualCenter.Duringtheinstallationoftheserviceyouareofferedthe
opportunitytospecifywhichporttheserviceshouldusetocommunicatewithView
ConnectionServer.IfWindowsfirewallisrunningontheVirtualCentersystemyou
mus
taddthisporttotheexceptionlistordeactivatethelocalfirewallservice.
ThefollowingproceduredescribeshowtoinstalltheViewComposerserviceonthe
VirtualCenterserver,andconfigureittouseadatasourcethatisdedicatedtothe
storageoflinkedclones.
Install the View Composer Service
1RuntheViewComposerserviceinstallationprogram,wherexx
xisthebuild
numberoftheexecutablefile:
VMware-viewcomposer-xxx.exe
2AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsandclickNext.
3AcceptorchangethedestinationfolderpathandclickNext.
4IntheDatasourceNamefieldenterthenameyouprovidedintheMicrosoftODBC
DataSourceAdministratorwizardforyourdatabase(inthepreviousexampl
e,
VMware Linked Clone).
5Enteradomainadministratorusernameandpasswordinthefieldsprovidedand
clickNext.
6 SelecttheCreateanewRSAkeycontainerradiobutton.AnRSAkeypairis
createdinordertoencryptanddecrypttheActiveDirectoryauthentication
informationthatwillbestoredinsidetheli
nkedclonedesktopdatabase.Click
Next.
7EnteraportvalueorusethedefaultandselecttheCreatedefaultSSLcertificate
radiobutton.ClickNext.
8ClickInstalltobegintheinstallationprocess.Ontheprocessiscompleteclick
Finish.
Domain User for View Composer
ViewComposerrequiresthecredentialsofdomainuseraccountwiththerequisitelevel
ofdomainadministrationauthoritytoaddsystemstoadomain.Whileyoumayusean
existingdomainadministratoraccountforthisrole,itisstronglyrecommendedthat
yourActiveDirectoryadministratorcreatesauseraccountspecificallyforthispur
pose.