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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
TheseinstructionsassumethatMicrosoftSQLServer2005isinstalledlocallyonthe
VirtualCenterhost,andthatSQLServerManagementStudioExpresswillbeusedto
createandadministerthedatasource.Ifthedatabaseresidesonthesamesystemas
VirtualCenteryoucanusetheIntegratedWindowsAuthenticationsecuritymodel;you
cann
otusethismethodofauthenticationifthedatabaseresidesonaremotesystem.
SQLServerManagementStudioExpressisavailablefrom:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=C243A5AE‐4BD1‐4E3D‐
94B8‐5A0F62BF7796
Add a linked clone desktop database instance to SQL Server 2005
1OntheVirtualCenterserverhostsystemselectStart>AllPrograms>Microsoft
SQLServer2005>SQLServerManagementStudioExpressandconnecttothe
exi
stingSQLServerinstanceforVirtualInfrastructureManagement.
2IntheObjectExplorerpane,right‐clicktheDatabasesentryandselectNew
Database...YouarepresentedwiththeNewDatabasedialog.
3Enteraname(forexamplelinkedClone)intheDatabasenamefieldandclick
OK.Yourdatabaseisaddedun
dertheDatabasesentryintheObjectExplorer.
4ExitMicrosoftSQLServerManagementStudioExpress.
Add an ODBC datasource
1 SelectStart>AdministrativeTools>DataSource(ODBC).TheMicrosoftODBC
DataSourceAdministratorwizardisdisplayed.
2 SelecttheSystemDSNtab.
3ClickAddandselectSQLNativeClientfromthelist.TheCreateaNewDat
a
SourcetoSQLsetupwizardisdisplayed.
4Intheappropriatefields,enteraname(forexample,VMware Linked Clone)and
abriefdescriptionofthelinkedclonedesktopdatabase.
5IntheServerfield,entertheserverdetailsintheform<hostname>\<database
name>,where<hostname>isthenameofthehostsystemand<databa
se>isthe
SQLServerinstance.Forexample:
VCHOST1\SQLEXP_VIM
ClickNext.
N
OTEIfaSQLserverdoesnotresideontheVirtualCenterhostsystemorelsewhere
withinyourenvironmentyoumustinstalloneastheViewComposerserviceinstaller
doesnotincludeadatabase.