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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
Beforeyouattempttocreateanewlinkedclonedesktoppoolyoumustfirstensurethat
ViewManagerisabletocontactVirtualCenterandthattheViewComposerservicehas
started.Onceaconnectionhasbeenestablishedyouwillbeabletodeployanewlinked
clonedesktoppool.
To add or edit a VirtualCenter server entry in View Manager
1Fromwithinth
eViewAdministrator,clickConfigurationtodisplaythe
configurationview.
2UnderVirtualCenterServers,ifyouhavenotalreadydonesoclickAddand
completethedetailsfortheVirtualCentertousewithViewManager:
aEntertheFQDNorIPaddressoftheVMwareVirtualCenterserveryouwant
ViewManagertocommunicatewithintheServeraddresste
xtbox.
bEntertheusernameofaVirtualCenteruserintheUsernametextbox.
cEnterthepasswordthatcorrespondstotheuserenteredaboveinthe
Passwordtextbox.
d (Optional)EnteradescriptionforthisVirtualCenterserverintheDescription
textbox.
eIfyouwillbeconnecti
ngtotheVirtualCenterthroughasecurechannel(SSL)
thenmakesuretheConnectusingSSLcheckboxischecked.Thisisthedefault
setting.
fEntertheTCPportnumberinthePorttextbox.Thedefaultis443.
IftherequiredVirtualCenterserverisalreadypresent,selecttheentryandclick
Edit.TheVi
rtualCentersettingslistisdisplayed.
3EnsurethattheEnableViewComposercheckboxisselectedandthattheport
numbercorrespondstotheportspecifiedduringtheinstallationoftheView
ComposerserviceontheVirtualCenterhost.
CAUTIONDonotmodifytheParentVM(forexample,convertittoatemplate)from
withinVirtualCenterbeforeorduringthedeploymentprocess—theViewComposer
servicehasarequirementthattheParentVMremainsinastaticandunalteredstate
duringthisoperation.
CAUTIONIfyouenteraserverusingaDNSnameorURL,noDNSlookupis
performedtoverifywhetherornottheserverhaspreviouslybeenentered
usingitsIPaddress.AconflictwillariseifaVirtualCenterserverisaddedwith
bothitsDNSnameanditsIPaddress.