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Chapter 7 Offline Desktop
 Youcannotdownloadadesktoptoasystemwheretheguestexceedsthe
capabilitiesofthehost;thehostsystemmustbeatleastascapableastheguestin
ordertoruntheViewManagerdesktop.
 Youcannotdo wnloadadesk topifanotheruseriscurrentlyloggedintothatdesktop.
 ESXsupportstwosimultaneousdesktopcheckouts.ESXisupportsfive
simultaneousdesktopcheckouts.
 HostCD‐ROMredirectionisnotsupported.
 Whenadesktopischeckedout,NATisusedfornetworkcommunications.
The MACaddressoftheofflinesystemremainsthesameasitsonlineequivalent.
 AswithRDP,youcancopyandpastetextbetweenhostandguestsystems.
However,youcannotcopyandpastesystemobjectssuchasfoldersandfiles
betweensystems.
 Localdrivesareautomaticallymountedontheguestsystem.
 Onceadesktopischeckedoutonaclientsystem,anychangesmadewithinView
Administratortothedesktopordesktoppoolsettingswillonlybeappliedafterthe
desktophasbeencheckedinagain.
View Client with Offline Desktop
Inordertoaccessanofflinedesktop,usersmustfirstdownloadacopyoftheonline
virtualmachinetotheirlocalsystemusingtheViewClientwithOfflineDesktop
application.YoucannotinstallViewClientwithOfflineDesktoponanysystemthathas
thefollowingapplicationsinstalled:
 VMwareWorkstation
 VMwareACE
 VMwarePlayer
 VMwareServer
TheaboveapplicationsmustbeuninstalledpriortoinstallingViewClientwithOffline
Desktop.
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OTETheViewClientapplicationprovidesasubsetofthefunctionalityofferedby
ViewClientforOfflineDesktop;however,manyoftheadministrativetasksand
connectionconsiderationsarecommontobothapplications,includinganumberof
startupoptionsthatcanbeinvokedwhenlaunchingtheapplicationfromacommand
prompt.RefertoChapter
5,“ClientManagement,”onpage 69formoreinformation
aboutthis.