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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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TheViewComposerfeatureprovidesaversatileandhighlystorage‐efficient
alternativetocreatingandmanagingmanystandalonevirtualmachines.Thischapter
providesanoverviewofViewComposerfunctionalityofViewManager.
Inadditiontoofferingaconceptualoverviewofhowlinkedclonedesktopsarecreated
withinVirtualCenterbyViewComposerandmanagedbyVi
ewManager,the
followingsectionsdescribehowtoprepareVirtualCenterandabasevirtualmachine
imageforuseinaViewComposerdeployment.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“OverviewofViewComposer”onpage 93
“PreparingVirtualCenterforViewComposer”onpage 102
“PreparingaParentVM”onpage 106
“DeployingLinkedCloneDesktopsfromViewManager”onpage 108
“Refreshing,Recomposing,andRebalancingLinkedCloneDesktops”onpage 116
“UsinganExistingLinkedCloneDesktopDatabase”onpage 120
Overview of View Composer
TheViewComposerfeatureenablesViewManageradministratorstorapidlycloneand
deploymultipledesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage,calledaParentVM.
Oncethedesktopshavebeencreatedtheyremainindirectlylinkedtoasnapshot
residingontheParentVM.
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