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TheViewComposerfeatureprovidesaversatileandhighlystorageefficient
alternativetocreatingandmanagingmanystandalonevirtualmachines.Thischapter
providesanoverviewofViewComposerfunctionalityofViewManager.
Inadditiontoofferingaconceptualoverviewofhowlinkedclonedesktopsarecreated
withinVirtualCenterbyViewComposerandmanagedbyVi
ewManager,the
followingsectionsdescribehowtoprepareVirtualCenterandabasevirtualmachine
imageforuseinaViewComposerdeployment.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“OverviewofViewComposeronpage 93
“PreparingVirtualCenterforViewComposeronpage 102
“PreparingaParentVM”onpage 106
“DeployingLinkedCloneDesktopsfromViewManageronpage 108
“Refreshing,Recomposing,andRebalancingLinkedCloneDesktops”onpage 116
“UsinganExistingLinkedCloneDesktopDatabase”onpage 120
Overview of View Composer
TheViewComposerfeatureenablesViewManageradministratorstorapidlycloneand
deploymultipledesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage,calledaParentVM.
Oncethedesktopshavebeencreatedtheyremainindirectlylinkedtoasnapshot
residingontheParentVM.
View Composer
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