3.1
Table Of Contents
- View Manager 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
- Adobe Flash Bandwidth Reduction
- Client Device Information
- Enabling HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing VirtualCenter for View Composer
- Preparing a Parent VM
- Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
- Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked Clone Desktops
- Using an Existing View Composer Database
- Using the SviConfig Tool for View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- locked.properties
- Glossary
- Index
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IfaViewComposerdatabasedoesnotalreadyexistwithinyournetwork
environment,youmustcreateadatabaseanddatasourcename(DSN)tostore
ViewComposerdata.IfaViewComposerdatabasealreadyexistsinyour
environment,see“UsinganExistingViewComposerDatabase”onpage 147for
supplementaryinformationabout
howtousethisdatasource.
SeeTable 1‐3,“DatabaseSupportandRequirementsforViewComposer,”on
page 22forinformationaboutsupporteddatabases.Dependingonthetypeof
databaseyouareusing,followtheinstructionsinoneofthefollowingsections:
ToconfigureaSQLServerdatabase,followtheinstructionsin“Creatinga
SQLServerDatabaseandDataSourceforViewComposer”onpage 126.
ToconfigureanOracle9idatabase,followtheinstructionsin“Creatingan
Oracle9iDatabaseandDataSourceforViewComposer”onpage 128.
ToconfigureanOracle10gdatabase,followtheinstructionsin“Configuring
anOracle10gDatabaseandDataSourceforView Composer”onpage 129.
Creating a SQL Server Database and Data Source for View
Composer
ThissectiondescribeshowtoaddanewViewComposerdatabasetoanexistingSQL
Serverinstanceandmakethisdatasourcevisibletoallothercomponentsrunningon
thehostsystem.
TheseinstructionsassumethatMicrosoftSQLServer2005isinstalledonthe
VirtualCenterserverhostorinyournetwork
environment,andthatyouuseSQLServer
ManagementStudioExpresstocreateandadministerthedatasource.Ifthedatabase
residesonthesamesystemasVirtualCenterserver,youcanusetheIntegrated
WindowsAuthenticationsecuritymodel.Youcannotusethismethodofauthentication
ifthedatabaseresidesona
remotesystem.
TheinstructionsalsoassumethatyouareconfiguringthedatabaseonWindowsServer
2003SP1.SomestepsaredifferentifyouareconfiguringtheODBCdatasourceona
WindowsXPProfessionalSP2host.
SQLServerManagementStudioExpressisavailablefrom:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=C243A5AE‐4BD1‐4E3D‐
94B8‐5A0F62BF7796
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OTEIfadatabaseinstancedoesnotresideontheVirtualCenterserverhost
systemorelsewherewithinyournetworkenvironment,youmustinstallone.The
ViewComposerserviceinstallerdoesnotincludeadatabase.