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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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Chapter 6 View Composer
Adding the View Composer Service to VirtualCenter
ViewComposerisusedbyViewManagertocreateanddeploylinkedclonedesktops
fromVirtualCenter .Duringtheinstallationoftheserviceyouareofferedthe
opportunitytospecifywhichporttheserviceshouldusetocommunicatewithView
ConnectionServer.IfWindowsfirewallisrunningontheVirtualCentersystemyou
mustaddthisporttotheexceptionlistordeactivatethelocalfirewallservice.
ThefollowingproceduredescribeshowtoinstalltheViewComposerserviceonthe
VirtualCenterserver,andconfigureittouseadatasourcethatisdedicatedtothe
storageoflinkedclones.
To install the View Composer service
1RuntheViewComposer
serviceinstallationprogram,wherexxxisthebuild
numberoftheexecutablefile:
VMware-viewcomposer-xxx.exe
2AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsandclickNext.
3AcceptorchangethedestinationfolderpathandclickNext.
4IntheDatasourceNamefieldenterthenameyouprovidedintheMicrosoftODBC
DataSourceAdministratorwizardforyourdatabase(inthepreviousexample,
VMware View Composer).
5Enteradomainadministratorusernameand
passwordinthefieldsprovidedand
clickNext.
6 SelecttheCreateanewRSAkeycontainerradiobutton.AnRSAkeypairis
createdinordertoencryptanddecrypttheActiveDirectoryauthentication
informationthatwillbestoredinsidetheViewComposerdatabase.ClickNext.
7Enteraportvalue
orusethedefaultandselecttheCreatedefaultSSLcertificate
radiobutton.ClickNext.
8ClickInstalltobegintheinstallationprocess.Ontheprocessiscompleteclick
Finish.
VirtualCenter User Permissions
IftheViewManageruserisnotanadministratorinVirtualCenteryoumustassigna
roletotheVirtualCenteruserentryinordertoconferuponittheappropriatelevelof
authorityovertheobjectsitcreatesandmanages.