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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.