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
View Manager Administration Guide
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View Composer
VMwareInfrastructure3.5update3orupdate4isrequiredtousetheView Composer
feature,andissupportedonthefollowing32‐bitplatforms:
WindowsServer2003ServicePack1
WindowsXPProfessionalServicePack2
Database Requirements
ASQLdatabaseresidenton—oravailableto—theVirtualCenterserverisalsorequired
inordertostoreViewComposerdata.
Thedatabasetypessupportedandtherequirementsforeachsupporteddatabaseare
showninTable 1‐3.
N
OTEYoucannotusetheViewComposerfeatureofViewManagertodeploydesktops
thatrunWindowsVistaUltimateEditionorWindowsXPProfessionalSP1.
NOTEIfoneisalreadypresentontheVirtualCenterserver,ViewComposercanuse
theexistingdatabase—forexample,theMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressinstance
providedwithVirtualCenterbydefault.
Table 1-3. Database Support and Requirements for View Composer
Database Type Requirements
MicrosoftSQLServer2000StandardSP4 ForWindowsXP,applyMDAC2.8SP1tothe
client.
UseSQLServerdriverfortheclient.
MicrosoftSQLServer2000EnterpriseSP4
MicrosoftSQLServer2005StandardSP1/SP2 ForWindowsXP,applyMDAC2.8SP1tothe
client.
UseSQLnativeclientdriverforthe
client.
MicrosoftSQLServer2005EnterpriseSP1/SP2
MicrosoftSQLServer2005Express
MicrosoftSQLServer2005StandardEdition64bitSP2 N/A
MicrosoftSQLServer2005EnterpriseEdition64bitSP2
Oracle9irelease2Standard(9.2.0.8)
Oracle9irelease2Enterprise(9.2.0.8)
Oracle10gStandardRelease2(10.2.0.1.0) Firstapplypatch10.2.0.3.0totheclient
and
server,thenapplypatch5699495totheclient.
Oracle10gEnterpriseRelease2(10.2.0.1.0)