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View Manager Administration Guide
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View Composer
VMwareInfrastructure3.5update3orupdate4isrequiredtousetheView Composer
feature,andissupportedonthefollowing32bitplatforms:
WindowsServer2003ServicePack1
WindowsXPProfessionalServicePack2
Database Requirements
ASQLdatabaseresidenton—oravailableto—theVirtualCenterserverisalsorequired
inordertostoreViewComposerdata.
Thedatabasetypessupportedandtherequirementsforeachsupporteddatabaseare
showninTable 13.
N
OTEYoucannotusetheViewComposerfeatureofViewManagertodeploydesktops
thatrunWindowsVistaUltimateEditionorWindowsXPProfessionalSP1.
NOTEIfoneisalreadypresentontheVirtualCenterserver,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)