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3 Verify that the desktop pool is associated with this package.
4 Locate the Repository path, including the package ID.
For example: \\mycomputer.com\ImageRepository\Published\f222434a-e52a-4ce3-92d1-c14122fca996
5 Copy the package contents from the Transfer Server repository to the portable device.
You must copy the entire package directory to the portable device.
Copy the Base-Image Files to the Client Computer
To download a desktop manually to a client computer to use in local mode, you must copy the base-image
package files from a portable device to the client computer.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the user installed View Client with Local Mode on the client computer.
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Verify that you copied the package files to a portable device. See “Copy the Base Image from the Transfer
Server Repository,” on page 275.
Procedure
1 Deliver the portable device that contains the desktop pool's package files to the user.
2 Copy the package files to a specified check-out directory on the client computer.
Copy the files to a subdirectory in the check-out directory that uses the display name of the desktop pool.
For example, to download files from a desktop pool with the display name LocalPool, copy the files to
check_out_directory \LocalPool.
Check-Out Directory Description
Default directory on Windows 7 and
Windows Vista
C:\Users\ User Name \AppData\Local\VMware\VDM\Local
Desktops\ pool_display_name
Default directory on Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\ User Name \Local
Settings\Application Data\VMware\VDM\Local
Desktops\ pool_display_name
Custom directory
You can specify your own directory. For example, to download files from a
desktop pool with the display name LocalPool, you might create this path:
C:\CheckOutDirectory\LocalPool.
Set Permissions to Allow View to Use the Copied Package Files
To allow check-out operations to proceed for local mode, you must set permissions on the base-image package
files that were copied to the check-out directory on the client computer.
You must remove the read-only attribute on the package files and give the user Full control privilege on the
directory and all the files it contains.
This example describes how to set permissions on a Windows 7 computer. On other operating systems, you
might take slightly different steps.
Prerequisites
Verify that you copied the package files to a directory on the client computer. See “Copy the Base-Image Files
to the Client Computer,” on page 276.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Windows 7 guest operating system, click the Libraries icon, and navigate to the check-out
directory.
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