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Getting Started with VMware View

(Optional) Install View Composer on the vCenter Server System

ViewComposerprovidesaversatileandhighlystorage‐efficientalternativetocreatingandmanagingmany

standalonevirtualmachines.WithViewComposerlinkedclonetechnology,youcanrapidlycloneanddeploy

multipledesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage.Subsequentchangestothisimagecanbe

automaticallyproliferatedamongalldesktopsin

alinkedclonepool.Afterthedesktopsarecreated,they

remainindirectlylinkedtoasnapshotresidingontheParentVM.

IfyoudonotwanttouseViewComposer,youcanskipthissection.

ViewComposerissupportedonthefollowing32‐bitplatforms:

 WindowsServer2003ServicePack2orhigher

 WindowsXPProfessionalServicePack2orhigher

TostoreViewComposerdata,aSQLdatabaseservermustresideon,orbeavailableto,thevCenterServer

system.MicrosoftSQLServer,Oracle9i,andOracle10garesupported.ViewComposercanuseanexisting

databaseserver,forexample,theMicrosoftSQL

Server2005ExpressinstanceprovidedwithvCenterby

default.IfyouareinstallingonthesameSQLServerinstanceasvCenter,donotoverwritethevCenter

database.Fordetaileddatabaserequirements,seetheSystemRequirementssectionoftheView Manager

AdministrationGuide.

TouseViewComposer,youmustinstalltheViewComposer

service(VMware-viewcomposer-xxxxxx.exe,

wherexxxxxxisthebuildnumberofthefile)onyourvCenterServersystem,andconfigureittouseadata

sourcethatisdedicatedtothestorageoflinkedclones.FordetailedinformationaboutViewComposer

installationanddatabaseconfiguration,seetheView Composerchapterofthe

ViewManagerAdministration

Guide.

Install View Connection Server on a Dedicated Server

ViewConnectionServeractsasabrokerforclientconnectionsbyauthenticatingandthendirectingincoming

remotedesktopuserrequeststotheappropriatevirtualdesktop,physicaldesktop,orterminalserver.

YoumustrunViewConnectionServerona32‐bitor64‐bitdedicatedphysicalorvirtualserver.Fordetailed

information

aboutthehardware,operatingsystem,andActiveDirectoryrequirementsforViewConnection

Server,seetheSystemRequirementssectionoftheViewManagerAdministrationGuide.

AstandardserverdeploymentcreatesasinglestandaloneViewConnectionServer.Thisservercanlater

becomethefirstserverinstancewithinareplicatedViewConnectionServ er

group.DonotrunViewManager

asareplicaofearlierViewManagerreleases.

To install a standard server

1RunthefollowingexecutableonthesystemthatwillhostViewConnectionServer,wherexxxxxxisthe

buildnumberofthefile:

VMware-viewconnectionserver-xxxxxx.exe

2WhentheVMwareInstallationwizardappears,clickNext.

3AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsand

clickNext.

4AcceptorchangethedestinationfolderandclickNext.

5 SelecttheStandarddeploymentoptionandclickNext.

6ClickInstall.

7ClickFinish.

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