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Pocket ACE Guide
To deploy a Pocket ACE
1 SelecttheportablemediadevicelistedandclickDeploy.
2Whenthepassworddialogboxappears,enterthepasswordfordeployingthePocketACEpackage.
AsthePocketACEisdeployed,aprogressdialogboxappears.Whencompleted,asuccessdialogbox
appears.
AfterthePocketACEinstanceisdeployedto
theportablemedia,itcanbedistributedtotheenduser.For
PocketACEinstancesthathaveaninitializationpasswordset,theenduserneedsthepassword.Thefirst
timeaPocketACEisusedonasystem,VMwarePlayerwillbeinstalled,ifitisnotalready.
Conclusion
ThePocketACEfeatureofACE2EnterpriseEditionallowsadministratorstobundleanddeployACE
packagesdirectlyonportableUSBmediadevicessuchasflashmemorysticks,portableharddrivesoreven
AppleiPods.EnduserscanoperatetheirACEclientmachinesdirectlyfromtheUSBdeviceforunparalleled
mobility
andflexibility.
References
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ace_pubs.html
http://technet.microsoft.com/en‐us/default.aspx
http://www.usbflashdrive.org/
http://www.usb.org
Glossary
ACEinstance
Virtualmachineconfiguration–thespecificationofwhatvirtualdevices(disks,memorysize,andsoon)are
presentinavirtualmachine(anACEinstance)andhowtheyaremappedtohostfilesanddevices.
authentication
AstepinACEinstancesetupthatincludesinstanceprotection.Thesuccessfulcompletionofthe
authenticationstepallowstheusertoruntheinstance.
bridgednetworking
AtypeofnetworkconnectionwithanACEinstance.Usingbridgednetworking,anACEinstanceappearsas
anadditionalcomputeronthesamephysicalEthernetnetworkasthehost.Seealsohost‐onlynetworking.
configuration
Seevirtualmachineconfigurationfile.
fullscreen
mode
AdisplaymodeinwhichtheACEinstance’sdisplayfillstheentirescreen.
guestoperatingsystem
AnoperatingsystemthatrunsinsideanACEinstance.Seealsohostoperatingsystem.
hostcomputer
ThephysicalcomputeronwhichtheVMwarePlayersoftwareisinstalled.IthoststheACEinstances.
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