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Table Of Contents
- View Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- Installing and Running 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 Computer Information
- Using PCoIP Display Protocol
- Using HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing vCenter Server 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
- Appendix: The locked.properties File
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 6 View Composer
6OntheDatabaseConnectionOptionspage,selectDedicatedServerMode.
7Ontheremainingconfigurationpages,clickNexttoacceptthedefaultsettings.
8OntheCreationOptionspage,verifythatCreateDatabaseisselectedandclickFinish.
9ReviewtheoptionsontheSummarypage,andclickOKtocreatethedatabase.
Thedatabaseiscreated.
10 SetpasswordsfortheSYSandSYSTEMadministratoraccounts.
UsetheSYSTEMaccounttosetupthedatasourceconnection.
To add an ODBC data source
1OnthevCenterServerhost,selectStart>AdministrativeTools>DataSource
(ODBC).TheMicrosoftODBCDataSourceAdministratorwizardisdisplayed.
2 SelecttheSystemDSN
tab.
3ClickAddandselecttheappropriateOracledriverfromthelist(forexample,
Oracle in OraHome92).
4ClickFinish.TheOracleODBCDriverConfigurationdialogboxisdisplayed.
5EnteraDSNtousewithViewComposer,adescriptionofthedatasource,anda
userIDtoconnecttothedatabase.
Forthe
TNSServiceName,selecttheGlobalDatabaseName(specifiedinthe
OracleDatabaseConfigurationAssistant)fromthedrop‐downmenu.
6ClickTestConnectiontoverifythedatasourceandclickOK.
Configuring an Oracle 10g Database and Data Source for
View Composer
ThefollowinginstructionsdescribehowtoaddanewViewComposerdatabasetoan
existingOracle10ginstanceandmakethisdatasourcevisibletoallothercomponents
runningonthehostsystem.
TheseinstructionsassumethatOracle10gisinstalledonthevCenterServerhost.The
instructionsalsoassumethat
youareconfiguringthedatabaseonWindowsServer2003
SP2orhigher.SomestepsaredifferentifyouconfiguretheODBCdatasourceona
WindowsXPProfessionalSP2host.
N
OTEYouwillusetheDSNduringViewComposerinstallation.