Specifications

View Manager Administration Guide
24 VMware, Inc.
USB Support
InordertousetheUSBredirectionfeaturewithViewPortal,usersmustfirstinstall
ViewClientontheirlocalsystem.Referto“InstallingandRunningViewClientand
ViewPortal”onpage 94formoreinformationaboutthis.
Windows2000doesnotsupportUSBredirection.
Virtual Printing
ViewPortaldoesnotsupportVirtualPrinting.
View Composer
TheViewComposerfeaturerequiresaVMwarevirtualizationenvironment:
 VMwarevSphere4Update1
 VMwareInfrastructure 3.5Update3orUpdate4.VMwareInfrastructure 3.5
Update5isnotsupported.
Youcandeployalinked‐clonedesktoppoolonaclusterthatcontainsESX/ESXi4hosts
mixedwithESX/ESXi3.5hosts,untilyousetvSpheremode.
TheView Composerfeatureissupportedonthefollowing32‐bitplatforms:
 WindowsServer2003ServicePack2orhigher
 WindowsXPProfessionalServicePack2orhigher
Database Requirements
ASQLdatabaseresidenton—oravailableto—thevCenterServerisalsorequiredto
storeViewComposerdata.
Thedatabasetypessupportedandtherequirementsforeachsupporteddatabaseare
showninTable 1‐3.
N
OTEYoucannotusetheViewComposerfeatureofViewManagertodeploydesktops
thatrunWindowsVistaUltimateEditionorWindowsXPProfessionalSP1.
N
OTEIfoneisalreadypresentonthevCenterServer,ViewComposercanusethe
existingdatabase—forexample,theMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressinstance
providedwithvCenterServerbydefault.