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d Provide the new View Composer settings.
If you are installing View Composer with vCenter Server on the new machine, select View
Composer co-installed with the vCenter Server.
If you are installing View Composer on a standalone machine, select Standalone View Composer
Server and provide the FQDN of the View Composer machine and the user name and password of
the View Composer user.
e In the Domains pane, click Verify Server Information and add or edit the View Composer
domains as needed.
f Click OK.
Prepare a Microsoft .NET Framework for Migrating RSA Keys
To use an existing View Composer database, you must migrate the RSA key container between machines.
You migrate the RSA key container by using the ASP.NET IIS registration tool provided with the
Microsoft .NET Framework.
Prerequisites
Download the .NET Framework and read about the ASP.NET IIS registration tool. Go to
http://www.microsoft.com/net.
Procedure
1 Install the .NET Framework on the physical or virtual machine on which the VMware Horizon View
Composer service associated with the existing database is installed.
2 Install the .NET Framework on the destination machine on which you want to want to install the new
VMware Horizon View Composer service.
What to do next
Migrate the RSA key container to the destination machine. See “Migrate the RSA Key Container to the New
View Composer Service,” on page 33.
Migrate the RSA Key Container to the New View Composer Service
To use an existing View Composer database, you must migrate the RSA key container from the source
physical or virtual machine on which the existing VMware Horizon View Composer service resides to the
machine on which you want to install the new VMware Horizon View Composer service.
You must perform this procedure before you install the new VMware Horizon View Composer service.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Microsoft .NET Framework and the ASP.NET IIS registration tool are installed on the source
and destination machines. See “Prepare a Microsoft .NET Framework for Migrating RSA Keys,” on page 33.
Procedure
1 On the source machine on which the existing VMware Horizon View Composer service resides, open a
command prompt and navigate to the %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0xxxxx directory.
2 Type the aspnet_regiis command to save the RSA key pair in a local file.
aspnet_regiis -px "SviKeyContainer" "keys.xml" -pri
The ASP.NET IIS registration tool exports the RSA public-private key pair from the SviKeyContainer
container to the keys.xml file and saves the file locally.
3 Copy the keys.xml file to the destination machine on which you want to install the new VMware
Horizon View Composer service.
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