Install The View Composer Service - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

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8 On the Summary page, review the options and click OK.
The configuration tool creates the database.
9 Set passwords for the SYS and SYSTEM administrator accounts.
You use the SYSTEM account to set up the data-source connection.
What to do next
Follow the instructions in
Add an ODBC Data Source to Oracle 9i
After you add a View Composer database to an Oracle 9i instance, you must configure an ODBC connection
to the new database to make this data source visible to the View Composer service.
These instructions assume that you are configuring the ODBC data source on Windows Server 2003 SP1. Some
steps are different if you configure the ODBC data source on Windows XP Professional SP2.
Prerequisites
Complete the steps described in
Procedure
1 On the vCenter Server computer, select Start > Administrative Tools > Data Source (ODBC).
2 From the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator wizard, select the System DSN tab.
3 Click Add and select the appropriate Oracle driver from the list.
For example: Oracle in OraHome92
4 Click Finish.
5 In the Oracle ODBC Driver Configuration dialog box, type a DSN to use with View Composer, a
description of the data source, and a user ID to connect to the database.
N You use the DSN when you install the View Composer service.
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6 Specify a TNS Service Name by selecting the Global Database Name from the drop-down menu.
The Oracle Database Configuration Assistant specifies the Global Database Name.
7 To verify the data source, click Test Connection and click OK.
What to do next
Install the new View Composer service on the vCenter Server computer. See
Service," on page 34.

Install the View Composer Service

To use View Composer, you must install the View Composer service on the vCenter Server computer. View
Manager uses View Composer to create and deploy linked-clone desktops in vCenter Server.
You install the View Composer service on the Windows Server computer on which vCenter Server is installed.
Prerequisites
Verify that your installation satisfies the View Composer requirements described in
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Requirements,"
Verify that you have a license to install and use View Composer.
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"Add an ODBC Data Source to Oracle 9i,"
"Add a View Composer Database to Oracle 9i,"
on page 9.
on page 34.
on page 33.
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