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VMware View Architecture Planning Guide
vCenter and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration and
Desktop Pool Maximums
You install both vCenter Server and View Composer on the same virtual machine. Because this virtual machine
is a server, it requires much more memory and processing power than a desktop virtual machine.
View Composer can create and provision up to 512 desktops per pool. View Composer can also perform a
recompose operation on up to 512 desktops at a time.
Although you can install vCenter Server and View Composer on a physical machine, this example uses a virtual
machine with the specifications listed in
of a VMware HA cluster to guard against physical server failures.
This example assumes that you are using VMware View with vSphere 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1.
Table 4-5. vCenter Server Virtual Machine Example and Pool Size Maximum
Item
Operating system
RAM
Virtual CPU
System disk capacity
SCSI type
Network adapter
Maximum View Composer pool size
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Place the database to which vCenter and View Composer connect on a separate virtual machine.
MPORTANT
For guidance about database sizing, see the vCenter Server 4.x Database Sizing Calculator for Microsoft SQL Server
at http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_4x_db_calculator.xls.
View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
When you install View Connection Server, the View Administrator user interface is also installed. This server
requires more memory and processing resources than a vCenter Server instance.
View Connection Server Configuration
Although you can install View Connection Server on a physical machine, this example uses a virtual machine
with the specifications listed in
HA cluster to guard against physical server failures.
Table 4-6. Connection Server Virtual Machine Example
Item
Operating system
RAM
Virtual CPU
System disk capacity
SCSI type
Network adapter
1 NIC
40
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4-5. The ESX server that hosts this virtual machine can be part
Example
64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
4 GB
2
40GB
LSI SAS Logic (the default for Windows Server 2008)
E1000 (the default)
512 desktops
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4-6. The ESX server that hosts this virtual machine can be part of a VMware
Example
64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2
10GB
4
40GB
LSI SAS Logic (the default for Windows Server 2008)
E1000 (the default)
1 Gigabit
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