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In vCenter Server, create a resource pool on the ESX host or cluster on which you want to store linked-
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clone desktops.
If Windows firewall is running on the vCenter Server computer, make sure that the port the View
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Composer service uses to communicate with View Connection Server is accessible. You can add this port
to the exception list or deactivate the local firewall service. You specify this port when you install the View
Composer service.
Verify that you have the DSN, domain administrator user name, and password that you provided in the
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ODBC Data Source Administrator wizard. You enter this information when you install the View Composer
service.
Procedure
1 Download the VMware View Composer installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/
installed.
The installer filename is
installer file installs the View Composer service on 64-bit and 32-bit Windows Server operating systems.
2 To start the View Composer installation program, double-click the installer file.
On Windows Server 2008 computers, you might have to right-click the installer file and select Run As
Administrator.
3 Accept the VMware license terms.
4 Accept or change the destination folder.
5 Type the DSN for the View Composer database that you provided in the Microsoft or Oracle ODBC Data
Source Administrator wizard.
For example:
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configure a name now.
6 Type the domain administrator user name and password that you provided in the ODBC Data Source
Administrator wizard.
7 Type a port number or accept the default value.
View Connection Server uses this port to communicate with the View Composer service.
8 Provide an SSL certificate.
Option
Create default SSL certificate
Use an existing SSL certificate
9 Click Install and Finish to complete the View Composer service installation.
The VMware View Composer service starts on the vCenter Server computer.
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to the Windows Server computer on which vCenter Server is
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Action
Click this radio button to create a default SSL certificate for the View
Composer service.
Click this radio button if you have an SSL certificate you want to use for the
View Composer service. Select an SSL certificate from the list.
, where xxxxxx is the build number. This
xxxxxx .exe
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