VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual page 56

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Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers.
2 In the vCenter Servers panel, click Add.
3 In the server address text box, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the vCenter
Server instance.
The FQDN includes the host name and domain name. For example, in the FQDN
myserverhost . companydomain .com
N If you enter a server by using a DNS name or URL, View Manager does not perform a DNS lookup
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to verify whether an administrator previously added this server to View Manager by using its IP address.
A conflict arises if you add a vCenter Server with both its DNS name and its IP address.
4 Type the name of the vCenter Server user.
5 Type the vCenter Server user password.
6 (Optional) Type a description for this vCenter Server instance.
7 To connect to the vCenter Server instance using a secure channel (SSL), make sure that Connect using
SSL is selected. SSL connection is the default setting.
8 Type the TCP port number.
The default port is 443.
9 (Optional) Click Advanced to configure the maximum concurrent pool operations in vCenter Server.
a Set the maximum number of concurrent provisioning operations.
This setting determines the largest number of concurrent requests that View Manager can make to
provision full virtual machines in this vCenter Server instance. The default value is eight. This setting
does not control linked-clone provisioning.
b Set the maximum number of concurrent power operations.
This setting determines the largest number of power operations (startup, shutdown, suspend, and so
on) that can take place simultaneously on full virtual machines managed by View Manager in this
vCenter Server instance. The default value is five. This setting controls power operations for full
virtual machines and linked clones.
10 Choose whether to configure View Composer.
Option
You are not using View Composer
You are using View Composer
What to do next
If this View Connection Server instance or group of replicated View Connection Server instances uses multiple
vCenter Server instances, repeat this procedure to add the other vCenter Server instances.
Configure View Composer Settings for vCenter Server
To use View Composer, you must configure View Manager with initial settings that match the settings for the
View Composer service that is installed in vCenter Server. View Composer is a feature of View Manager, but
its service operates directly on virtual machines in vCenter Server.
N If you are not using View Composer, you can skip this task.
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, is the host name and
myserverhost
Action
Click OK.
Configure the View Composer settings.
is the domain.
companydomain .com
VMware, Inc.