VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual page 267

The existing View Composer database must be configured on an available computer in the same domain as
the computer on which you install the new View Composer service, or on a trusted domain.
View Composer creates RSA key pairs to encrypt and decrypt authentication information stored in the View
Composer database. To make this data source compatible with the new View Composer service, you must
migrate the RSA key container that was created by the original View Composer service. You must import the
RSA key container to the computer on which you install the new service.
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View Composer services cannot share a View Composer database.
Prepare a Microsoft .NET Framework for Migrating RSA Keys
To use an existing View Composer database, you must migrate the RSA key container between computers.
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 from the following locations:
http://www.microsoft.com/net
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/k6h9cz8h(VS.80).aspx
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Procedure
1 Install the .NET Framework on the computer on which the View Composer service associated with the
existing database is installed.
2 Install the .NET Framework on the destination computer on which you want to want to install the new
View Composer service.
What to do next
Migrate the RSA key container to the destination computer. See
View Composer Service,"
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 computer
on which the existing View Composer service resides to the vCenter Server computer on which you want to
install the new View Composer service.
You must perform this procedure before you install the new View Composer service.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Microsoft .NET Framework and the ASP.NET IIS registration tool are installed on the source
and destination computers. See
page 267.
Procedure
1 On the source computer on which the existing View Composer service resides, open a command prompt
and navigate to the
2 Type the
aspnet_regiis
aspnet_regiis -px "SviKeyContainer" "keys.xml" -pri
The ASP.NET IIS registration tool exports the RSA public-private key pair from the
container to the
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"Prepare a Microsoft .NET Framework for Migrating RSA Keys,"
%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0
command to save the RSA key pair in a local file.
file and saves the file locally.
keys.xml
Chapter 14 Maintaining View Components
"Migrate the RSA Key Container to the New
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SviKeyContainer
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