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TheViewComposerfeatureprovidesaversatileandhighlystorage‐efficient
alternativetocreatingandmanagingmanystandalonevirtualmachines.Thischapter
providesanoverviewofViewComposer.
Inadditiontoofferingaconceptualoverviewofhowlinkedclonedesktopsarecreated
withinvCenterServerbyViewComposerandmanagedby
ViewManager,the
followingsectionsdescribehowtopreparevCenterServerandabasevirtualmachine
imageforuseinaViewComposerdeployment.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“OverviewofViewComposer”onpage 127
“PreparingvCenterServerforViewComposer”onpage 137
“PreparingaParentVM”onpage 145
“DeployingLinkedCloneDesktopsfromViewManager”onpage 147
“Refreshing,Recomposing,andRebalancingLinkedCloneDesktops”onpage 156
“UsinganExistingViewComposerDatabase”onpage 161
“UsingtheSviConfigToolforViewComposer”onpage 162
Overview of View Composer
TheViewComposerfeatureenablesViewManageradministratorstorapidlycloneand
deploymultipledesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage,calledaParentVM.
Oncethedesktopshavebeencreatedtheyremainindirectlylinkedtoasnapshot
residingontheParentVM.
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