Composer on myvirtualcloud.net

Moving Linked Clone VM to different LUN without Data Loss

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:10:00 +0000

This week I received an interesting question from a colleague that I had also been asked in the past. However, in the past I was not able to present a good solution for the problem. Let me present the scenario.

VMware View Database Sizing

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:13:00 +0000

How to size VMware View Composer database is a common customer question and I have recently seen it once again in on of the internal discussion lists. Unfortunately, VMware does not have an official number for View Composer and Event database sizing.

Reduce Windows Server License count in VMware View

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:04:12 +0000

One of the many features available in VMware View 5.1 is the ability to implement VMware View Composer in a Standalone Server. VMware View Composer is the software piece responsible for creating Linked Clone desktops and since VMware View 5.1 can be deployed on a server other than the vCenter Server. Read more about View Composer at VMware View 4.5 Linked Cloning explained. This move is aiming towards a highly scalable VMware View architecture.

Multiple View Composer Servers against single vCenter

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:24:00 +0000

VMware View administrators and architects commonly deploy one or more vCenter Server for a single VMware View deployment. For each vCenter Server in a VMware View pod, one instance of VMware View Composer may be optionally installed in the vCenter server itself, or since VMware View release 5.1 in a stand-alone server.

How to modify VMware View Composer timeout limit

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:01:49 +0000

The default task operation timeout for VMware View Composer is 60 minutes. Administrators may want to increase or decrease the timeout value based on storage performance or host characteristics. The tasks handled by VMware View Composer are Provision, Refresh and Recompose.