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VMware Horizon View 6 Desktop Virtualization Cookbook

By : Jason Ventresco
Book Image

VMware Horizon View 6 Desktop Virtualization Cookbook

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
VMware Horizon View 6 Desktop Virtualization Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
4
Managing VMware Horizon View with PowerCLI
Index

Performing Horizon View Composer recoveries


The same process is used either to recover or move Composer to a new host server. To retain the current settings, all that needs to be restored is the Composer database and either the RSA key container or the custom SSL certificate.

Getting ready

The Composer database should be restored using the native Horizon View command-line tool, which is SviConfig.exe. This tool is located within the Composer installation directory, which, by default, is in the following location on the drive where Composer was installed:

Program Files\VMware\VMware View Composer

We will need the following information to restore the database:

  • DSN: This is the name of our DSN configured to use the Composer database on the Composer Server. In our sample server, the name is composer.

  • Composer database username: In our sample server, the name is composer.

  • Composer database password: In our sample server, the password is Password123.

  • Backup file path: This is the location of the...