A transfer server enables desktops in Local Mode (offline desktops in earlier editions). Desktops in Local Mode are desktops that run on the local client hardware using VMware virtualization technology. Local Mode is mostly used by people who need to use corporate desktops and have to be mobile with reduced bandwidth or non-trusted networks. This also means that the desktop has to be downloaded from the vSphere environment onto the user's machine. Furthermore, local desktops enable the check-in and check-out, meaning once the desktop has been loaded onto the client hardware the changes made in Local Mode can be replicated back to the vSphere environment. The transfer server enables this transfer. Transfer servers can either use a local drive or a shared drive to store the image. When local desktops are used in conjunction with linked clones, a shared directory must be used.
The transfer server has to be a virtual server and the vCenter that manages the transfer server...