Workstation User’s Manual
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Policyupdatestakeeffectwhiletheinstanceisrunning,withthefollowingexceptions:
Updatestoaccesscontrolpolicies,whichincludeuserandgrouplists,passwords,
andscripts,takeeffectthenexttimetheinstanceispoweredon.
Updatestopolicyupdatefrequencypolicies,ifsettoOnlywhentheACEinstance
powerson,takeeffectthenexttimetheinstanceispoweredon.
Control Which ACE Instances Run on a Host
Youcansetrestrictionssuchasthefollowing:
SpecifywhethervirtualmachinesthatarenotACEinstancescanrunonthe
machine.Thisisahost‐widepolicy,whichrequiresanadministratortoinstallthe
package.
Specifythatonly ACEinstanceswithaspecificcreatorIDcanrunonthemachine.
YoucancontrolwhichvirtualmachinesandACEinstancescanberunonahostby
editingtheaceMaster.datfileinthevirtualmachinedirectory.
Beforeyoubegin,ifyouplantorunmultipleACEinstancesontheenduser’smach
ine,
determinewhichACE‐enabledvirtualmachineyouwanttouseforsettinghost‐wide
policies.
To control which ACE instances run on a host
1OntheadministratormachinewhereWorkstationisinstalled,poweroffandclose
theACE‐enabledvirtualmachine.
2UseatexteditortoopentheaceMaster.datfilefortheACE‐enabledvirtual
machine.
Thisf
ileisloc
atedinthesamedirectoryastheconfigurationfile(.vmxfile)forthe
ACE‐enabledvirtualmachine.
3 (Optional)Tospecifythatnon‐ACEvirtualmachinescannotrunonthehost,find
theallowVMspropertyandchangeitfrom1to0.
4FindtherequiredCreatorIDpropertyandsetittoanide
ntifier.
Forexam
ple,tosettherequiredcreatorIDtocreator1,editthelineasfollows:
requiredCreatorID = "creator1"
YousetrequiredCreatorIDonceforeachhost.Youdonotneedtosetthis
propertyonotherACEinstancesthatrunonthesamehost.
Thisisahost‐widepolicy,whichrequiresanadministratortoinstallthepackage.
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