Specifications
Table Of Contents
- View Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- Installing and Running View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- Adobe Flash Bandwidth Reduction
- Client Computer Information
- Using PCoIP Display Protocol
- Using HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing vCenter Server for View Composer
- Preparing a Parent VM
- Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
- Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked Clone Desktops
- Using an Existing View Composer Database
- Using the SviConfig Tool for View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix: The locked.properties File
- Glossary
- Index
View Manager Administration Guide
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4IntheVariablevaluefieldaddthepathtotheJREinstallationdirectory:
%ProgramFiles%\VMware\VMware View\Server\jre\bin
Ensurethatthisentryisdelimitedwithasemicolon(;)fromanyotherentries
presentinthefield.
5ClickOK>OK>OKtoclosetheWindowsSystemPropertiesdialogbox.
To create a self-signed SSL certificate
1Fromacommandprompt,enterthefollowing:
keytool -genkey -keyalg "RSA" -keystore keys.p12 -storetype pkcs12
-validity 360
2Youarepromptedtoenterapasswordforthekeystoreandthentoprovide
informationaboutyourselfandyourorganization.Whenyouareaskedtoenter
yourfirstandlastname,entertheFQDNoftheViewConnectionServerinstance
youwanttosecure.
3Enteryourdepartment,organization,location,state,and
country.Thelattermust
beintheformofatwo‐lettercountrycode.
4Youareshownasummaryofthedatayouhaveenteredandareaskedifyouwant
toproceed.Enteryesifyouaresatisfiedthatthedetailsarecorrect.
5Youarepromptedforakeypassword,
whichisthepasswordspecificallyforthis
certificate(asopposedtoanyothercertificatesstoredinthesamekeystorefile).
Thekeys.p12fileiscreatedinthecurrentdirectory.
Itisadvisabletobackupthekeys.p12fileafterthecertificateisimportedintoitincase
youneedtorebuild
theconfigurationfortheserveratsomepoint.
Validating the SSL Certificate
Self‐signedcertificates,whileadequatefordataencryptionbetweenserverandclient,
donotprovideanyreliableinformationaboutthelocationofViewConnectionServer
orthecorporateentityresponsibleforitsadministration.
Whereitisimportantforyourclientstobeabletodeterminetheoriginandintegrityof
the
datatheyreceive,itisrecommendedthatyouobtainaCA‐authenticatedcertificate
foryoursite.