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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Thecertificateisexportedtothespecifiedlocation.Youmustnowcarryoutthe
proceduredescribedin“ToconfiguretheViewConnectionServertousethenew
certificate”onpage 104.Ensurethatthekeypassentryinthelocked.propertiesfile
correspondstothepasswordyouusedwhenexportingthecertificate.
Smart Card Authentication
Someorganizationsrequirepersonneltopassmultiplestagesofauthenticationbefore
allowingthemtoconnecttotheirsystems.Viewprovidessupportforhigh‐security
environmentsbyofferingsmartcardauthenticationofclientsessions.
Smartcardauthenticationworksbypresentingatrustedsetofclientcredentials—a
usercertificate—toViewConnectionServer.A
usercertificateisanencryptedsetof
authenticationcredentialsthatincludesthedigitalsignatureofthetrustedroot
CertificateAuthority(CA)thatissuedthecertificate.
Theusercertificateisstoredonthesmartcardandcanonlyberetrievedandpassedto
theserveraftertheuserhasverifiedtheirownership
byenteringapersonal
identificationnumber(PIN).Certificatesarethenauthenticatedbyusingapublickey
toverifytheincludeddigitalsignature;theexpecteddigitalsignatureiscontainedina
trustedCAcertificatethatisstoredonViewConnectionServer.
Thisfollowingsectionsdescribehowtoconfigureandenablethisfeature
onView
ConnectionServer.
Smart Card Hardware
EachclientsystemusingsmartcardauthenticationwillrequireViewClientanda
Windows‐compatiblesmartcardreadertobeinstalled.
Inordertorecognizeandusethesmartcardhardware,product‐specificapplication
driversmustbeinstalledonboththeclientsystemsandremotedesktops.Smartcard
profilescanvary
betweenvendors;refertothedocumentationthataccompaniesthe
smartcardreaderformoreinformationabouthowtodothis.
NOTESmartcardauthenticationisonlysupportedbyViewClient;itisnotsupported
byViewAdministrator,ViewPortal,orbyofflinedesktopinstancesaccessedthrough
ViewClientwithOfflineDesktop.