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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
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Chapter 5 Client Management
Verifying the Smart Card Authentication Configuration
Afteryousetupsmartcardauthenticationforthefirsttime,orwhensmartcard
authenticationisnotworkingcorrectly,youshouldverifyyourconfiguration.
To verify configuration of smart card authentication
VerifythateachclientsystemhasViewClient,smartcardmiddleware,asmart
cardwithavalidcertificate,andasmartcardreader.
Seethedocumentationprovidedbyyoursmartcardvendorforinformationon
configuringsmartcardsoftwareandhardware.
Oneachclientsystem,selectStart>Settings>ControlPanel>InternetOptions>
Content>Certificates>Personaltoverifythatcertificatesareavailableforsmart
cardauthentication.
Whenauserinsertsasmartcardintothesmartcardreader,Windowscopies
certificatesfromthesmartcardtothe
user’scomputersothatViewClientcanuse
them.
Inthelocked.propertiesfileontheViewConnectionServerorsecurityserver
host,verifythattheuseCertAuthpropertyissettotrueandisspelledcorrectly.
Thelocked.propertiesfileislocatedinthisfolder:
<Install_Directory>\VMware\VMwareView\Server\sslgateway\conf
IfyouconfiguredsmartcardauthenticationonaViewConnectionServerinstance,
checkthesmartcardauthenticationsettinginViewAdministrator.
aUnderViewServers,selecttheViewConnectionServerinstanceandclick
Edit.
bVerifythatSmartcardauthenticationissettoeitherOptionalorRequired.
YoumustrestarttheViewConnection
Serverserviceforchangestosmartcard
settingstotakeeffect.
Ifthedomainasmartcarduserresidesinisdifferentthanthedomainyourroot
certificatewasissuedfrom,verifythattheuser’suserprincipalname(UPN)isset
tothesubjectalternativename(SAN)containedintherootcertificate ofthetrusted
CertificateAuthority(CA).
aOnyourActiveDirectory
server,selectStart>AdministrativeTools>Active
DirectoryUsersandComputers.
bRight‐clicktheuserintheUsersfolderandselectProperties.
TheUPNappearsintheUserlogonnamefieldsontheAccounttab.