Specifications

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View Manager Administration Guide
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Checkthelogfilesin<drive>:/DocumentsandSettings/All
Users/Application Data/VMware/VDM/logsontheViewConnectionServeror
securityserverhostformessagesstatingthatsmartcardauthenticationisenabled.
Configuring a Standard or Replica Server
Asecurityserverthathasbeenconfiguredtousesmartcardauthenticationwill
automaticallyrequiretheusertoauthenticateusingtheircardandPINduringlogin.
Standardandreplicaserverscanbeconfiguredtoaccommodateseveraldifferentsmart
cardauthenticationscenarios.
To set the smart card authentication setting on a standard or replica server
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,clicktheConfigurationbutton.
2Under
ViewServersselectaViewConnectionServerentryandclickEdit.
3FromtheSmartcardauthenticationdropdownmenu,selectoneofthefollowing:
Notallowed—Smartcardauthenticationisdisabled.
Optional—Usersmayusesmartcardauthenticationtoconnect,butpassword
authenticationisalsoper mitte d.Failuretoauthenticateusingasmartcard
authenticationwillrequirethatpasswordauthenticationisusedinstead.
Required—Usersmayonlyconnectusingsmartcardauthentication.
Whensmartcardauthenticationisrequired,authenticationfailsforuserswho
selecttheLoginascurrentusercheckboxwhenconnectingtotheView
ConnectionServerinstance.Theseusersmustreauthenticatewiththeirsmart
cardandPINwhentheylogin
toaViewdesktop.
4Configurethesmartcardremovalpolicy.
SelecttheDisconnectusersessionsonsmartcardremovalcheckboxtocause
userstobedisconnectedfromtheViewConnectionServerinstancewhenthey
removetheirsmartcards.Usersmustthenreauthenticatetogainaccessto
theirViewdesktops.
DeselecttheDisconnectusersessionsonsmartcardremovalcheckboxto
allowuserstoremainconnectedtotheViewConnectionServerinstancewhen
theyremovetheirsmartcards.UserscanstartnewViewdesktopsessions
withoutreauthenticating.
N
OTEYoucannotconfigurethesmartcardremovalpolicywhensmartcard
authenticationissettoNotAllowed.