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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 1 Introduction
Flexibledeploymentoptions—ViewManagercomponentscanbedeployedina
varietyofconfigurationsandtodifferentpartsofthenetwork,whichimproves
security,scalability,andreliability.Inaddition,multiplevCenterServersare
supported,andViewManagercanscalehorizontallytosupportmanyvirtual
desktops.
Highavailability—Serverscanbeclusteredforhighavailabilityandscalability
withautomaticfailover.Theseserverscanalsoleverageindustry‐standard
load‐balancingsolutions.
IntegrationwithMicrosoftActiveDirectory—ConnectiontoActiveDirectory
allowsyoutolocateuserandusergroupaccountsanduseauthenticationfeatures
inordertocontrolwhichuserscanaccessvirtualdesktops.
SeamlessintegrationwithVMwarevSphere—WorkswithVMwarevCenterServer
toprovideadvancedvirtualdesktopmanagementcapabilities,suchasautomatic
suspendandresume,whichreducesthememoryandprocessingpowerrequired
tohostvirtualdesktops.
ByleveragingthecapabilitiesofVMwarevSphere,desktopscanrunevenwhen
serverhardwarefailsandrecover
quicklyfromunplannedoutageswithout
duplicatehardware.
Secureaccess—Optionalsecureencapsulationcapabilitiesallowallnetwork
connectionstobeencrypted.
Supportfortwo‐factorauthentication—WithRSASecurID,accesscontrolis
strengthened.
USBclientdeviceandVirtualPrintingsupport—USBdevicesandprinterscanbe
locallyconnectedtoclientsyetaccessedfromavirtualdesktop.
Web‐basedmanagementuserinterface—AWeb‐basedadministrativeconsole
allowsvirtualdesktopstobemanagedfromanylocation.
Supportfornon‐vSpheresystems—physicalmachinesorterminalservices
systemscanbealsomanagedbyViewManager,ensuringaseamlessintegrationof
existingarchitecturesintotheViewenvironment.
Scalablevirtualinfrastructure—linkedclonetechnologyallowsmultipledesktops
tobedeployedfromasinglebaseimage.Subsequentchangestothisimagecanbe
automaticallyproliferatedamongalldesktopsinlinkedclonepool.
ViewManagerisafullyinternationalizedproduct.