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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TheaboveapplicationsmustbeuninstalledpriortoinstallingViewClientwith
Offline Desktop.
Beforedownloadinganautomatedpooldesktopforthefirsttime,usersmustconnect
tothisdesktopusinganyViewManagerclient.Thiswillensurethatalocalprofileis
createdonthatdesktopthatcanbeusedto
authenticateofflinesessionsin
environmentsthathavenonetworkavailability.Itwillalsoensurethatthedesktopis
correctlyassociatedwiththeuserinViewManager.Thisstepisoptional(although
recommended)forindividualdesktops.
To install View Client with Offline Desktop
1RuntheViewClientwithOfflineDesktopexecutableonthesystemthatwillhost
theclient,
wherexxxisthebuildnumberofthefile:
VMware-viewclientwithoffline-xxx.exe
2WhentheVMwareInstallationwizardappears,clickNext.
3AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsandclickNext.
4 Chooseyourcustomsetupoptions:
IfyoudonotwantuserstoaccesslocallyconnectedUSBdevicesthroughtheir
desktops,deselecttheUSBRedirectioncomponent.
Ifyouwanttorequirealluserstoprovideidentityandcredentialinformation
tologintoaViewConnectionServerandagaintoaccessaViewdesktop,
deselecttheLoginascurrentusercomponent.
YoumustinstalltheViewClientwithOfflineDesktopcomponenttouse
OfflineDesktopfeatures.
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OTETheViewClientapplicationprovidesasubsetofthefunctionalityofferedby
ViewClientforOfflineDesktop;however,manyoftheadministrativetasksand
connectionconsiderationsarecommontobothapplications,includinganumberof
startupoptionsthatcanbeinvokedwhenlaunchingtheapplicationfromacommand
prompt.Refer
toChapter 5,“ClientManagement,”onpage 93formoreinformation
aboutthis.
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OTEInenvironmentswhereanetworkconnectionisavailable,theusersessionwill
alwaysbeauthenticatedbyViewConnectionServer.
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OTEWindowsXPHome,WindowsVistaHomeBasic,WindowsVista
HomePremium,andWindows2000donotsupporttheLoginascurrentuser
feature.