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
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Chapter 2 Installation
IfanadministratorsubsequentlychangestheportnumberusedforRDP,theassociated
firewallrulesforboththedesktopvirtualmachineorunmanageddesktopsourceand
theback‐endfirewallmustbesimilarlymodifiedbytheadministrator.
Formoreinformationaboutdesktopvirtualmachinesandunmanageddesktop
sources,referto“Desktop
Sources”onpage 66.
vCenter Server Permissions for View Manager Users
TousevCenterServerwithViewManager,administratorsmusthavepermissionto
carryoutcertainoperationsinvSphere.Thesepermissionsaregrantedbycreatingand
assigningvCenterServerrolestoaViewManageruserfromwithinvCenterServer.
AssigntheViewManageradministratortheroleofadministratorforadatacenteror
clusterwherepoolswillbecreatedsothattheycanmaketherequiredchanges.
To create the View Manager role for a vCenter Server user
1FromvSphereClient,clickAdministration>Roles.
2ClickAddRoletodisplaytheAddRoledialogbox.
3Enterauniquenameforthenewrole(View Administrator,forexample).
4InthelistofPrivileges,expandFolder
andselectCreateFolderandDeleteFolder.
5 ExpandVirtualMachineandperformthefollowingsteps:
a ExpandInventoryandselectCreateandselectRemove.
b ExpandInteractionandclickPowerOn,PowerOff,Suspend,andReset.
c ExpandConfigurationandselectAddnewdisk,AddorRemoveDevice,
ModifyDevice
Settings,andAdvanced.
d ExpandProvisioningandselectCustomize,DeployTemplate,andRead
CustomizationSpecifications.
6 ExpandResourceandselectAssignVirtualMachinetoResourcePool.
7ClickOK.
Thenewroleappearsinthelistofroles.
NOTEAdministrativeusersinvCenterServerhavealltherequisitepermissions
enabledbydefault.