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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Product Licensing and Usage
TheProductLicensingtableindicatesthelicensestatusofViewManagerandalsoif
additionalcomponentssuchastheViewComposerandOfflineDesktopfeaturesare
providedwithinthelicensecoverage.
ClickEditLicensetoaddormodifythelicenseserialnumberforViewConnection
Server.
TheUsagetableindicatesthe
usageinformationforcurrentlyactivedesktops,
includingofflinedesktopsiftheViewManagerlicensecoverageincludes
Offline Desktop.
UpdatetheinformationdisplayedintheUsagetablebyclickingRefresh.
Resetthecounterthattalliesthehighestnumberofconcurrentconnectionsby
clickingResethighest.
Servers
ThetablesinthissectiondescribetherelationshipbetweenViewConnectionServer
andallotherreplicaandsecurityserverspresentinyourenvironment.Italsoprovides
informationaboutthevCenterServersusedbyViewConnectionServertomanageits
virtualmachines.
vCenterServerandsecurityserverrelationshipsareestablishedmanuallyand
youcan
useeachtabletoaddorremoveaserverfromthelist.TherelationshipsbetweenView
serversinareplicatedgrouparedefinedduringtheinstallationprocessandare
detectedautomatically.
vCenter Servers
ThevCenterServerstableliststhevCenterServerserversavailablefortheView
ConnectionServertouse.YoucanclickAdd,Edit,orRemovetomodifytheconnection
criteria.
Theprocedureforaddingaservertothistableisdescribedin“InitialViewManager
Configuration”onpage 38.
Security Servers
SecurityserversoperatewithinaDMZandrunasubsetofthefullViewConnection
Serverfunctionality.Byusingasecurityserverasanintermediaryconnectionlayer,
ViewManagerensuresthatonlyauthenticateduserscanattemptaconnectiontoyour
internalnetwork.