Installation
Table Of Contents
- View Installation
- Contents
- View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems
- Installing View in an IPv6 Environment
- Setting Up View in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported vSphere, Database, and Active Directory Versions in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Operating Systems for View Servers in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Windows Operating Systems for Desktops and RDS Hosts in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Clients in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Remoting Protocols in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Authentication Types in an IPv6 Environment
- Other Supported Features in an IPv6 Environment
- Installing View in FIPS Mode
- Preparing Active Directory
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships
- Creating an OU for Remote Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for Users
- Creating a User Account for vCenter Server
- Creating a User Account for a Standalone View Composer Server
- Create a User Account for View Composer AD Operations
- Create a User Account for Instant-Clone Operations
- Configure the Restricted Groups Policy
- Using Horizon 7 Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication
- Disable Weak Ciphers in SSL/TLS
- Installing View Composer
- Prepare a View Composer Database
- Configuring an SSL Certificate for View Composer
- Install the View Composer Service
- Enable TLSv1.0 on vCenter and ESXi Connections from View Composer
- Configuring Your Infrastructure for View Composer
- Installing View Connection Server
- Installing the View Connection Server Software
- Installation Prerequisites for View Connection Server
- Install View Connection Server with a New Configuration
- Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server
- Configure a Security Server Pairing Password
- Install a Security Server
- Firewall Rules for View Connection Server
- Reinstall View Connection Server with a Backup Configuration
- Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
- Uninstalling View Components Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Understanding SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Overview of Tasks for Setting Up SSL Certificates
- Obtaining a Signed SSL Certificate from a CA
- Configure View Connection Server, Security Server, or View Composer to Use a New SSL Certificate
- Configure Client Endpoints to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates
- Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server Certificates
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certificate
- Setting View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate
- Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA
- Troubleshooting Certificate Issues on View Connection Server and Security Server
- Configuring View for the First Time
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- Horizon Administrator and Horizon Connection Server
- Log In to View Administrator
- Install the Product License Key
- Add vCenter Server Instances to View
- Configure View Composer Settings
- Configure View Composer Domains
- Allow vSphere to Reclaim Disk Space in Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Configure View Storage Accelerator for vCenter Server
- Concurrent Operations Limits for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Setting a Concurrent Power Operations Rate to Support Remote Desktop Logon Storms
- Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate
- Configuring Horizon Client Connections
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway and Secure Tunnel Connections
- Configure the Blast Secure Gateway
- Configuring External URLs for Secure Gateway and Tunnel Connections
- Set the External URLs for a View Connection Server Instance
- Modify the External URLs for a Security Server
- Give Preference to DNS Names When View Connection Server Returns Address Information
- Allow HTML Access Through a Load Balancer
- Allow HTML Access Through a Gateway
- Replacing Default Ports for View Services
- Replace the Default HTTP Ports or NICs for View Connection Server Instances and Security Servers
- Replace the Default Ports or NICs for the PCoIP Secure Gateway on View Connection Server Instances and on Security Servers
- Replace the Default Control Port for PCoIP Secure Gateway on Connection Server Instances and on Security Servers
- Replace the Default Port for View Composer
- Change the Port Number for HTTP Redirection to Connection Server
- Prevent HTTP Redirection for Client Connections to Connection Server
- Enable Remote Access to View Performance Counters on Connection Servers
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Configuring Event Reporting
- Index
VMware Blast Extreme
Optimized for the mobile cloud, VMware Blast Extreme supports the broadest range of client devices that
are H.264 capable. Of the display protocols, VMware Blast oers the lowest CPU consumption for longer
baery life on mobile devices. VMware Blast Extreme can compensate for an increase in latency or a
reduction in bandwidth and can leverage both TCP and UDP network transports.
The VMware Blast display protocol can be used for remote applications and for remote desktops that use
virtual machines or shared-session desktops on an RDS host. The RDS host can be a physical machine or a
virtual machine. The VMware Blast display protocol does not operate on a single-user physical computer.
VMware Blast Extreme Features
Key features of VMware Blast Extreme include the following:
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Users outside the corporate rewall can use this protocol with the corporate virtual private network
(VPN), or users can make secure, encrypted connections to a security server or Access Point appliance
in the corporate DMZ.
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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit encryption is supported and is turned on by default. You
can, however, change the encryption key cipher to AES-256.
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Connections to Windows desktops with the Horizon Agent operating system versions listed in
“Supported Operating Systems for Horizon Agent,” on page 13 are supported.
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Connections from all types of client devices.
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Optimization controls for reducing bandwidth usage on the LAN and WAN.
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32-bit color is supported for virtual displays.
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ClearType fonts are supported.
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Audio redirection with dynamic audio quality adjustment for LAN and WAN.
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Real-Time Audio-Video for using webcams and microphones on some client types.
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Copy and paste of text and, on some clients, images between the client operating system and a remote
application or desktop. For other client types, only copy and paste of plain text is supported. You
cannot copy and paste system objects such as folders and les between systems.
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Multiple monitors are supported for some client types. On some clients, you can use up to four
monitors with a resolution of up to 2560 x 1600 per display or up to three monitors with a resolution of
4K (3840 x 2160) for Windows 7 remote desktops with Aero disabled. Pivot display and autot are also
supported.
When the 3D feature is enabled, up to two monitors are supported with a resolution of up to 1920 x
1200, or one monitor with a resolution of 4K (3840 x 2160).
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USB redirection is supported for some client types.
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MMR redirection is supported for some Windows client operating systems and some remote desktop
operating systems (with Horizon Agent installed).
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Connections to physical machines that have no monitors aached are supported with NVIDIA graphics
cards. For best performance, use a graphics card that supports H.264 encoding. This is a technical
preview feature for Horizon 7 version 7.1.
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