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
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Single Sign-on, including the Log in as current user feature
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System health dashboard
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ThinApp
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Unity touch
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USB
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USB redirection
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View Composer Agent
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View Storage Accelerator
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View Composer database backup
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Virtual printing
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VMware audio
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VMware video
The following features are not supported:
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Blast UDP
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Client drive redirection
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Client IP Transparency (only 64-bit)
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Cloud Pod Architecture
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Flash URL redirection
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HTML access
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Log Insight
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Lync
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Multimedia redirection (MMR)
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Real-time audio-video (RTAV)
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Scanner redirection
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Serial port redirection
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Syslog
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Teradici TERA host card
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TSMMR
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Virtual SAN
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Virtual Volumes
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vRealize Operations Desktop Agent
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