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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Installing View Composer 37
Prepare a View Composer Database 37
Conguring an SSL Certicate for View Composer 44
Install the View Composer Service 45
Enable TLSv1.0 on vCenter and ESXi Connections from View Composer 46
Conguring Your Infrastructure for View Composer 47
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Installing View Connection Server 49
Installing the View Connection Server Software 49
Installation Prerequisites for View Connection Server 50
Install View Connection Server with a New Conguration 51
Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server 57
Congure a Security Server Pairing Password 63
Install a Security Server 64
Firewall Rules for View Connection Server 71
Reinstall View Connection Server with a Backup Conguration 73
Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options 74
Uninstalling View Components Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options 76
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Conguring SSL Certicates for View
Servers 79
Understanding SSL Certicates for View Servers 79
Overview of Tasks for Seing Up SSL Certicates 81
Obtaining a Signed SSL Certicate from a CA 82
Congure View Connection Server, Security Server, or View Composer to Use a New SSL
Certicate 83
Congure Client Endpoints to Trust Root and Intermediate Certicates 88
Conguring Certicate Revocation Checking on Server Certicates 90
Congure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certicate 91
Seing View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certicate 95
Benets of Using SSL Certicates Signed by a CA 95
Troubleshooting Certicate Issues on View Connection Server and Security Server 96
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Conguring View for the First Time 97
Conguring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer 97
Conguring View Connection Server for the First Time 100
Conguring Horizon Client Connections 111
Replacing Default Ports for View Services 119
Sizing Windows Server Seings to Support Your Deployment 124
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Conguring Event Reporting 127
Add a Database and Database User for View Events 127
Prepare an SQL Server Database for Event Reporting 128
Congure the Event Database 128
Congure Event Logging for Syslog Servers 130
Index 131
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