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
Add an ODBC Data Source to Oracle 12c or 11g
After you add a View Composer database to an Oracle 12c or 11g instance, you must congure an ODBC
connection to the new database to make this data source visible to the View Composer service.
When you congure an ODBC DSN for View Composer, secure the underlying database connection to an
appropriate level for your environment. For information about securing database connections, see the
Oracle database documentation.
If the underlying database connection uses SSL encryption, we recommend that you congure your
database servers with SSL certicates signed by a trusted CA. If you use self-signed certicates, your
database connections might be susceptible to man-in-the-middle aacks.
Prerequisites
Verify that you completed the steps described in “Add a View Composer Database to Oracle 12c or 11g,” on
page 42 or “Use a SQL Statement to Add a View Composer Database to an Oracle Instance,” on page 42.
Procedure
1 On the View Composer database computer, select Start > Administrative Tools > Data Source (ODBC).
2 From the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator wizard, select the System DSN tab.
3 Click Add and select the appropriate Oracle driver from the list.
For example: OraDb11g_home
4 Click Finish.
5 In the Oracle ODBC Driver Conguration dialog box, type a DSN to use with View Composer, a
description of the data source, and a user ID to connect to the database.
If you congured an Oracle database user ID with specic security permissions, specify this user ID.
N You use the DSN when you install the View Composer service.
6 Specify a TNS Service Name by selecting the Global Database Name from the drop-down menu.
The Oracle Database Conguration Assistant species the Global Database Name.
7 To verify the data source, click Test Connection and click OK.
What to do next
Install the new View Composer service. See “Install the View Composer Service,” on page 45.
Configuring an SSL Certificate for View Composer
By default, a self-signed certicate is installed with View Composer. You can use the default certicate for
testing purposes, but for production use you should replace it with a certicate that is signed by a Certicate
Authority (CA).
You can congure a certicate before or after you install View Composer. In View 5.1 and later releases, you
congure a certicate by importing it into the Windows local computer certicate store on the Windows
Server computer where View Composer is, or will be, installed.
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If you import a CA-signed certicate before you install View Composer, you can select the signed
certicate during the View Composer installation. This approach eliminates the manual task of
replacing the default certicate after the installation.
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If you intend to replace an existing certicate or the default, self-signed certicate with a new certicate
after you install View Composer, you must import the new certicate and run the SviConfig
ReplaceCertificate utility to bind your new certicate to the port used by View Composer.
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