Installation

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If your network topology includes a back-end rewall between a security server and the View
Connection Server instance, you must congure the rewall to support IPsec. See “Conguring a Back-
End Firewall to Support IPsec,” on page 72.
Procedure
1 Download the Connection Server installer le from the VMware download site at
hps://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
Under Desktop & End-User Computing, select the VMware Horizon 7 download, which includes
Connection Server.
The installer lename is VMware-viewconnectionserver-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe, where xxxxxx is the
build number and y.y.y is the version number.
2 To start the Connection Server installation program, double-click the installer le.
3 Accept the VMware license terms.
4 Accept or change the destination folder.
5 Select the View Replica Server installation option.
6 Select the Internet Protocol (IP) version, IPv4 or IPv6.
You must install all View components with the same IP version.
7 Select whether to enable or disable FIPS mode.
This option is available only if FIPS mode is enabled in Windows.
8 Make sure that Install HTML Access is selected if you intend to allow users to connect to their desktops
by using HTML Access.
If IPv4 is selected, this seing is selected by default. If IPv6 is selected, this seing is not displayed
because HTML Access is not supported in an IPv6 environment.
9 Enter the host name or IP address of the existing View Connection Server instance you are replicating.
10 Type a data recovery password and, optionally, a password reminder.
You are prompted for a data recovery password only if the existing View Connection Server instance
you are replicating is View 5.0.x or earlier.
11 Choose how to congure the Windows Firewall service.
Option Action
Configure Windows Firewall
automatically
Let the installer congure Windows Firewall to allow the required network
connections.
Do not configure Windows Firewall
Congure the Windows rewall rules manually.
Select this option only if your organization uses its own predened rules
for conguring Windows Firewall.
12 Complete the installation wizard to nish installing the replicated instance.
13 Check for new patches on the Windows Server computer and run Windows Update as needed.
Even if you fully patched the Windows Server computer before you installed View Connection Server,
the installation might have enabled operating system features for the rst time. Additional patches
might now be required.
The Horizon 7 services are installed on the Windows Server computer:
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VMware Horizon Connection Server
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VMware Horizon View Framework Component
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