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
You can congure an initial security server pairing without using IPsec rules. Before you install the security
server, you can open View Administrator and deselect the global seing Use IPSec for Security Server
Connections, which is enabled by default. If IPsec rules are not in eect, you do not have to remove them
before you upgrade or reinstall.
N You do not have to remove a security server from View Administrator before you upgrade or
reinstall the security server. Remove a security server from View Administrator only if you intend to remove
the security server permanently from the View environment.
With View 5.0.x and earlier releases, you could remove a security server either from within the View
Administrator user interface or by using the vdmadmin -S command-line command. In View 5.1 and later
releases, you must use vdmadmin -S. See "Removing the Entry for a View Connection Server Instance or
Security Server Using the -S Option" in the View Administration document.
C If you remove the IPsec rules for an active security server, all communication with the security
server is lost until you upgrade or reinstall the security server. Therefore, if you use a load balancer to
manage a group of security servers, perform this procedure on one server and then upgrade that server
before removing IPsec rules for the next server. You can remove servers from production and add them back
one-by-one in this manner to avoid requiring any downtime for your end users.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click View > Servers.
2 In the Security Servers tab, select a security server and click More Commands > Prepare for Upgrade
or Reinstallation.
If you disabled IPsec rules before you installed the security server, this seing is inactive. In this case,
you do not have to remove IPsec rules before you reinstall or upgrade.
3 Click OK.
The IPsec rules are removed and the Prepare for Upgrade or Reinstallation seing becomes inactive,
indicating that you can reinstall or upgrade the security server.
What to do next
Upgrade or reinstall security server.
Firewall Rules for View Connection Server
Certain ports must be opened on the rewall for View Connection Server instances and security servers.
When you install View Connection Server, the installation program can optionally congure the required
Windows Firewall rules for you. These rules open the ports that are used by default. If you change the
default ports after installation, you must manually congure Windows Firewall to allow Horizon Client
devices to connect to View through the updated ports.
The following table lists the default ports that can be opened automatically during installation. Ports are
incoming unless otherwise noted.
Table 7‑4. Ports Opened During View Connection Server Installation
Protocol Ports View Connection Server Instance Type
JMS TCP 4001 Standard and replica
JMS TCP 4002 Standard and replica
JMSIR TCP 4100 Standard and replica
JMSIR TCP 4101 Standard and replica
AJP13 TCP 8009 Standard and replica
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