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
Configuring View for the First Time 9
After you install the View server software and congure SSL certicates for the servers, you must take a few
additional steps to set up a working View environment.
You congure user accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer, install a View license key, add vCenter
Server and View Composer to your View environment, congure the PCoIP Secure Gateway and secure
tunnel, and, optionally, size Windows Server seings to support your View environment.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Conguring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer,” on page 97
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“Conguring View Connection Server for the First Time,” on page 100
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“Conguring Horizon Client Connections,” on page 111
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“Replacing Default Ports for View Services,” on page 119
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“Sizing Windows Server Seings to Support Your Deployment,” on page 124
Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
To use vCenter Server with View, you must congure a user account with appropriate vCenter Server
privileges. You can create a vCenter Server role with the appropriate privileges and assign that role to the
vCenter Server user account.
If you install View Composer on a dierent machine than vCenter Server, you also must create a user
account in Active Directory that View can use to authenticate to the View Composer service on the
standalone machine.
If you use View Composer, you must create a third user account in Active Directory that allows View
Composer to perform certain operations in Active Directory. View Composer requires this account to join
linked-clone virtual machines to your Active Directory domain. See “Create a User Account for View
Composer AD Operations,” on page 30.
To summarize, when you congure View for the rst time, you provide these user accounts in View
Administrator:
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The vCenter Server user allows View and View Composer to perform operations in vCenter Server.
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The standalone View Composer Server user allows View to authenticate to the View Composer service
on a standalone machine.
If you install View Composer on the same machine as vCenter Server, the vCenter Server user performs
both of the preceding functions, and you do not use a standalone View Composer Server user.
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The View Composer user for AD operations allows View Composer to perform certain operations in
Active Directory.
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